Our Mission

Through our work, we seek to expand the number and diversity of serious commentators on the state of foreign aid and development. Our ultimate goal is to have a positive impact on the lives of the poor, who deserve the benefit of high-quality, clear-eyed, hard-headed economic research applied to the problems of world poverty.

Affiliations

DRI is closely affiliated with Africa House, an inter-disciplinary institute devoted to the study of contemporary Africa, integrating economic, political, social, historical, and legal perspectives. Africa House provides a venue for conferences and seminars with strategists, heads of state and researchers. For more information and to find out about upcoming events, visit their website.

Funding

DRI gratefully acknowledges generous support from New York University and:

• The C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics
• The John Templeton Foundation
  
• The Charles G. Koch Foundation
  
• The Searle Freedom Foundation

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