Earlier this month, a Gates Foundation representative (Mark Suzman, Acting President of the Global Development Program) made a post epitomizing what I feel is a key fallacy in the world of giving: that any and all progress in struggling countries … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
Monthly Archives: June 2010
Among those who follow GiveWell, there is some interest in the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence and its mission of lowering the risks associated with the creation of artificial intelligence that “[leaves] human abilities far behind.” We have been asked … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
GiveWell’s 3 full-time staff (myself, Elie Hassenfeld and Natalie Stone) will be living and working in Mumbai from mid-August through late November. Developing-world aid has become a major focus for us, and we hope to have more opportunities to see … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
USAID’s most recent report on microfinance and microenterprise development tells an interesting story and, in my view, shows just how widely microfinance has been (and continues to be) misunderstood. While many advocate that microfinance institutions focus on people under the … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
Providing clean water to people living in developing countries is a cause that many donors are interested in. Among other hardships, unclean water can lead to diseases such as diarrhea, which is responsible for millions of child deaths annually. Unfortunately, … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
There are a lot of reasons to be interested in charities focused on neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), and particularly on deworming schoolchildren. Deworming schoolchildren, as discussed in a recent post, is ranked among the top programs in terms of “cost-effectiveness,” … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
