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Im­prov­ing in­sti­tu­tional de­ci­sion-making

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Improving institutional decision-making is a cause that focuses on increasing the technical quality and effective altruism alignment of the most important decisions made by the world’s most important decision-making bodies.[1]

Improving institutions

Institutions such as governments, companies, and charities control significant resources. One potentially effective way to do good, therefore, is to help institutions use these resources in more productive ways.

Members of the effective altruism community have employed this method extensively. For instance, they have tried to increase the attention policy-makers give to existential risk. Similarly, an important goal of effective altruist charity recommendations is to increase the effectiveness of nonprofit organizations. Within the for-profit sector, altruists have sought to shape the incentives of businesses to make them more aligned with social value, and have also tried to create social value themselves by engaging in social entrepreneurship.

Institutions can be improved in two different ways: from the outside and from the inside. Effective altruism organizations try to improve institutions from the outside by giving them advice or, in the case of charities, by evaluating them, whereas individual members of the effective altruism community may work within institutions to help them achieve their ends more effectively.

One approach to improving decisions is to set up institutional structures that are conducive to good decision-making.[2][3] This way, institutions like national governments might encourage people to make better decisions (e.g. saving for retirement) or make better decisions themselves (e.g. improving health policy).

Evaluation

80,000 Hours rates improving institutional decision-making a “second-highest priority area”: an unusually pressing global problem ranked slightly below their four highest priority areas.[4]

Further reading

Whittlestone, Jess (2017) Improving institutional decision-making, 80,000 Hours, September.

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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Future Generations | ballot initiative | electoral reform | forecasting | international relations | longtermist institutional reform | policy change | political polarization

  1. ^

    Clayton, Vicky, Dilhan Perera & ibatra171 (2021) Refining improving institutional decision-making as a cause area: results from a scoping survey, Effective Altruism Forum, June 26.

  2. ^

    Thaler, Richard H. & Cass R. Sunstein (2008) Nudge: Improving Decision about Health, Wealth, and Happiness, New Haven: Yale University Press.

  3. ^

    Whittlestone, Jess (2017) Improving institutional decision-making, 80,000 Hours, September.

  4. ^

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22 points
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52 comments1 min readEA link
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13 comments1 min readEA link

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7 comments5 min readEA link

Is Democ­racy a Fad?

bgarfinkelMar 13, 2021, 12:40 PM
165 points
36 comments18 min readEA link

Po­ten­tially high-im­pact job: Colorado Depart­ment of Agri­cul­ture, Bureau of An­i­mal Pro­tec­tion Manager

aleneDec 10, 2021, 12:00 AM
16 points
6 comments1 min readEA link
(www.governmentjobs.com)

Col­lab­o­ra­tive In­tel­li­gence: Har­ness­ing Crowd Fore­cast­ing for Na­tional Security

Deger TuranDec 9, 2024, 10:12 PM
6 points
1 comment4 min readEA link
(fas.org)

Guid­ing civil ser­vants to Im­prove In­sti­tu­tional De­ci­sion-Mak­ing through an ‘Im­pact Challenge’

IftekharJul 1, 2022, 1:37 PM
19 points
0 comments8 min readEA link

Mush­taq Khan on us­ing in­sti­tu­tional eco­nomics to pre­dict effec­tive gov­ern­ment reforms

80000_HoursSep 30, 2021, 1:22 PM
27 points
0 comments142 min readEA link

Me­gapro­ject Management

ryan_bJan 20, 2021, 6:55 PM
22 points
6 comments5 min readEA link

Help im­prove rea­son­ing eval­u­a­tion in in­tel­li­gence organisations

Luke ThorburnMay 11, 2020, 7:30 AM
8 points
0 comments3 min readEA link

Log­i­cal Foun­da­tions of Govern­ment Policy

FCCCOct 10, 2020, 4:11 PM
5 points
0 comments4 min readEA link

Most re­search/​ad­vo­cacy char­i­ties are not scalable

KirstenAug 7, 2021, 11:26 AM
116 points
48 comments2 min readEA link

Tel­ling each other about ran­dom sam­ples of our daily lives (ex­per­i­ment)

Roman KozhevnikovJul 21, 2022, 5:33 PM
3 points
8 comments3 min readEA link

EA Berkeley Pre­sents: Univer­sal Own­er­ship: Is In­dex In­vest­ing the New So­cially Re­spon­si­ble In­vest­ing?

