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(3/7/2019) Announcing a call for grant applicants in Southeast Asia and Bangladesh (2/13/2019) How GiveWell’s research is evolving (2/7/2019) Schedule a quick call to make giving easier (12/20/2018) December 2018 open thread (12/12/2018) Staff members’ personal donations for giving season 2018 (12/10/2018) We’ve added more options for cryptocurrency donors (12/7/2018) Response to concerns about GiveWell’s spillovers analysis (12/6/2018) Our updated top charities for giving season 2018 (11/26/2018) Our recommendation to Good Ventures (11/26/2018) Update on No Lean Season’s top charity status (11/19/2018) A grant to Evidence Action Beta to prototype, test, and scale promising programs (10/9/2018) Publishing more frequent updates to our cost-effectiveness model (10/2/2018) September 2018 open thread (9/10/2018) Allocation of discretionary funds from Q2 2018 (8/28/2018) Why we don’t use subnational malaria mortality estimates in our cost-effectiveness models (8/22/2018) GiveWell’s money moved and web traffic in 2017 (6/29/2018) Announcing Zusha! as a standout charity (6/21/2018) June 2018 open thread (6/13/2018) Allocation of discretionary funds from Q1 2018 (6/4/2018) New research on cash transfers (5/4/2018) GiveWell’s outreach and operations: 2017 review and 2018 plans (4/20/2018) Our 2018 plans for research (4/19/2018) Review of our research in 2017 (4/18/2018) Allocation of discretionary funds from Q4 2017 (4/6/2018) GiveWell’s money moved and web traffic in 2016 (3/30/2018) Considering policy advocacy organizations: Why GiveWell made a grant to the Centre for Pesticide Suicide Prevention (3/22/2018) March 2018 open thread (3/13/2018) Revisiting leverage (2/13/2018) GiveWell is hiring! (1/25/2018) Revisiting the evidence on malaria eradication in the Americas (12/29/2017) Key questions about Helen Keller International’s vitamin A supplementation program (12/28/2017) How uncertain is our cost-effectiveness analysis? (12/22/2017) Update on our work on outreach (12/19/2017) Maximizing the impact of your donation: saving on fees means more money for great charities (12/15/2017) December 2017 open thread (12/15/2017) Give efficiently and reduce the work for charities (12/13/2017) Staff members’ personal donations for giving season 2017 (12/11/2017) Questioning the evidence on hookworm eradication in the American South (12/7/2017) Want to talk to someone at GiveWell about your giving decision? (12/5/2017) Our top charities for giving season 2017 (11/27/2017) How GiveWell and mainstream policymakers compare the “good” achieved by different programs (11/7/2017) Interim update on GiveWell’s money moved and web traffic in 2016 (9/29/2017) September 2017 open thread (9/12/2017) Why we’re allocating discretionary funds to the Deworm the World Initiative (8/30/2017) From the archive: 6 tips on disaster relief giving (8/28/2017) Update on GiveWell’s intervention research in 2017 (8/24/2017) Our approach to processing undesignated donations (8/3/2017) Mid-year update on GiveWell’s progress (7/12/2017) Deciding whether to recommend fistula management charities (7/6/2017) Are GiveWell’s top charities the best option for every donor? (6/21/2017) June 2017 open thread (6/15/2017) Separating GiveWell and the Open Philanthropy Project (6/12/2017) How GiveWell uses cost-effectiveness analyses (6/1/2017) Update on our views on cataract surgery (5/11/2017) Why GiveWell is partnering with IDinsight (5/4/2017) Allocation of discretionary funds and new recommendation for donors (4/3/2017) GiveWell as an organization: progress in 2016 and plans for 2017 (3/30/2017) GiveWell’s research plans for 2017 (3/29/2017) GiveWell’s progress on research in 2016 (3/27/2017) March 2017 open thread (3/21/2017) Why we’re considering Zusha! as a potential 2017 top charity (2/28/2017) What does it mean when a