After reading through your charity reviews, I put together some initial thoughts on your rankings. Here's how I'd think about ranking the charities, coming...
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Elie Hassenfeld
ehassenfeld
Jul 6, 2009 10:31 pm
Thanks for sending these comments. Here are some initial thoughts; we'll plan to send more later. There's a big difference in the confidence I have in our...
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Elie Hassenfeld
ehassenfeld
Jul 8, 2009 2:28 pm
I talked with representatives of two charities (AMREF and IDE) yesterday and thought it was worth sharing notes on our conversation. *AMREF* (African Medical...
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Holden Karnofsky
Holden@...
Jul 10, 2009 2:15 pm
A couple things to add. For me, the distinction between *** and ** is a very important one. Basically, I feel that for a *** charity, we have reasonable...
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jonbehar
Jul 13, 2009 3:01 am
I think you've done a good job clarifying the advantages of Stop TB relative to PIH and PSI. I'm now in agreement that Stop TB is a notch above. However, I...
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Lee Crawfurd (MoFEP)
lee_crawfurd
Jul 15, 2009 12:28 pm
It would be great to have some kind of social-networking system which could harness the power of reputation. Chris Blattman is a blogging development professor...
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Holden Karnofsky
holden0@...
Jul 15, 2009 9:04 pm
I think these are good questions for VillageReach, and more generally, I think you're right to express skepticism about giving to a charity based on a single...
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Holden Karnofsky
Holden@...
Jul 17, 2009 9:04 pm
I have mixed feelings about this idea. On one hand, I definitely want to know which charities the most experienced people recommend. On the other hand, I feel...
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Natalie Stone
nstone3@...
Aug 26, 2009 2:04 pm
I am the newest member of the GiveWell team. Since I started at the beginning of July, I have been working on expanding the background information that...
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Wai-Kwong Sam Lee
orionlee@...
Oct 28, 2009 9:17 pm
Some of you might have read about this: http://www.philanthropyaction.com/articles/interview_ipa_project_director_nathanael_goldberg_talks_about_the_impacts_o ...
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Holden Karnofsky
holden0@...
Oct 29, 2009 4:59 pm
Our summary of the recent rigorous studies: http://blog.givewell.net/?p=408...
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Holden Karnofsky
Holden@...
Nov 9, 2009 3:54 pm
Hello all, We haven't been using the research email list lately. We have been blogging quite frequently. One of the main things we're working on - and trying...
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Gordon Strause
gordonst
Nov 12, 2009 2:59 am
I love the blog every time I remember to read it, but I rarely remember to do so. And I've pretty much given up on RSS, so that's not a solution for me either....
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Elie Hassenfeld
elie@...
Nov 25, 2009 7:30 pm
Our primary research focus right now is reviewing organizations to make $250,000 in grants to economic empowerment organizations in Sub-Saharan Africa. We're...
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Wai-Kwong Sam Lee
orionlee@...
Dec 3, 2009 4:06 am
Hi, I don't know them in details, but at high level it sounds promising, obtaining local buy-in with money in the skin, fee-based access, and vetted by Ashoka...
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Elie Hassenfeld
elie@...
Dec 7, 2009 4:29 pm
Hi Sam, Thanks for sending this. We've added this to our list of charities to consider and will review it when we have time. (If anyone is particularly ...
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Natalie Stone
natalie@...
Dec 7, 2009 4:43 pm
Earlier this year a donor gave us $250,000 to give to the best charity (or split between the best charities) we could find that was working on economic ...
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Jonah Sinick
jonah.sinick
Dec 8, 2009 4:24 am
Hello, My name is Jonah Sinick and I'm a new member of the GiveWell Mailing List. I'm presently a math graduate student at University of Illinois at Urbana ...
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Phil Steinmeyer
psteinx
Dec 8, 2009 5:17 pm
Some thoughts: 1) I agree with Gromov in that predicting, roughly, the state of the world in 50 years is far easier than predicting it in 100 years. 2) I...
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psteinx
Dec 8, 2009 6:35 pm
(Disclosure - I'm not a GiveWell employee, but have been an advisor/mentor to them for a while.)...
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uriweg
Dec 8, 2009 7:34 pm
My name is Uri Weg and I used to do some work for Give Well. My background is in Chemical Engineering, with a focus on Environmental Technologies. While at...
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Jonah Sinick
jonah.sinick
Dec 8, 2009 7:49 pm
Phil - More than anything else, I'm bemoaning the difficulty that I've had finding (*) an unbiased and systematic summary and analysis of what is known about...
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Phil Steinmeyer
psteinx
Dec 8, 2009 8:00 pm
Jonah, I understand and sympathize with your concern. On complex issues (including future environmental scenarios and, I would imagine, resource-scarcity), it...
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Holden Karnofsky
Holden@...
Dec 10, 2009 3:29 pm
Hello all, As noted, we haven't yet done any work in this area. Here are some preliminary thoughts: 1. We do hope to research these causes. The approach...
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Nick Beckstead
nbeckstead@...
Jan 14, 2010 3:02 am
Hi Everyone, I've been on this list for about a year and a half, but I haven't made any posts. So let me introduce myself: I'm a Ph.D. student in the ...
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Holden Karnofsky
holden0@...
Jan 22, 2010 11:13 pm
Nick, I appreciate this very thoughtful email. I am guessing that the silence has a lot to do with the fact that there doesn't seem to be much public...
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Holden Karnofsky
Holden@...
Jan 22, 2010 11:15 pm
I've had conversations with many donors about the question of "Will vaccinating children/fighting TB/etc. lead to population growth?" I've usually responded...
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Simon Knutsson
simonknutsson@...
Jan 23, 2010 9:28 pm
Hi, I'm an MSc student in economics and have volunteered for GiveWell sporadically. I've hesitated to write because my point is simple and I thought Holden or...
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Mark Lee
marklee_ru
Jan 28, 2010 5:24 am
Dear GiveWell, I’m interested in answering the question: how can I do the most good?  M ore manageably, I’m interested in answering the question: if I...