Mahendra PrasadMar 10, 2022, 6:58 AM
7 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

The most good sys­tem vi­sual and sta­bi­liza­tion steps

brb243Mar 14, 2022, 11:54 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Help, Please: In­te­grat­ing EA Ideas into Large Re­search Organization

Lauren ZitneyOct 30, 2021, 1:23 AM
37 points
11 comments4 min readEA link

Effec­tive In­sti­tu­tions Pro­ject is hiring

Jam KraprayoonNov 9, 2022, 6:22 PM
19 points
0 comments2 min readEA link
(effectiveinstitutionsproject.org)

In­ter­na­tional co­op­er­a­tion as a tool to re­duce two ex­is­ten­tial risks.

johl@umich.eduApr 19, 2021, 4:51 PM
28 points
4 comments23 min readEA link

Ve­toc­racy re­duc­tion and other co­or­di­na­tion prob­lems as po­ten­tial cause areas

John_MyersFeb 6, 2022, 6:21 PM
29 points
2 comments17 min readEA link

COVID: How did we do? How can we know?

Ghost_of_Li_WenliangJun 30, 2021, 12:29 PM
170 points
47 comments9 min readEA link

The (Cal­ifor­nia) case for State Ca­pac­ity as an EA cause area

LockeAug 4, 2022, 3:22 AM
58 points
10 comments9 min readEA link

An op­por­tu­nity to test Im­prov­ing in­sti­tu­tional de­ci­sion-making

Robp125Oct 4, 2022, 4:40 AM
7 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

Fore­cast­ing of Pri­ori­ties: a tool for effec­tive poli­ti­cal par­ti­ci­pa­tion?

janklenhaDec 31, 2020, 3:24 PM
27 points
8 comments7 min readEA link

[Question] How might we rigor­ously mea­sure the out­puts of pub­lic in­vest­ment by de­fault?

LockeJun 14, 2022, 4:05 PM
5 points
2 comments2 min readEA link

Cause Ex­plo­ra­tion: Gover­nance De­sign & Formation

RoboTeddyAug 12, 2022, 5:39 AM
25 points
8 comments15 min readEA link

Fif­teen the­ses about the near fu­ture of gov­ern­ment operations

LockeAug 11, 2022, 10:00 PM
5 points
0 comments5 min readEA link

Nega­tive screen­ing and su­per­vis­ing en­vi­ron­men­tal li­a­bil­ities un­der IAS 37

RamiroMar 24, 2021, 2:25 PM
6 points
0 comments8 min readEA link

Le­gal Pri­ori­ties Re­search: A Re­search Agenda

jonasschuettJan 6, 2021, 9:47 PM
58 points
4 comments1 min readEA link

It seems hard to avoid sci­en­tific stag­na­tion due to the bur­den of knowl­edge in the long run

TobyWFeb 1, 2024, 2:40 PM
5 points
0 comments11 min readEA link
(nematobe.substack.com)

Bulk­ing in­for­ma­tion ad­di­tion­al­ities in global de­vel­op­ment for medium-term lo­cal prosperity

brb243Apr 11, 2022, 5:52 PM
4 points
0 comments4 min readEA link

Things I learned talk­ing to the new breed of sci­en­tific institution

AbhishaikeAug 30, 2024, 3:05 PM
10 points
2 comments14 min readEA link
(www.owlposting.com)

Nar­ra­tion: Re­duc­ing long-term risks from malev­olent actors

D0TheMathJul 15, 2021, 4:26 PM
23 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(anchor.fm)

