I haven’t reviewed this in depth, but this strikes me as exactly the right type of thing that EAs should now be funding in the space of international development. There is much more potential in the meta- space that hasn’t been explored, and this example being supported, and Hauke’s experience, seem promising in that direction.
For example, other meta ideas I’d expect to be highly valuable:
Working to get IPA/J-PAL to mandate pre-registration and published results for their studies
Quantifying and breaking down ODA to the extent possible across organizations, sectors, geographies, etc.
Advocating for more CEA within IGOs, better ODA spends
Supporting builds and integrations of tools/techniques that improve research (e.g. falsification detection)
Advocacy for more studies in key interventions (deworming, others that are promising but haven’t been sufficiently studied), currently somewhat addressed by GiveWell’s IDinsight partnership.
Supporting AidGrade
Increasing the quality-basis of key GW assumptions (external validity of various studies that are highly relied upon)
Creating a fully comprehensive charity dataset focused on gathering key indicators of cost-effectiveness for every 501(c)3
I haven’t reviewed this in depth, but this strikes me as exactly the right type of thing that EAs should now be funding in the space of international development. There is much more potential in the meta- space that hasn’t been explored, and this example being supported, and Hauke’s experience, seem promising in that direction.
For example, other meta ideas I’d expect to be highly valuable:
Working to get IPA/J-PAL to mandate pre-registration and published results for their studies
Quantifying and breaking down ODA to the extent possible across organizations, sectors, geographies, etc.
Advocating for more CEA within IGOs, better ODA spends
Supporting builds and integrations of tools/techniques that improve research (e.g. falsification detection)
Advocacy for more studies in key interventions (deworming, others that are promising but haven’t been sufficiently studied), currently somewhat addressed by GiveWell’s IDinsight partnership.
Supporting AidGrade
Increasing the quality-basis of key GW assumptions (external validity of various studies that are highly relied upon)
Creating a fully comprehensive charity dataset focused on gathering key indicators of cost-effectiveness for every 501(c)3
etc.
My project http://sogive.org is gathering a charity dataset focused on key indicators of cost-effectiveness.