Sorry that you’re struggling to find something here! I don’t have any great ideas, but some stuff that might be promising avenues to explore:
Tobacco control and taxation in LMICs (https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/RRm8vnmwjWK24ung2/taxing-tobacco-the-intervention-that-got-away-happy-world-no and https://www.openphilanthropy.org/research/tobacco-control/) -- relatedly, alcohol policy https://www.givewell.org/research/grants/RESET-alcohol-December-2021
Telecoms and mobile money (https://www.openphilanthropy.org/research/telecommunications-in-lmics/ and https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/vjysioCANWNXFKipq/the-impact-of-mobile-phones-and-mobile-money-for-people-in)
Cash transfers https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/acBFLTsRw3fqa8WWr/large-study-examining-the-effects-of-cash-transfer-programs
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/qyhDz9djZAmxZ6Qzx/how-economists-got-africa-s-aids-epidemic-wrong
You might also want to look at Charity Entrepreneurship’s research: https://www.charityentrepreneurship.com/research (road safety could be interesting?). Best of luck!!
Hey! Thank you SO much for all these resources! They were very helpful, and I’m glad there are a lot more opportunities to write about EA than I thought.
Sorry that you’re struggling to find something here! I don’t have any great ideas, but some stuff that might be promising avenues to explore:
Tobacco control and taxation in LMICs (https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/RRm8vnmwjWK24ung2/taxing-tobacco-the-intervention-that-got-away-happy-world-no and https://www.openphilanthropy.org/research/tobacco-control/) -- relatedly, alcohol policy https://www.givewell.org/research/grants/RESET-alcohol-December-2021
Telecoms and mobile money (https://www.openphilanthropy.org/research/telecommunications-in-lmics/ and https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/vjysioCANWNXFKipq/the-impact-of-mobile-phones-and-mobile-money-for-people-in)
Cash transfers https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/acBFLTsRw3fqa8WWr/large-study-examining-the-effects-of-cash-transfer-programs
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/qyhDz9djZAmxZ6Qzx/how-economists-got-africa-s-aids-epidemic-wrong
You might also want to look at Charity Entrepreneurship’s research: https://www.charityentrepreneurship.com/research (road safety could be interesting?). Best of luck!!
Hey! Thank you SO much for all these resources! They were very helpful, and I’m glad there are a lot more opportunities to write about EA than I thought.