Philanthrocapitalism blog about King Bill

Bishop and Green keep complaining about the lack of transparency and how people are afraid to say anything that could perceived as criticism of the Gates Foundation.

Gates Foundation: still looking for honest feedback

From Tom Paulson's Blog, Humanopshere.

Alliance Magazine and the Gates Foundation

Tom Paulson reports about the articles about the Gates Foundation published in Alliance Magazine.
He refers to Tim Ogden's introduction that points out to the difficulty of honest feedback:


Speaking truth to power

The first is that it is increasingly difficult for anyone to speak truth to power at the Gates Foundation. We were surprised at the number of people who responded to our requests for submissions with some version of ‘I’d love to talk about that, but I don’t think it’s a good idea for me to comment publicly’.

Who cares about results?

This post from the Village Reach blog.

The need for transparency

A very interesting post about the need for transparency for Foundations.

Actionable Measurement Guide

The Guide to actionable measurement (pdf) explains how the Gates Foundation plans to evaluate projects.

The Gates Foundation still has a big communication problem

That's expressed in the annual report and this short article by Kristi Heim. The word transparency is not mentioned. See also Tom Paulson's comments on his blog Humanosphere (linked on the side as well).