Carmen van Schoubroeck

This report is a “shallow” investigation commissioned by GiveWell. The primary focus of the report is to provide an overview of what is currently known about the exposure to lead paints in low- and middle-income countries.

In 2019, there were about 1.2 million deaths due to road injuries—about 90% of which occurred in low- and middle-income countries. In this report, researchers reviewed case studies of key time periods in China and Vietnam to better understand the relative impact of (philanthropically-funded) policy changes versus other factors.

This research updated GiveWell’s previous literature review on the long-term income effects of childhood malaria to determine whether the assumption that income in adulthood decreases by 1% per childhood malaria case should be adjusted and whether any further evidence should be considered.

This is a summary of an evidence review of family planning interventions. The review mostly focused on the Family Planning High Impact Practices List, or HIPs, which are a set of family planning practices considered to be the gold standard, and on “Service Delivery” interventions, the category of HIPs that best aligns with GiveWell’s traditional program model.

This report was commissioned by Open Philanthropy, and aims to identify promising interventions to tackle government procurement inefficiencies; our research does not consider issues of government corruption. The research team conducted a broad review of interventions, including incubation of new organizations, pooled procurement of health care products, civil society monitoring, and encouraging e-procurement.

This report was commissioned by Charity Navigator to explore the feasibility of creating an impact-ranking database that aims to score over 230,000 charities on their website based on their impactfulness. Our researchers investigated a wide range of potential methods, including machine learning and large language models. The team undertook a broad set of research activities, from defining impact to concretely assessing the advantages and disadvantages of methodological options. They ultimately conclude these approaches are not feasible, but suggest alternatives.

This report explores the burden, interventions, and potential for philanthropic funding related to hypertension—or high blood pressure—a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and other serious health issues.