Previously, we went through all the evidence we could find regarding whether Japan disaster relief has what we call room for more funding. One of our observations was that The Gates Foundation, in particular, gave two grants within a week of the Haiti earthquake but doesn’t appear to have given anything for Japan so far….
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Month: April 2011
Assorted links 4/5/11
A few links from the past month that we aren’t doing full posts on, but might be of interest for people interested in effective giving: Via Chris Blattman, a randomized controlled trial “find[s] no evidence that teacher incentives increase student performance, attendance, or graduation, nor … any evidence that the incentives change student or teacher…
Will the rebuilding effort in Japan be about the survivors or about the nonprofits?
The most specific quote we’ve seen about a charity’s long-term plans in Japan comes from a Seattle Times interview with a Mercy Corps representative. We are going to do post-trauma work with kids, and we are looking at how to make that really culturally appropriate … We are also going to get involved in the…
Update on GiveWell’s web traffic / money moved: Q1 2011
In addition to evaluations of other charities, GiveWell publishes substantial evaluation on itself, from the quality of its research to its impact on donations. This year we plan to add quarterly updates regarding two key metrics: (a) donations to top charities directly through our website (b) web traffic. This is the first of these updates….