I really agree with this kind of distinction. It seems to me that there are several different kinds of properties by which to cluster interventions, including:
Type of work done (say, Political Advocacy)
Instrumental subgoals (say, Agriculture R&D (which could include supporting work, not just research)). (I’m not sure if it’s reasonable to separate these from cause areas as goals)
Epistemic beliefs (say, interventions supported by RCTs for GH&D)
(It seems harder than I thought to think about different ways to cluster. Absent of contrary arguments, I might purpose defining intervention areas as the type of work done)
I really agree with this kind of distinction. It seems to me that there are several different kinds of properties by which to cluster interventions, including:
Type of work done (say, Political Advocacy)
Instrumental subgoals (say, Agriculture R&D (which could include supporting work, not just research)). (I’m not sure if it’s reasonable to separate these from cause areas as goals)
Epistemic beliefs (say, interventions supported by RCTs for GH&D)
(It seems harder than I thought to think about different ways to cluster. Absent of contrary arguments, I might purpose defining intervention areas as the type of work done)