The evolution of GiveWell’s research
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EventEA Global: San Francisco 2019
Note: At the beginning of the video, James is misidentified as the CEO of IDInsight. He is actually a Senior Research Analyst at GiveWell.
Since 2007, GiveWell has recommended charities that directly deliver interventions to beneficiaries, with clear benefits that are relatively easy to measure. Recently, it began looking into interventions that are harder to measure — but might be much more cost-effective.