One way of thinking about this from a recent Open Phil blog post:
We have only explored a small portion of the space of possible causes in this broad area, and continue to expect that advocacy or scientific research, perhaps more squarely aimed at the global poor, could have outsized impacts. Indeed, GiveWell seems to agree this is possible, with their expansion into considering advocacy opportunities within global health and development...One hypothesis we’re interested in exploring is the idea of combining multiple sources of leverage for philanthropic impact (e.g., advocacy, scientific research, helping the global poor) to get more humanitarian impact per dollar (for instance via advocacy around scientific research funding or policies, or scientific research around global health interventions, or policy around global health and development).
I agree with the thesis that EA focused on global poverty on average has neglected research and advocacy on pro-development institutions relative to their importance and cost.
One way of thinking about this from a recent Open Phil blog post:
I agree with the thesis that EA focused on global poverty on average has neglected research and advocacy on pro-development institutions relative to their importance and cost.