charity declines to participate in GiveWell’s review process? (2/21/2017) Why more charities should consider applying for a GiveWell recommendation (2/14/2017) Open Philanthropy Project post on giving suggestions pertaining to recent executive actions (2/9/2017) Why we’re considering No Lean Season as a potential 2017 top charity (2/7/2017) GiveWell Incubation Grants (1/19/2017) How thin the reed? Generalizing from “Worms at Work” (1/4/2017) Just a few days left in 2016… (12/22/2016) Front-loading my personal giving this year (12/22/2016) GiveWell’s operations team is hiring (12/21/2016) We’d be glad to chat with you! 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(08/30/2016) Deworming might have huge impact, but might have close to zero impact (07/26/2016) Update on GiveWell’s web traffic / money moved: Q1 2016 (07/19/2016) Weighing organizational strength vs. estimated cost-effectiveness (07/14/2016) Challenges in finding a great Vitamin A charity (06/28/2016) Mid-year update to top charity recommendations (06/23/2016) What we’ve learned about SCI this year (06/20/2016) June 2016 open thread (06/15/2016) We’re hiring a Director of Operations (05/24/2016) Trying out a new format: GiveWell podcast (05/23/2016) GiveWell’s money moved and web traffic in 2015 (05/13/2016) Reservations about water quality interventions (05/03/2016) GiveWell research plans for 2016 (04/06/2016) GiveWell’s progress in 2015 (04/05/2016) New posts on the Open Philanthropy Blog: Our early farm animal welfare grants, philosophy of hits-based giving (04/04/2016) Seeking feedback on alternative, more persuasion-oriented potential format for evidence reviews (04/01/2016) March 2016 open thread (03/10/2016) Why we do donor calls (03/08/2016) New posts on the Open Philanthropy Blog: Our approach to grantmaking so far, and the launch of the Alliance for Safety and Justice (02/10/2016) New post on the Open Philanthropy Blog: David Roodman on whether there’s been a notable recent crime wave (02/02/2016) The importance of “gold standard” studies for consumers of research (01/19/2016) Update on GiveWell’s web traffic / money moved (01/08/2016) December 2015 update on GiveWell’s funding needs (12/25/2015) Suggestions for individual donors from Open Philanthropy Project staff (12/23/2015) We’re happy to talk to you! (12/18/2015) December 2015 open thread (12/10/2015) Encouraging friends and family to give to AMF for the holidays (12/10/2015) Staff members’ personal donations for giving season 2015 (12/09/2015) Good Ventures and giving now vs. later (11/25/2015) Our updated top charities for giving season 2015 (11/18/2015) Should the Open Philanthropy Project be recommending more/larger grants? (11/17/2015) The lack of controversy over well-targeted aid (11/06/2015) Why a new study of the Mariel boatlift has not changed our views on the benefits of immigration (10/21/2015) Charities we’d like to see (10/15/2015) GiveWell is hiring Summer Research Analysts for summer 2016 (10/02/2015) Differential technological development: Some early thinking (09/30/2015) Open Philanthropy Project update (09/17/2015) Donating to help with the Syrian refugee crisis (09/17/2015) Journalists report on deworming program supported by Deworm the World Initiative in Kenya (09/14/2015) Incoming Program Officer: Lewis Bollard (09/11/2015) September 2015 open thread (09/10/2015) Update on GiveWell’s web traffic / money moved: Q2 2015 (09/09/2015) A tax-deductible top charity for Australians (09/08/2015) The process of hiring our first cause-specific Program Officer (09/03/2015) History of philanthropy case study: The impact of philanthropy on the passage of the Affordable Care Act (09/02/2015) Coming down to earth: What if a big geomagnetic storm does hit? (08/21/2015) Change in our fundraising policy for the Open Philanthropy Project (08/17/2015) The long-term significance of