army1987 comments on What's the right way to think about how much to give to charity? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 25 September 2014 07:55:42AM 5 points [-]

If you give more than 0.7% of your income, you are doing better than most governments around the world, many of which have promised to spend 0.7% of GDP on foreign aid, but do not meet that threshold.

Also, what money goverments do spend on foreign aid is definitely spent in a much much less efficient way than GiveWell's top charities, and probably in certain cases even worse than not giving anything at all.