One of the easiest things would be a charity using already tested effective methods but in different locations. For example GiveDirectly works in Kenya and Uganda, but I don’t think they have projects in India and Nigeria where there are larger populations and potentially more chance to scale up and influence policy.
It may also help to have competition for the effective charities rather than just saying there is only one for each cause whether that be cash transfers, malaria, SCI.
One of the easiest things would be a charity using already tested effective methods but in different locations. For example GiveDirectly works in Kenya and Uganda, but I don’t think they have projects in India and Nigeria where there are larger populations and potentially more chance to scale up and influence policy.
This is largely because Kenya and Uganda have much, much better mobile money systems than India or Nigeria. Overhead in the latter two countries would be significantly higher.
+1 to the importance of geography. The deworming RCTs, though highly effective, were location-dependent. I imagine the same goes for other interventions for global poverty/global health.
Thanks for highlighting this option. In general, we’d expect conclusions on what would be a useful intervention to be reached further down the line in the research project.
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One of the easiest things would be a charity using already tested effective methods but in different locations. For example GiveDirectly works in Kenya and Uganda, but I don’t think they have projects in India and Nigeria where there are larger populations and potentially more chance to scale up and influence policy.
It may also help to have competition for the effective charities rather than just saying there is only one for each cause whether that be cash transfers, malaria, SCI.
This is largely because Kenya and Uganda have much, much better mobile money systems than India or Nigeria. Overhead in the latter two countries would be significantly higher.
+1 to the importance of geography. The deworming RCTs, though highly effective, were location-dependent. I imagine the same goes for other interventions for global poverty/global health.
Thanks for highlighting this option. In general, we’d expect conclusions on what would be a useful intervention to be reached further down the line in the research project.