reducing global catastrophic risks (08/13/2015) Good Ventures’ $25 million grant to GiveDirectly (08/03/2015) Could raising alcohol taxes save lives? (07/30/2015) New deworming reanalyses and Cochrane review (07/24/2015) Key questions about philanthropy, part 3: Making and evaluating grants (07/22/2015) Change of leadership at Evidence Action (07/17/2015) Geomagnetic storms: Using extreme value theory to gauge the risk (07/13/2015) Key questions about philanthropy, part 2: Choosing focus areas and hiring program staff (07/09/2015) Has violence declined, when large-scale atrocities are systematically included? (07/08/2015) Geomagnetic storms: History’s surprising, if tentative, reassurance (07/02/2015) Geomagnetic storms: An introduction to the risk (06/29/2015) Fundamental, under-discussed questions about philanthropy, part 1: the role of the funder (06/23/2015) Incoming Program Officer for criminal justice reform: Chloe Cockburn (06/16/2015) Corrections in our review of Development Media International (06/11/2015) Update on GiveWell’s web traffic / money moved: Q1 2015 (05/27/2015) GiveWell summer fellowship (05/26/2015) History of philanthropy case study: Pew and drug safety legislation (05/15/2015) Funder-initiated startups (05/14/2015) Our updated agenda for science philanthropy (05/06/2015) Giving to support the relief effort for the Nepal earthquake (04/27/2015) Co-funding partnership with Kaitlyn Trigger and Mike Krieger (04/23/2015) Statement from Kaitlyn Trigger & Mike Krieger: Why we’re partnering with the Open Philanthropy Project (04/23/2015) Science policy and infrastructure (04/21/2015) April 2015 open thread (04/16/2015) Breakthrough fundamental science (04/14/2015) GiveWell’s money moved and web traffic in 2014 (04/13/2015) Translational science and the “valley of death” (04/09/2015) The Most Good You Can Do (04/06/2015) Top charities’ room for more funding (04/03/2015) Investigating neglected goals in scientific research (03/26/2015) General progress and plans for GiveWell as an organization in 2015 (03/17/2015) Open Philanthropy Project: Progress in 2014 and plans for 2015 (03/12/2015) Open Philanthropy Project update: Global catastrophic risks (03/11/2015) Open Philanthropy Project update: U.S. policy (03/10/2015) 2015 plan for GiveWell’s traditional (“top charities”) work (03/05/2015)  2014 progress on GiveWell’s traditional (“top charities”) work (03/04/2015) GiveWell’s progress in 2014 and plans for 2015: Summary (03/03/2015) The path to biomedical progress (02/27/2015) Thoughts on the Sandler Foundation (02/24/2015) Notes from November convening on our policy priorities (02/19/2015) GiveWell is hiring (02/05/2015) Organizations promoting generous, effective giving (01/08/2015) Update on GiveWell’s web traffic / money moved: Q3 2014 (01/01/2015) December 2014 update on GiveWell’s funding needs (12/29/2014) Request for input (12/29/2014) Update on the Ebola outbreak (12/23/2014) Should we expect an ongoing study to meet its “goal?” (12/22/2014) We’re happy to talk to you! 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re: Development Media International (05/02/2014) Finding giving opportunities in malaria control/elimination (04/30/2014) Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS) (04/23/2014) David Roodman’s draft writeup on the mortality-fertility connection (04/17/2014) Our work on outreach (04/02/2014) Against Malaria Foundation finalizes distribution agreement for ~676,000 nets (03/26/2014) The first case study from our history of philanthropy project (03/25/2014) GiveWell annual review for 2013: details on GiveWell’s money moved and web traffic (03/19/2014) GiveWell is hiring (03/12/2014) Assorted reminders (03/12/2014) General plans for GiveWell as an organization in 2014 (03/11/2014) GiveWell Labs – progress in 2013 and plans for 2014 (03/05/2014) 2014 plan for GiveWell’s