Public Priorities for Open Philanthropy Project - US Policy

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	I	J	K	L
1	Cause	Priority	Goal	Link	More public content planned at the moment?	Sub-areas of primary interest	Venues	Importance (click for analysis)	Tractability	Crowdedness	Need for a full-time specialist

2	Criminal justice reform	1	Make cause-specific hire	http://www.givewell.org/files/labs/Issue%20writeups%20for%20Nov.%2010%20meeting.docx - see page 2-11	No	Research, state & local advocacy infrastructure, work on prosecutorial discretion	State, local, federal	Moderate	Unusual window of opportunity	Moderate	High
3	Macroeconomic stabilization policy	1	Make cause-specific hire	www.givewell.org/labs/causes/macroeconomic-policy	No	Non-traditional research; policy analysis and advocacy	Federal	High	Highly uncertain	Low	High
4	Labor mobility	2	Infrastructure-building grant(s), preferably major, or getting to the point where we could make a full-time hire	http://www.givewell.org/labs/causes/labor-mobility	More information on academic literature (regarding impacts of migration) forthcoming	Research, policy analysis, advocacy	Federal	Very high	Appears low	Very low	Low
5	Land use reform	2	Infrastructure-building grant(s), preferably major, or getting to the point where we could make a full-time hire	http://www.givewell.org/labs/causes/land-use-reform	No	Research, policy analysis, advocacy	State, local, regional	Moderate	Highly uncertain	Very low	Low
6	Factory farming	2	More cause investigation, focused on the prospects for research on meat alternatives	http://www.givewell.org/labs/causes/treatment-animals-industrial-agriculture	Medium writeup forthcoming	Research on meat alternatives; attitude and behavior change; corporate advocacy	State, local, federal	Depends heavily on value judgments	Highly uncertain	Low	Moderate
7	Marijuana policy	2	More cause investigation, focused on the public health impacts of various legalization options	http://www.goodventures.org/research-and-ideas/blog/observations-on-the-war-on-drugs	Shallow writeup forthcoming	Research, policy analysis, advocacy	State & federal	Low-moderate	Unusual window of opportunity	Low	Moderate
8	Foreign aid policy	3	Specific grantee(s) in mind if we allocated enough time	http://www.givewell.org/labs/causes/advocacy-foreign-aid	No	Value for money and other work related to reallocation of existing aid	Federal	High	Highly uncertain	Moderate	Moderate
9	Soil lead reduction	3	Specific grantee(s) in mind if we allocated enough time	-	Shallow writeup forthcoming	Research	State, local, federal	Moderate	Highly uncertain	Very low	Low
10	Tax policy	4	Specific grantee(s) in mind if we allocated enough time	http://files.givewell.org/files/conversations/Gale%203-28-14%20(public).pdf	Shallow writeup forthcoming	Research, policy analysis	Federal	High	Appears low	Moderate	Moderate
11	Alcohol policy	4	Specific grantee(s) in mind if we allocated enough time	http://www.openphilanthropy.org/research/cause-reports/alcohol-taxation	No	Advocacy	State, local, federal	Moderate	Highly uncertain	Low	Low
12	Organ donation	4	Grant maintenance	http://www.givewell.org/labs/causes/organ-transplantation	No	Advocacy	Federal	Low-moderate	Highly uncertain	Very low	Low
13	State and local advocacy/powerbuilding	5	More cause investigation, beyond shallow level of current work	-	Shallow investigation in progress	TBD	State, local	High	Highly uncertain	Uncertain	Uncertain
14	Paid sick days	5	More cause investigation, beyond shallow level of current work	-	Shallow investigation in progress	Advocacy	State, local, federal	Moderate	Highly uncertain	Moderate	Moderate
15	Wage theft	5	More cause investigation, beyond shallow level of current work	-	Shallow investigation in progress	Advocacy	State, local, federal	Moderate	Highly uncertain	Moderate	Moderate
16	Intellectual property reform	6	More cause investigation, beyond shallow level of current work	http://www.givewell.org/labs/causes/software-patent-reform	Shallow investigation in progress	TBD	Federal	Moderate	Highly uncertain	Moderate	Moderate
17	Other redistribution/inequality/economic security (including apprenticeships)	6	More cause investigation, beyond shallow level of current work	-	TBD	TBD	State, local, federal	High	Highly uncertain	Moderate	Moderate
18	Health care policy	6	More cause investigation, beyond shallow level of current work	-	Shallow investigation in progress	TBD; scope of practice and licensing issues	State, local, federal	High	Highly uncertain	High	High
19	Low-skill occupational licensing	7	Monitoring cause but unlikely to enter soon	http://files.givewell.org/files/conversations/Mellor%2012-12-13%20(public).pdf	Shallow writeup forthcoming	TBD	State, local	Low-moderate, maybe lower	Highly uncertain	Low	Moderate
20	Civil legal assistance	7	Monitoring cause but unlikely to enter soon	-	Shallow writeup forthcoming	TBD	State, local, federal	Low-moderate, maybe lower	Highly uncertain	Moderate	Moderate
21	Other rent seeking	7	Monitoring cause but unlikely to enter soon	http://files.givewell.org/files/conversations/Teles%206-12-13%20%28public%29.pdf	No	TBD	State, local, federal	Highly uncertain	Highly uncertain	Uncertain	Moderate
22	Improving democracy	7	Monitoring cause but unlikely to enter soon	http://files.givewell.org/files/conversations/Kramer%2012-6-13%20(public).pdf	No	TBD	State, local, federal	High	Highly uncertain	High	Moderate
23	Broadband policy	8	Not prioritized; doesn't appear to stand out on any particular dimension	http://www.givewell.org/labs/causes/broadband-policy	No	-	State, local, federal	Low-moderate	Highly uncertain	Moderate	Moderate
24	Climate change	8	Not prioritized; highly important but appears highly crowded	http://www.givewell.org/shallow/climate-change	No	-	State, local, federal	High	Highly uncertain	High	High
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