We are now posting content relevant to the Open Philanthropy Project to the Open Philanthropy Blog, rather than the GiveWell Blog. For a period of time, we will be posting notices here when new c...
As a consultant for the Open Philanthropy Project last year, I reviewed the research on whether immigration reduces employment or earnings for workers in receiving countries. I concluded that f...
We’re excited to announce that Lewis Bollard has accepted our offer to join the Open Philanthropy Project as a Program Officer, leading our work on treatment of animals in industrial agricultur...
https://blog.givewell.org/2015/09/11/incoming-program-officer-lewis-bollard/
Earlier this year, we announced Chloe Cockburn as our incoming Program Officer for criminal justice reform. Chloe started her new role at the end of August. This hire was the top priority we set ...
https://blog.givewell.org/2015/09/03/the-process-of-hiring-our-first-cause-specific-program-officer/
I’ve just posted a review on the effects of alcohol taxes on alcohol consumption—and on the lives that alcohol abuse can cost. This literature review is unusual in the degree to which it repl...
https://blog.givewell.org/2015/07/30/could-raising-alcohol-taxes-save-lives/
We’re excited to announce that Chloe Cockburn has accepted our offer to join the Open Philanthropy Project team as a Program Officer, leading our work on criminal justice reform. She expects to...
Last year, we set a “stretch goal” for the Open Philanthropy Project: There are two types of causes – global catastrophic risks and US policy issues – that we now feel generally familiar ...
https://blog.givewell.org/2015/03/10/open-philanthropy-project-update-u-s-policy/
Last November, we held a day-long convening in Washington, D.C. to discuss possible priorities for Open Philanthropy Project work on U.S. policy. Our main goal was to present our picture of sever...
https://blog.givewell.org/2015/02/19/notes-from-november-convening-on-our-policy-priorities/
Throughout the post, “we” refers to GiveWell and Good Ventures, who work as partners on GiveWell Labs. We have agreed to a major partnership with The Pew Charitable Trusts as part of our wor...
https://blog.givewell.org/2014/07/24/partnership-with-the-pew-charitable-trusts/
Throughout the post, “we” refers to GiveWell and Good Ventures, who work as partners on GiveWell Labs. Previously, we laid out our basic framework and reasoning for selecting U.S. policy cau...
https://blog.givewell.org/2014/05/29/potential-u-s-policy-focus-areas/