traditional (“top charities”) work (02/26/2014) 2013 progress on GiveWell’s traditional (“top charities”) work (02/17/2014) GiveWell’s progress in 2013 (02/14/2014) Returns to life sciences funding (01/15/2014) 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(04/16/2013) GiveWell’s history of philanthropy/philanthropy journalism project (04/09/2013) Deep value judgments and worldview characteristics (04/04/2012) Why we recommend so few charities (03/29/2013) Trying (and failing) to find more funding gaps for delivering proven cost-effective interventions (03/21/2013) Update on GiveWell’s plans for 2013 (03/14/2013) GiveWell annual review for 2012: Details on GiveWell’s money moved and web traffic (03/12/2013) Why I didn’t give to the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative last year (03/07/2013) External evaluation of our research (03/01/2013) GiveWell’s plan for 2013: A top-level decision (02/21/2013) GiveWell is hiring (02/20/2013) Self-evaluation: GiveWell as a project (02/15/2013) Self-evaluation: GiveWell as a donor resource (02/12/2013) GiveWell’s progress in 2012 (02/08/2013) Guest post from David Barry about deworming cost-effectiveness (01/23/2013) In memory of Aaron Swartz (01/16/2013) Cash transfers vs. microloans (01/04/2013) The case for cash (12/26/2012) More on the ranking of our top charities (12/20/2012) Cost-effectiveness of nets vs. deworming vs. cash transfers (12/19/2012) Evidence of impact for long-term benefits (12/14/2012) Revisiting the case for developmental effects of deworming (12/05/2012) Conference call discussing our top charities, Thu. 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(12/20/2011) 6 tips for giving like a pro (12/19/2011) Leverage in charity (12/15/2011) Why you shouldn’t let “donation matching” affect your giving (12/15/2011) Deciding between two outstanding charities (12/08/2011) Conference call discussing our top charities, Dec. 8, 7p Eastern (12/02/2011) Top charities for holiday season 2011: Against Malaria Foundation and Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (11/29/2011) New charity recommendations forthcoming by December 1; blog posts on hold until then (11/18/2011) Maximizing cost-effectiveness via critical inquiry (11/10/2011) Some considerations against more investment in cost-effectiveness estimates (11/04/2011) GiveWell is aiming to have a new #1 charity by December (10/26/2011) What it takes to evaluate impact (10/18/2011) GiveWell Labs: Our criteria for giving opportunities (10/11/2011) Update on GiveWell’s web traffic / money moved: Q3 2011 (10/05/2011) Errors in DCP2 cost-effectiveness estimate for deworming (09/29/2011) GiveWell Labs: Plans for our process and transparency (09/20/2011) Why GiveWell Labs? (09/12/2011) Announcing GiveWell Labs (09/08/2011) Somalia famine: Update (08/30/2011) Working for GiveWell (08/25/2011) Why we can’t take expected value estimates literally (even when they’re unbiased) (08/18/2011) Donating to the Somalia famine: A brief update (08/12/2011) Guest post from Vipul Naik (08/05/2011) Somalia / East Africa famine relief donations (07/25/2011) A charity to watch: GiveDirectly (07/21/2011) A good volunteer is hard to find (07/13/2011) KIPP Houston has a 1.4 million dollar shortfall. How did this happen? (07/07/2011) Update on GiveWell’s web traffic / money moved: Q2 2011 (07/01/2011) How much time do charities spend participating in GiveWell’s process? (07/01/2011) Guest post from Eric Friedman (06/21/2011) GAVI appears to be out of room for more funding (good news) (06/14/2011) Why we should expect good giving to be hard (06/11/2011) Profile of a GiveWell customer (06/02/2011) In defense of the streetlight effect (05/27/2011) Suggestions for the social sciences (05/19/2011) Microlending debate: An example of why academic research should be used with caution (05/13/2011) Evaluating local