This is the second post (of five) we’re planning to make focused on our self-evaluation and future plans. This post answers a set of critical questions about the state of GiveWell as a donor resource. The questions are taken from our 2010 list of questions, with one change: “Has GiveWell covered enough areas to be…
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GiveWell’s annual self-evaluation and plan: A big picture change in priorities
As we did last year, we’re going to be posting our annual self-evaluation and plan as a series of blog posts. Our self-evaluation starts with a set of critical questions about GiveWell, intended to examine how well we’re accomplishing our high-level goals. For the most part, our high-level goals are the same as they were…
Global Fund: Best failure disclosure we’ve seen yet?
Over the last year or so, The Global Fund has disclosed instances of apparent fraud in Zambia, Mali, and Mauritania among other countries. This week, The Associated Press reported on these disclosures with the hostile headline: “Fraud plagues global health fund.” The Global Fund has been defended with the valid observation that the total fraud…
Disaster relief report published; Doctors Without Borders, Partners In Health, and Direct Relief International stand out
Our new report grades major disaster relief organizations on their transparency and accountability to donors. It provides detailed reports on each charity, a summary table with our conclusions, and the full details of our process. We conclude that Doctors Without Borders, Partners in Health and Direct Relief International stand out for the clarity with which…
What is the situation in Haiti a year after the earthquake? What have and haven’t charities accomplished so far?
Yesterday we discussed how much has been raised and spent for Haiti relief. Today we’ll summarize what we know about how the relief effort has progressed over the last year. Our detailed and sourced account of the relief effort as a whole will be available by the end of today, and linked here when it…
How much money has been given and spent for Haiti earthquake relief? Putting the numbers in perspective
We’ll soon be releasing an assessment of disaster relief organizations. Though we haven’t found it practical (yet) to evaluate the effectiveness of their work, we’d like to take a broad look at what the relief effort as a whole has and hasn’t accomplished, and for how much money. This post focuses on the latter: how…