Executive summary: GiveWell is seeking external research assistance on several key questions that could improve their grantmaking decisions, including red teaming newer program areas, validating moral weights assumptions, and reconciling conflicting disease burden data sources.
Key points:
Priority research areas include scrutinizing newer grantmaking programs like chlorination, malnutrition, and tuberculosis management through “red teaming” analysis.
Need to validate moral weights assumptions by comparing with recent VSL studies from low/middle-income countries and gathering evidence on morbidity vs. consumption trade-offs.
Critical need to reconcile conflicting disease burden estimates between IHME and other sources (UN IGME, WHO, MMEIG) which could significantly impact funding decisions.
Important to determine accurate ratios of indirect to direct deaths across different health interventions, as current assumptions vary widely (0.75-5x) without strong empirical backing.
Actionable request: Researchers are invited to investigate these questions and post findings to the forum; interested parties should consider applying for Senior Researcher role.
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Executive summary: GiveWell is seeking external research assistance on several key questions that could improve their grantmaking decisions, including red teaming newer program areas, validating moral weights assumptions, and reconciling conflicting disease burden data sources.
Key points:
Priority research areas include scrutinizing newer grantmaking programs like chlorination, malnutrition, and tuberculosis management through “red teaming” analysis.
Need to validate moral weights assumptions by comparing with recent VSL studies from low/middle-income countries and gathering evidence on morbidity vs. consumption trade-offs.
Critical need to reconcile conflicting disease burden estimates between IHME and other sources (UN IGME, WHO, MMEIG) which could significantly impact funding decisions.
Important to determine accurate ratios of indirect to direct deaths across different health interventions, as current assumptions vary widely (0.75-5x) without strong empirical backing.
Actionable request: Researchers are invited to investigate these questions and post findings to the forum; interested parties should consider applying for Senior Researcher role.
This comment was auto-generated by the EA Forum Team. Feel free to point out issues with this summary by replying to the comment, and contact us if you have feedback.