Interesting, I suppose I must have… Thanks for the link.
It seems that a lack of good evidence is rather crippling here. I wonder how much it would cost to set up a trial with a good chance of determining the effectiveness of water treatment and related interventions. It almost seems like a cop out to leave things at that point. Surely, if there’s a chance that water treatments are more effective at saving lives than malaria interventions and the costs of setting up a good trial are not exorbitant, it would be worth funding such a study.
As a general point, I think there are a whole host of potentially high impact charities (such as those that are “other outstanding charities”) that have not received much attention in the EA community, and could be good targets for more research and highlighting in a similar way.
Givewell published their findings on water treatment interventions in 2013 did you miss this page? I think it is very plausible that such interventions could be a highly effective cause area With more research though.
Interesting, I suppose I must have… Thanks for the link.
It seems that a lack of good evidence is rather crippling here. I wonder how much it would cost to set up a trial with a good chance of determining the effectiveness of water treatment and related interventions. It almost seems like a cop out to leave things at that point. Surely, if there’s a chance that water treatments are more effective at saving lives than malaria interventions and the costs of setting up a good trial are not exorbitant, it would be worth funding such a study.
Yes potentially. I know that Evidence Action (the charity that runs Deworm the World) also has a water dispensing charity http://www.evidenceaction.org/dispensers/ .
GWWC has a good blog post from 2014 about them and the potential for research in this area. https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/blog/2014-01-28/dispensers-for-safe-water
As a general point, I think there are a whole host of potentially high impact charities (such as those that are “other outstanding charities”) that have not received much attention in the EA community, and could be good targets for more research and highlighting in a similar way.