Executive summary: Open Philanthropy is interested in funding additional social science research to help guide their grantmaking decisions in areas like health, migration, and economic growth. They list specific questions where more evidence would be useful.
Key points:
There are key questions on the effects of different types of air pollution that could inform grants to improve air quality.
Better evidence is needed on the long-term impacts of malaria to estimate the value of preventing it.
Understanding factors affecting construction and housing supply could improve land use reform grants.
More evidence is needed on vaccine demand and adoption to guide vaccine development funding priorities.
Research on the effects of elite policy education in lower-income countries could inform grants in this area.
Studies on scientific funding criteria, systematic reviews, and prize competitions could improve science meta-funding.
Evidence on foreign aid decision-making and growth diagnostics could guide grantmaking on global development.
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Executive summary: Open Philanthropy is interested in funding additional social science research to help guide their grantmaking decisions in areas like health, migration, and economic growth. They list specific questions where more evidence would be useful.
Key points:
There are key questions on the effects of different types of air pollution that could inform grants to improve air quality.
Better evidence is needed on the long-term impacts of malaria to estimate the value of preventing it.
Understanding factors affecting construction and housing supply could improve land use reform grants.
More evidence is needed on vaccine demand and adoption to guide vaccine development funding priorities.
Research on the effects of elite policy education in lower-income countries could inform grants in this area.
Studies on scientific funding criteria, systematic reviews, and prize competitions could improve science meta-funding.
Evidence on foreign aid decision-making and growth diagnostics could guide grantmaking on global development.
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.