charities in India (05/04/2011) Elie's general notes from living in India (05/02/2011) Natalie's general notes from living in India (05/02/2011) Internal debate on the goals of giving to charity (04/29/2011) Holden's general notes from living in India (04/29/2011) More Than Good Intentions by Dean Karlan and Jacob Appel: Our review (04/28/2011) Three Cups of Tea scandal: Why we had the right bottom line on the Central Asia Institute (04/25/2011) PSI rating change (04/22/2011) Japan update 4/13/11 (04/13/2011) The Gates Foundation's grant for Japan relief: Our questions and its response (04/06/2011) Assorted links 4/5/11 (04/05/2011) Will the rebuilding effort in Japan be about the survivors or about the nonprofits? (04/04/2011) Update on GiveWell's web traffic / money moved: Q1 2011 (04/01/2011) Update on how to help Japan: March 24 (03/25/2011) Update on how to help Japan: No room for more funding. We recommend giving to Doctors Without Borders to promote better disaster relief in general (03/15/2011) Japan earthquake/tsunami relief donations (03/11/2011) Your dollars at work: Update on top-rated charity VillageReach (03/10/2011) Evaluating GiveWell by finding the best charity (03/04/2011) GiveWell's plan for 2011: Specifics of research (02/21/2011) GiveWell's plan for 2011: Top-level priorities (02/14/2011) Self-evaluation: GiveWell as a donor resource (02/09/2011) Self-evaluation: GiveWell as a project (02/09/2011) Stats on GiveWell's money moved and web traffic (02/08/2011) GiveWell's annual self-evaluation and plan: A big picture change in priorities (02/04/2011) Global Fund: Best failure disclosure we've seen yet? (01/27/2011) Free legal services - helpful or harmful? (01/20/2011) Disaster relief report published; Doctors Without Borders, Partners In Health, and Direct Relief International stand out (01/12/2011) What is the situation in Haiti a year after the earthquake? What have and haven't charities accomplished so far? (01/11/2011) How much money has been given and spent for Haiti earthquake relief? Putting the numbers in perspective (01/10/2011) Assessing disaster relief organizations (01/07/2011) Animal welfare charities (12/27/2010) Guest post from Jason Fehr (12/23/2010) The best charity that no one has heard of: Response roundup (12/20/2010) Giving season update (12/16/2010) The best charity that no one has heard of: How would you tell its story? (12/06/2010) Joint release on finding the best charities, not just avoiding the worst (12/01/2010) New content: New research report, new ratings system, DIY Guide, and self-evaluation (11/24/2010) After "extraordinary and unorthodox" comes the valley of death (11/17/2010) Health system strengthening + sustainability + accountability (11/10/2010) Microfinance: The multi-billion-dollar aid sector that we're just starting to learn about (11/05/2010) The process of giving: A personal story (guest post from Ian Turner) (10/28/2010) Engineers Without Borders earns "Notable" distinction (10/21/2010) LAPO: Case study on due diligence by microfinance funders (10/13/2010) More on charity ratings and GiveWell's mission (10/06/2010) Why charity ratings don't work (as of now) (09/28/2010) Thoughts from Dharavi tour (09/21/2010) Nurse-Family Partnership and room for more funding (09/14/2010) Should I give out cash in Mumbai? (09/08/2010) New research and recommendations for microfinance (09/03/2010) Responses to blog comments (08/27/2010) Our advice re: donations for Pakistan flood (08/25/2010) High-quality study of Head Start early childhood care program (08/21/2010) Needed from major funders: more great organizations (08/13/2010) Philanthropy vouchers (08/05/2010) Invest in Kids (07/29/2010) The Money for Good study (07/20/2010) Alliance for Effective Social Investing survey (07/14/2010) Slow spending (07/14/2010) Unitus and room for more funding (07/12/2010) Against Promise