The Elec­toral Con­se­quences of Pan­demic Failure Project

DaleJan 7, 2021, 8:57 PM
11 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

Time con­sis­tency for the EA com­mu­nity: Pro­jects that bridge the gap be­tween near-term boot­strap­ping and long-term targets

Arturo MaciasNov 12, 2022, 7:44 AM
7 points
0 comments7 min readEA link

Why scale is over­rated: The case for in­creas­ing EA policy efforts in smaller countries

Philip Hall AndersenAug 15, 2021, 5:48 PM
84 points
11 comments30 min readEA link

Pre­doc open­ing at MIT Sloan for im­prov­ing hu­man collectives

vickyCYangDec 10, 2022, 2:42 AM
11 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

The Mess we are in and what we could do

Trev PrewNov 12, 2022, 8:22 AM
−12 points
0 comments10 min readEA link

EA for in­sti­tu­tions vs. in­di­vi­d­u­als?

EA_novice_StrathclydeAug 31, 2022, 5:56 PM
4 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

Is­sues with Futarchy

LizkaOct 7, 2021, 5:24 PM
63 points
8 comments25 min readEA link

Democ­racy doesn’t have to suck (draft)

blainehansenAug 29, 2022, 3:52 AM
6 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(youtu.be)

Book re­view: The Dooms­day Machine

L Rudolf LAug 18, 2021, 10:15 PM
21 points
0 comments16 min readEA link
(strataoftheworld.blogspot.com)

Towards a longter­mist frame­work for eval­u­at­ing democ­racy-re­lated interventions

Tom Barnes🔸Jul 28, 2021, 1:23 PM
96 points
5 comments30 min readEA link

Maha Rehman on work­ing with gov­ern­ments to rapidly de­liver masks to mil­lions of people

80000_HoursOct 25, 2021, 3:15 PM
11 points
0 comments80 min readEA link

Fo­cus on Civ­i­liza­tional Re­silience over Cause Areas

timfarkasMay 26, 2022, 5:37 PM
16 points
6 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] How to em­bed tools for im­proved in­sti­tu­tional dec­sion mak­ing in an or­ga­ni­za­tions soft­ware plat­form?

mxschonsApr 6, 2021, 4:19 PM
11 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

Take­aways on US Policy Ca­reers (Part 1): Paths to Im­pact and Per­sonal Fit

MauAug 26, 2021, 2:45 AM
107 points
2 comments27 min readEA link

[Question] What would you ask a poli­cy­maker about ex­is­ten­tial risks?

James Nicholas BryantJul 6, 2021, 11:53 PM
24 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

Re­ward­ing pri­vate pro­vi­sion of pub­lic goods

VictorSintNicolaasOct 24, 2020, 10:00 AM
45 points
6 comments6 min readEA link

Fu­ture De­sign: How To In­clude Fu­ture Gen­er­a­tions in To­day’s De­ci­sion-Mak­ing?

simeon_cJul 12, 2022, 9:53 PM
15 points
1 comment6 min readEA link

Max Stauffer: Strate­gies to sup­port poli­ti­cal de­ci­sion-making

EA GlobalJan 11, 2021, 9:12 PM
14 points
0 comments17 min readEA link
(www.youtube.com)

The in­ter­sec­tion of for­eign aid and EA: a U.S. case study

ljustenJan 8, 2021, 8:57 PM
19 points
4 comments18 min readEA link

[Question] How to se­lect un­con­di­tional cash trans­fer benefi­cia­ries to max­i­mize cost-effec­tive­ness (and what in­sti­tu­tional changes can solve re­cip­i­ents’ is­sues)?

brb243Jan 7, 2022, 10:52 PM
5 points
0 comments4 min readEA link

[Long ver­sion] Case study: re­duc­ing catas­trophic risk from in­side the US bureaucracy

Tom_GreenJun 27, 2022, 7:20 PM
49 points
0 comments43 min readEA link

Hiski Haukkala: Policy mak­ers love their chil­dren too

EA GlobalMar 29, 2019, 3:33 PM
7 points
0 comments10 min readEA link
(www.youtube.com)

