la eficacia social del gasto

18:55 May 17, 2007 

Thanks silviantonia and I see your point. I based my answer on the fact that, since this part has to do with obra social, the effectiveness they are looking at is naturally social (as is evident through the other factors they mention: "society's needs" and "beneficiaries", etc.). I realize it is not the exact translation but felt that it fit better in the context as a whole. Also, if you put in Google, "corporate social responsibility" and "effectiveness of social spending", you get over 300 hits. If you enter "corporate social responsibility" with "social effectiveness of expenditures (or spending) , it has 0 hits. Just trying to make it sound more natural. Thanks again for your time!

15:43 May 17, 2007 

and my option ANSWER or translate the text you posed.

15:42 May 17, 2007 

Well, you have to go with what you want, but this is not about the effectiveness of social spending, which would be la eficacia del gasto social, but about the social effectiveness of spending, so grammatically your choice is wrong. Only Matthew's