However, the report was very much the result of effective collaboration between the leadership of aid agencies and the Nuffield team. The moral authority of NGOs is being challenged...Can you really claim to speak for the world’s poorest now? ‘The moral authority of NGOs is being challenged,’ he said to the assembled charity bosses. Are there things we need to do?’This question, along with the three key issues, needs to be addressed, Professor Aaronson maintained. We need to do better and break down this competitive model….we need ideas for how to do that.’