So­cial Benefi­cence (Ja­cob Bar­rett)

Global Priorities InstituteJul 19, 2023, 10:20 AM
45 points
0 comments4 min readEA link
(globalprioritiesinstitute.org)

May 5th Event: Democ­racy, Altru­ism, & the Ethics of Transna­tional Aid

Mahendra PrasadMay 5, 2021, 5:33 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Cul­ti­vate Labs hiring a data jour­nal­ist for gov­ern­ment projects

Henry TolchardFeb 19, 2022, 1:34 PM
4 points
1 comment3 min readEA link

EA Anal­y­sis of the Ger­man Coal­i­tion Agree­ment 2021–2025

Yannick_MuehlhaeuserJan 24, 2022, 1:25 PM
75 points
16 comments9 min readEA link

An­nounc­ing In­sights for Impact

Christian PearsonJan 4, 2023, 7:00 AM
80 points
6 comments1 min readEA link

De­moc­ra­tiz­ing the work­place as a cause area

Bob Jacobs 🔸Nov 26, 2022, 6:31 PM
38 points
19 comments8 min readEA link

Guess, ask or tell?

dEAsignOct 19, 2023, 9:52 PM
2 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

How Con­fir­ma­tion Bias Put An In­no­cent Man In Pri­son For 16 Years

Jared101Oct 21, 2023, 10:29 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readEA link

Let­ter to Fu­ture Gen­er­a­tions

AlimiJul 16, 2023, 2:33 PM
3 points
0 comments5 min readEA link

EA orgs need to table­top more.

Dr Dan EpsteinJul 30, 2023, 8:45 PM
19 points
0 comments3 min readEA link

Planned Up­dates to U.S. Reg­u­la­tory Anal­y­sis Meth­ods are Likely Rele­vant to EAs

MHR🔸Apr 7, 2023, 12:36 AM
163 points
6 comments4 min readEA link

Two Re­quire­ments for Any Welfare Payment

FCCCJun 17, 2020, 1:07 PM
6 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

The Benev­olent Ruler’s Hand­book (Part 1): The Policy Problem

FCCCAug 12, 2023, 2:24 PM
5 points
0 comments4 min readEA link

Fol­low-up on “In­sti­tu­tions for Fu­ture Gen­er­a­tions”

tylermjohnApr 19, 2023, 11:16 AM
72 points
2 comments2 min readEA link

Avert­ing Catas­tro­phe: De­ci­sion The­ory for COVID-19, Cli­mate Change, and Po­ten­tial Disasters of All Kinds

JakubKMay 2, 2023, 10:50 PM
15 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(nyupress.org)

Re­search Man­ager for the Effec­tive In­sti­tu­tions Project

Jam KraprayoonMay 5, 2023, 11:12 AM
12 points
0 comments4 min readEA link
(effectiveinstitutionsproject.org)

The cost of (not) tak­ing mar­ket­ing seriously

James Odene [User-Friendly]Aug 8, 2023, 11:37 AM
55 points
7 comments6 min readEA link

EA in Poli­tics: Let’s De­bunk a Taboo

Anna TosoDec 12, 2023, 4:25 PM
12 points
2 comments10 min readEA link

Quan­tified Col­lec­tive In­tel­li­gence: In­te­grat­ing Fore­cast­ing into De­ci­sion-Making

Gaia DempseySep 28, 2023, 3:37 PM
6 points
1 comment15 min readEA link

Free/​low-cost de­ci­sion sup­port ser­vices for the EA community

IanDavidMossSep 29, 2021, 5:04 PM
16 points
0 comments4 min readEA link

LGP up­dates; Table­top Sce­nario gen­er­a­tor, trove, and doc­u­ments library out of beta. We­bi­nar next week on TTX for con­sul­tants (LGP x EACN)

Dr Dan EpsteinAug 11, 2023, 12:04 AM
6 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Book sum­mary: ‘Why In­tel­li­gence Fails’ by Robert Jervis

Ben StewartJun 19, 2023, 4:04 PM
40 points
3 comments12 min readEA link

An­nounc­ing Man­i­fest 2023 (Sep 22-24 in Berkeley)

ManifestAug 14, 2023, 11:41 AM
46 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

Should I train to be­come a me­di­a­tor for the EA ecosys­tem?

