Danila Livshits, today at 14:17

Today, we will be examining a chapter about in-kind donations from Jared Diamond’s famous book: “Big businesses and the environment: different conditions, different outcomes”. In the passage we are analyzing, the author states that
in-kind donations cause more harm than good. While ostensibly free, donated goods raise oare a nightmare for management: from collecting, sorting, packaging and shipping bulky items across long distances to, upon arrival, reception, sorting, warehousing and distribution. Not to mention the fact that, according to the author, these types of actions tend to cause a 70% reduction in the sales of domestic producers (on average).

Clearly, the author had to put in a lot of research, before publishing this book. Therefore, I believe what he has to say on the subject at hand. Also, charity is a virtue- if people go to the trouble to help someone, their impulses and efforts should be used for good.
In my opinion, countries might benefit more we let the professionals procure goods and services. Instead, donating money seems to be a far more viable choice.

Diamond, Jared (2011). “Big businesses and the environment: different conditions, different outcomes”. Collapse: how societies choose to fail or survive (Second reprinted ed.). Penguin. pp. 441–485