Neighborhoods (07/07/2010) Unitus (07/02/2010) Aid is not the only thing that reduces poverty (06/30/2010) GiveWell will be moving to Mumbai (India) for 3 months (06/29/2010) Singularity Summit (06/29/2010) Microfinance's "failure" to reach the poorest (06/24/2010) New evidence that cleaner water -> less diarrhea (06/15/2010) Neglected tropical disease charities: Schistosomiasis Control Initiative, Deworm The World (06/09/2010) My donation for 2009 (guest post from Dario Amodei) (06/03/2010) Are great charities made or born? (06/02/2010) Thoughts on "Moonshine or the kids?" (05/26/2010) Please take 3 minutes to help us set priorities (05/25/2010) How the American Cancer Society and Susan G. Komen for the Cure spend their money (05/18/2010) Futility of standardized metrics: An example (05/12/2010) Kiva suspends partnership with large, criticized partner LAPO (05/06/2010) Economic empowerment grant: Mistakes, lessons learned, and steps taken (05/05/2010) Who needs in-kind donations more: The recipients or the givers? (04/30/2010) If you're worried about high interest rates, you should be worried about any microfinance institution (04/22/2010) Charity reviews vs. movie reviews (04/20/2010) Room for more funding and fungibility: From the horse's mouth (04/20/2010) No interest rate is too high (04/16/2010) http://www.givewell.org/about/shortcomings#Mistakes (04/14/2010) Should charity evaluation be "fair"? (04/09/2010) Microfinance interest rates (04/02/2010) TakeAction @ GuideStar (03/29/2010) Think Before You Give: A new podcast with Elie Hassenfeld and Saundra Schimmelpfennig (03/29/2010) A good response re: diversion of skilled labor (03/27/2010) A proposal for donors interested in causes/charities we haven't covered (03/23/2010) Cost-effectiveness estimates: Inside the sausage factory (03/19/2010) Thoughts from my visits to Small Enterprise Foundation (South Africa) and VillageReach (Mozambique), part III (03/12/2010) Thoughts from my visits to Small Enterprise Foundation (South Africa) and VillageReach (Mozambique), part II (03/10/2010) Thoughts from my visits to Small Enterprise Foundation (South Africa) and VillageReach (Mozambique), part I (03/09/2010) Nothing wrong with selfish giving - just don't call it philanthropy (03/08/2010) Pictures/audio/notes from my visits to Small Enterprise Foundation (South Africa) and VillageReach (Mozambique) (03/05/2010) Blog design (03/04/2010) The simplest way to improve your GiveWell rating: Disclose a failure (02/26/2010) GiveWell's annual self-evaluation and plan: Summary (02/19/2010) GiveWell's plan: Specifics of research (02/18/2010) GiveWell's plan: Top-level priorities (02/16/2010) Self-evaluation: GiveWell as a project (02/11/2010) Self-evaluation: GiveWell as a donor resource (02/09/2010) Haiti "room for more funding" at the organization level: Not enough information (02/05/2010) Economic empowerment grants awarded (02/05/2010) Website traffic: GiveWell, Charity Navigator, GuideStar (02/03/2010) Does Haiti earthquake relief have room for more funding? (02/01/2010) Haiti earthquake relief seems less cost-effective than everyday international aid (01/29/2010) Can choosing the right charity double your impact? 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(12/22/2009) Some simple ways to check "room for more funding" (12/18/2009) Going deeper on "room for more funding": Underfunded grant proposals (12/18/2009) "Room for more funding" continued: Why donation restricting isn't the easy answer (12/17/2009) An essential question that no one is asking charities (12/16/2009) Comment on Barron's "25 Best Givers" list (12/14/2009) Charity isn't about helping? (12/14/2009) Estimating the cost-effectiveness of microfinance charity (12/11/2009) Global Giving's spot check and why it should worry you (12/10/2009) LAPO (Kiva partner) and financial vs. social success (12/09/2009) What