Thank you for your comment! To clarify one point from what you wrote: the critique of our deworming analysis from Happier Lives Institute was not a factor in our decision to update our top charity criteria. We had been planning an update of this kind for about a year before Wednesday’s announcement, and only began communicating with HLI about deworming a couple of months ago.
HLI’s engagement has led us to begin considering changes to our cost-effectiveness analysis for deworming (and to how we present the decisions behind our models in general). But Wednesday’s announcement does not represent a change in our analysis of deworming; it is about a change to our criteria for top charities. We expect to continue to recommend funding for cost-effective gaps we find in deworming—we’ll just be recommending it from pots of money other than the Maximum Impact Fund.
Hi, David,
Thank you for your comment! To clarify one point from what you wrote: the critique of our deworming analysis from Happier Lives Institute was not a factor in our decision to update our top charity criteria. We had been planning an update of this kind for about a year before Wednesday’s announcement, and only began communicating with HLI about deworming a couple of months ago.
HLI’s engagement has led us to begin considering changes to our cost-effectiveness analysis for deworming (and to how we present the decisions behind our models in general). But Wednesday’s announcement does not represent a change in our analysis of deworming; it is about a change to our criteria for top charities. We expect to continue to recommend funding for cost-effective gaps we find in deworming—we’ll just be recommending it from pots of money other than the Maximum Impact Fund.
I hope that’s helpful!
Best, Miranda