Those experiments also only consider the immediate effects of charity interventions and not the context with which they are in, which vary from place to place. The biggest reasons these experiments are wrong is because they do not say anything about the unintended consequences that occur as a result of an experiment. The aid industry and charity organizations make political problems worse. Deaton makes an example of this when mentioning Paul Kagame, the President of Rwanda. Kagame uses Singer’s utilitarian calculus against his own people, which means that by providing health care for mothers and children he has become a favorite recipient of aid. As a result of receiving aid, Kagame is farming Rwandan children by allowing more to live in exchange for support for his corrupt ruling of Rwanda. Deaton concludes that the true villains of these issues are disorganized and underfunded health care
Those experiments also only consider the immediate effects of charity interventions and not the context with which they are in, which vary from place to place. The biggest reasons these experiments are wrong is because they do not say anything about the unintended consequences that occur as a result of an experiment. The aid industry and charity organizations make political problems worse. Deaton makes an example of this when mentioning Paul Kagame, the President of Rwanda. Kagame uses Singer’s utilitarian calculus against his own people, which means that by providing health care for mothers and children he has become a favorite recipient of aid. As a result of receiving aid, Kagame is farming Rwandan children by allowing more to live in exchange for support for his corrupt ruling of Rwanda. Deaton concludes that the true villains of these issues are disorganized and underfunded health care