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Inspiring and enabling those guiding the humanitarian sector to apply an evidence-based approach.

Source: Evidence Aid | Inspiring and enabling those guiding the humanitarian sector to apply an evidence-based approach.

 

All charities and charitable foundations exist to serve the public good. Most of them are subsidised by the public, through various tax breaks. Whereas any company must have a meeting at least annu…

Source: Why do so few charities have their meetings in public? | Giving Evidence

Source: What would have happened otherwise? | Giving Evidence

“What difference does your work make beyond what would have happened anyway?” is perhaps the single most useful question that donors or trustees can ask.

 

Source: Charity evaluator – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

List of notable charity evaluators

• American Institute of Philanthropy
• Charity Navigator
• GiveWell
• Giving What We Can
• Great Nonprofits
• Philanthropedia, a division of GuideStar

 

We try to communicate that there are risks involved with all of our top charity recommendations, and that none of our recommendations are a “sure thing.” Our recommendation of deworming programs (the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative and the Deworm the World … [CLICK TO READ MORE]

Source: Deworming might have huge impact, but might have close to zero impact – The GiveWell Blog

Source: Effective Altruism has Five Serious Flaws – Avoid It – Be a DIY Philanthropist Instead

Hank Pellissier

“you’re sending out the message that… giving well is very difficult to do, too difficult for one person or a small group to do, so what you should do, really, is check in with our friends the evaluators, who will tell you who to give your money to.

This approach that EA is taking, is centralizing power, and disempowering individuals.

That is my main gripe with EA.”

 

 

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forty years of research in cognitive science has found ways in which our brains reliably misunderstand probabilities, ignore alternative theories, invent explanations for chance events, seek self-serving explanations, inconsistently over-weight short term rewards, and much more. What can we do?

…there is a complete lack of experimental and observational studies on the effectiveness of PFA in the immediate aftermath of a disaster. Currently it is impossible to make evidence-based guidelines about which practices in psychosocial support are most effective to help disaster and trauma victims…

Source: A Systematic Literature Search on Psychological First Aid: Lack of Evidence to Develop Guidelines | Evidence Aid | Inspiring and enabling those guiding the humanitarian sector to apply an evidence-based approach.

Source: When no one was watching, Congress passed a pretty important bill to improve foreign aid – Vox

The Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act is a significant step forward.

Raj Shah, the former USAID administrator whose emphasis on evaluation is reflected in the bill.

If we all do just #OneThing, we can help end homelessness. #SFHomelessProject

Source: Do One Thing