SeverinAug 14, 2023, 2:39 AM
33 points
13 comments2 min readEA link

4) A Case Study in Pan­demic Policy Failure: Covid-19 & Hu­man-to-Hu­man Transmission

PandemicRiskManFeb 14, 2024, 1:54 PM
1 point
0 comments8 min readEA link

How to Speedrun a New Drug Ap­pli­ca­tion (In­ter­view with Alvea’s former CEO)

Aaron Gertler 🔸Mar 3, 2024, 12:53 AM
37 points
1 comment2 min readEA link
(www.statecraft.pub)

Democ­racy be­yond majoritarianism

Arturo MaciasSep 3, 2024, 3:06 PM
7 points
3 comments4 min readEA link

Sum­mary: Train­ing Effec­tive Altru­ism (Mehmood et al.)

Nic Kruus🔸Mar 20, 2024, 5:54 PM
28 points
2 comments2 min readEA link

‘Scale is All You Need’ — Wri­teup of a Syn­thetic Biol­ogy Work­shop With the Astera In­sti­tute & Metaculus

christianSep 5, 2024, 8:11 PM
6 points
1 comment5 min readEA link
(www.metaculus.com)

Free Table­top Ex­er­cis­ing Course and Resources

Dr Dan EpsteinMar 28, 2024, 1:38 AM
35 points
1 comment5 min readEA link

God Coin: A Modest Pro­posal

Mahdi ComplexApr 1, 2024, 12:02 PM
4 points
0 comments22 min readEA link

Reimag­in­ing Malev­olence: A Primer on Malev­olence and Im­pli­ca­tions for EA

Kenneth_DiaoApr 11, 2024, 12:50 PM
28 points
3 comments44 min readEA link

[Question] What should we ex­pect from the new Euro­pean Com­mis­sioner on ‘In­ter­gen­er­a­tional Fair­ness’?

Joris 🔸Dec 16, 2024, 8:26 AM
8 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

De­sign­ing Ar­tifi­cial Wis­dom: De­ci­sion Fore­cast­ing AI & Futarchy

Jordan ArelJul 14, 2024, 5:10 AM
5 points
1 comment6 min readEA link

Help in­crease the effec­tive­ness of UK aid

Ben AndersonOct 2, 2024, 6:27 PM
107 points
6 comments3 min readEA link

Gaia Net­work: An Illus­trated Primer

Roman LeventovJan 26, 2024, 11:55 AM
4 points
4 comments15 min readEA link

Three jour­neys for effec­tive altruism

Zachary Robinson🔸Oct 22, 2024, 3:45 PM
129 points
3 comments13 min readEA link

Pre­dic­tions as Public Works Pro­ject — What Me­tac­u­lus Is Build­ing Next

SylvainOct 22, 2024, 4:35 PM
24 points
4 comments5 min readEA link
(www.metaculus.com)

Can democ­racy be im­proved with ran­dom se­lec­tion?

John HuangOct 27, 2024, 9:31 AM
17 points
9 comments10 min readEA link

Skep­ti­cism to­wards claims about the views of pow­er­ful institutions

tlevinFeb 13, 2025, 7:40 AM
14 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Park­in­son’s Law and the Ide­ol­ogy of Statistics

BenquoJan 4, 2025, 3:50 PM
2 points
7 comments8 min readEA link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

Elec­tion by Jury: A Ne­glected Tar­get for Effec­tive Altruism

ClayShentrupJan 27, 2025, 7:27 AM
11 points
10 comments6 min readEA link
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