I’ll be on NPR Marketplace today, talking about why we think you can do more good by putting time into researching your giving than into volunteering. Local air times/stations here. I expect the audio will be online afterward (at which point I’ll edit it into this post).
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The first question: What do you do?
The first question I have for any charity is, “What do you do?” Not “What are you trying to accomplish?” (example: “Fight AIDS”) but “What activities are you carrying out and where?” (example: “School-based education programs emphasizing protection in Mozambique”). It’s a simple question, and an obviously important one: as the Disease Control Priorities Report…
More on iodine
Nicholas Kristof chimes in. Our previous coverage here.
Thanks
We want to thank the people who have invested the most of their own time and/or money to date. We’re lucky to be working on a project that brings out the passion and energy of such great people. Our donors and GiveWell Pledgers. Now including not only former coworkers, but ~60 people with no previous…
We’re hiring
We are looking to hire a Research Analyst to help us collect and analyze data on several hundred international charities, and ultimately identify the ones that can best use donations to change lives. If you believe you are a good fit – or know someone who is – please send a resume to info@givewell.net. About…
Banerjee/Duflo interview
Philanthropy Action (co-maintained by Board member Tim Ogden) has an interview up with Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, principals of the Poverty Action Lab (one of our favorite groups). This quote (from Esther Duflo) particularly resonated with me: There is no evaluation yet of the impact of a microfinance loan – we have the first…