tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614581.post2870216716009924612..comments2024-03-28T03:11:22.839-07:00Comments on PHILANTHROPY 2173: An index we really need Lucy Bernholzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253941214286179394noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614581.post-24237294013394149232015-09-14T06:25:13.154-07:002015-09-14T06:25:13.154-07:00Another great post Lucy. When it comes to creatin...Another great post Lucy. When it comes to creating an index, best to stick to the advice of Mahbub ul Haq and Amartya Sen, whose Human Development Index set the standard. Amartya Sen often refers to the HDI as "that vulgar little index", meaning it is so simple as to be effective. Awhile back I wrote a blog about the "The Brave New World of Good" http://bit.ly/1Y3hJVf into which we were entering, which you describe as the Social Economy of do-ers. I closed with a call for measurement:<br /><br />"Several years ago, a Google employee told me: "I want to map all the good in the world." At the time, I remember thinking how monstrously naïve that seemed (though if anyone could pull it off, it would probably be Google.) But today, I see that comment in a different light and find myself yearning for the same thing. If so much of the world is doing good, I want to know about it. I want to count it, measure it, and map it. Some will say -- as they do of philanthropy -- "I don't care how much money is being spent on X, I want to know what's effective." So do I, but we all know that standardizing effectiveness is elusive at best. In the meantime, let's follow the money. We know how much money the world is spending on pet food, weapons and war; let’s try to prove we're spending more on good."<br /><br />brad<br /><br /><br /><br />Bradford Smithhttp://www.foundationcenter.orgnoreply@blogger.com