we know about Robin Hood (almost nothing) (12/08/2009) Robin Hood, Smile Train and the "0% overhead" donor illusion (12/07/2009) Comments on this blog (12/06/2009) A conflict of Bayesian priors? (12/05/2009) When is a charity's logo a donor illusion? (12/04/2009) Why are we always criticizing charities? (12/03/2009) By default, assume aid projects aren't reaching the poorest (12/03/2009) Kudos to Ken Berger (12/02/2009) Smile Train removes charts from website; still claims $250 per surgery (12/02/2009) When donations and profits meet, beware (12/01/2009) The worst way to pick a charity (12/01/2009) Smile Train (11/30/2009) Hunger here vs. hunger there (11/27/2009) Poor in the U.S. = rich (11/27/2009) Acumen Fund and social enterprise investment (11/26/2009) The Global Fund and transparency (11/24/2009) Denying the choice (11/20/2009) Two charities, one microfinance institution (11/20/2009) UNICEF Inspired Gifts: Revolution or donor illusion? (11/18/2009) Whiplash (11/17/2009) Not our last word on the Kiva controversy (11/17/2009) Quality of life in the developing world (11/17/2009) My greatest fear about microfinance (11/13/2009) Perspectives on donor irrationality (11/13/2009) Chess in the Schools (11/13/2009) The Carter Center (11/11/2009) Evaluating microsavings (11/10/2009) Medicine and philanthropy (11/10/2009) If microsavings is more needed, why does microcredit get more attention? (11/09/2009) Our process: Narrowing the field (11/06/2009) Too much attention on the giver's experience; not enough on the recipient's (11/06/2009) Donor illusions (11/05/2009) How would a malaria vaccine affect charity? (11/04/2009) Evaluating microfinance charities (11/04/2009) Microfinance where access already exists (11/03/2009) Pneumonia Day is another General Health Day (11/02/2009) Can a donor give "new life for the pariahs" through the World Fistula Fund? (11/02/2009) Why can't you make the sale? (10/30/2009) Gates Foundation on agriculture funding: Where are the facts? (10/29/2009) The Gates Foundation's agriculture program: Experimenting or floundering? (10/29/2009) Village Phone: Another great story under the microscope (10/28/2009) Helping farmers is harder than you've heard (10/27/2009) 6 myths about microfinance charity that donors can do without (10/23/2009) Agriculture charity evaluation: Incomes boosted are not the same as lives changed (10/21/2009) Good news can create new challenges for donors (10/21/2009) Are charities helping? We don't know (10/20/2009) Is fundraising stuck in the world of Mad Men? (10/16/2009) What's different about Kiva (10/15/2009) Maternal mortality: "Important" yes, "just needs funding" no (10/14/2009) Kiva repayment data (10/14/2009) DonorsChoose vs. Kiva (10/14/2009) Two pictures of Kiva.org (10/13/2009) Kiva and fungibility (10/07/2009) Cash as a benchmark? (10/03/2009) Conversation with David Roodman about microfinance (10/02/2009) Developing-world scholarships and school-building (09/28/2009) What does the repayment rate really tell you about the impact of microfinance? (09/18/2009) Microfinance evidence of impact (09/08/2009) Tactical Philanthropy Advisors (09/02/2009) GiveWell grants awarded (09/02/2009) Cleft lip/palate charities: What does one surgery really accomplish? (08/27/2009) "A" for effort? (08/20/2009) CARE evaluations (08/10/2009) GiveWell grant: Open application (08/04/2009) High-impact nonprofits are rare, but worth funding (08/01/2009) A small charity that meets our criteria (07/28/2009) Development experiments (randomized controlled trials) as a counterpoint to marketing materials (07/21/2009) Can donors fund "sustainable" projects? (07/13/2009) 2008-2009 international aid recommendations (07/01/2009) A conversation with a donor interested in obstetric fistula (06/17/2009) Donating to Gates - against its will (06/09/2009) November conference sponsored by Social Solutions (06/04/2009) The challenge of local ownership (06/04/2009) First randomized controlled trial of microfinance project (05/31/2009) Embedded philanthropy (05/27/2009) Some thoughts on the yellow fever vaccine (05/26/2009) What can the developed world teach the developing world? (05/22/2009) Pitfalls of the overhead ratio? (05/21/2009) Why not just give out cash? (05/20/2009) Followup on Fryer/Dobbie study of "Harlem miracle" (05/19/2009) "Did it happen?" and "did it work?" (05/15/2009) Funding research (05/14/2009) Two worlds (05/11/2009) Harlem Children's Zone closes achievement gap? (05/08/2009) Fryer and Dobbie on Harlem Children's Zone: What they found (05/08/2009) Fryer and Dobbie on the Harlem Children's Zone: Significance (05/08/2009) Where I stand on education, my former favorite cause (05/08/2009) Small, unproven charities (05/07/2009) Road safety (04/28/2009) Qualitative evidence vs. stories (04/24/2009) Alliance for Social Investing (04/23/2009) Philanthropy Action points to more evidence on education interventions (04/23/2009) Volunteer tutoring program (04/20/2009) The most important problem may not be the best charitable cause (04/20/2009) Positive but underwhelming voucher study (04/12/2009) Clarifying the role of different partners (04/09/2009) New, promising charity: The Stop TB Partnership (04/03/2009) KIPP and self-selection (03/27/2009) Mistargeted microfinance? (03/26/2009) PRI and Bloggingheads (03/25/2009) Can the Green Revolution be repeated in Africa? (03/16/2009) Measurement is not as common as it should be. Why? (03/12/2009) Review of The Life You Can Save, by Peter Singer (03/06/2009) The Center for High Impact Philanthropy (03/05/2009) Preview report (03/03/2009) Learning from a small failure (02/24/2009) The root causes of poverty (02/21/2009) Aid's track record (02/18/2009) The Carter Center - part II (02/13/2009) Malaria "success story" questioned (02/12/2009) Trachoma: An example of the need for long-term monitoring (02/11/2009) The Carter Center (02/10/2009) Financial Times on microfinance (and the need for better info about it) (02/06/2009) Microfinance/education program didn't work as expected (02/05/2009) Antiretroviral treatment (ART): Things to look out for (02/03/2009) Malaria treatment (02/02/2009) Surgeries performed vs. cases of blindness prevented (01/30/2009) Publication bias: Over-reporting good news (01/26/2009) Quick notes on our progress (01/15/2009) BBB standards: Accountability or technicalities? (01/15/2009) Beware just-published studies (01/07/2009) Uncharitable (12/31/2008) Why we prefer the carrot to the stick (12/31/2008) A proposal to reward failure (12/26/2008) Guest post: Proven programs are the exception, not the rule (12/18/2008) Before you donate (12/12/2008) Marketplace today (12/10/2008) Strong results for malaria vaccine (12/10/2008) The first question: What do you do? (12/08/2008) More on iodine (12/05/2008) Thanks (11/27/2008) We're hiring (11/22/2008) Banerjee/Duflo interview (11/18/2008) Is volunteering just a show? (11/13/2008) Finally, a competitor! (11/13/2008) General questions about international aid (11/08/2008) Malaria and lymphatic filariasis (11/04/2008) Discouraging evidence on preschool? (11/04/2008) Clarification on previous post (10/31/2008) Philanthropy Action's coverage of microfinance conference (10/31/2008) No on Prop 8: High-ROI donation opportunity? (10/23/2008) Should small donors focus on small organizations? (10/21/2008) More counterintuitiveness in health education (10/21/2008) Research mailing list (10/21/2008) A bit more detail on individual giving (10/15/2008) Check your "smart philanthropy" hat at the door? (10/12/2008) Thoughts on "Money Well Spent" (10/10/2008) What does $1000 do? (10/06/2008) Donor impact vs. donor attribution (or, does your $120 really buy a sheep?) 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