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Behind the Research: How Our Team Tackles Hard Questions
Behind the Research: How Our Team Tackles Hard Questions
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Welcome to GiveWell’s podcast sharing the latest updates on our work. Tune in for conversations with GiveWell staff members discussing current priorities of our Research team and recent developments in the global health landscape.
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- Behind the Research: How Our Team Tackles Hard Questions · 53 min · Jakso 37In an effort to direct substantially more funding to the most cost-effective opportunities we can find to help people, GiveWell’s research is expanding in two directions at once…
- Pressure-Testing Our Research as GiveWell Grows · 38 min · Jakso 36GiveWell works to continually improve our research so we can make better grant decisions and direct donations where we believe they can do the most good. GiveWell’s Cross-Cutting…
- Announcing Our Largest Grant to Date · 46 min · Jakso 35GiveWell, with co-funding from Coefficient Giving, recently made our largest grant to date: $276 million to the Against Malaria Foundation (AMF) to support the procurement and…
- Finding the Bottlenecks in Family Planning Access · 44 min · Jakso 34When GiveWell investigates a new cause area, we’re often focused on two priorities: directing funding where we think it can help people most and generating evidence to inform…
- Tackling Diarrheal Disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and South Sudan · 34 min · Jakso 33Diarrhea is one of the leading causes of death for children under five, killing more than 400,000 children every year. GiveWell has funded several programs to prevent and treat…
- Casting a Wider Net for Cost-Effective Programs · 44 min · Jakso 32GiveWell tends to be known for its work in areas like malaria prevention, water treatment, and nutrition. But as our research team has grown, so has our ability to search for…
- Expanding Our Search for Cost-Effective Ways to Reduce Poverty · 46 min · Jakso 31In September 2025, we created a livelihoods research subteam to specifically focus on programs that increase the economic well-being of people in extreme poverty. While we have…
- What a Decade of Iron Funding Has Taught Us · 38 min · Jakso 30Anemia, which is commonly caused by iron deficiency, can cause fatigue, cognitive impairment, and complications during pregnancy—and it affects roughly a quarter of the world’s…
- Behind the Analysis: Assessing Past Malaria Nets Grants · 37 min · Jakso 29GiveWell’s research doesn’t end once we’ve made a grant. We evaluate a subset of completed grants, comparing what we thought would happen to what actually took place, then try to…
- Evaluating and Funding a New Kind of Grant (Clubfoot Treatment) · 36 min · Jakso 28Clubfoot, a congenital condition where children are born with one or both feet twisted inward, affects roughly one in 800 newborns globally. Most of those cases are in low- and…
- Scrutinizing One of Our Longest-Funded Programs · 37 min · Jakso 27Vitamin A supplementation is one of the programs GiveWell has supported the longest, and we’re currently funding it in many African countries. The program has an unusually strong…
- Investing in Information for Greater Future Impact · 35 min · Jakso 26GiveWell’s primary focus has always been researching, identifying, and directing donations to programs we believe will do the most good. When GiveWell first started, we…
- Following the Data on Dispensers for Safe Water · 38 min · Jakso 25GiveWell aims to find and fund programs that will do the most good per dollar. To do this, we carefully evaluate potential grants before making them—assessing academic evidence…
- Testing New Strategies to Increase Vaccination Coverage · 37 min · Jakso 24Vaccines are remarkably effective at preventing deadly diseases, and, while global needs for them are great, vaccines already receive substantial global funding. This creates a…
- Generating Evidence for the Future of Malaria Prevention · 27 min · Jakso 23Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC)—a program that provides preventive antimalarial medication to young children during the months when malaria is mostly likely to be…
- Evolving Our Research Approach for Greater Impact · 34 min · Jakso 22GiveWell is often thought of for its Top Charities, but over the last several years, we’ve been substantially broadening our work. We’ve developed new ways to identify potential…
- Testing Our Assumptions through Local Insights · 34 min · Jakso 21GiveWell has built its reputation on rigorous research—analyzing randomized controlled trials, building cost-effectiveness models, and reviewing monitoring data to identify…
- Taking Lessons from a Year of Aid Cuts into 2026 · 37 min · Jakso 20Global health programs faced major disruptions to their funding in 2025. Back in March, we published our first podcast episode to share a timely snapshot of the immediate impacts…
- Growing Needs, Shrinking Aid Webinar Recording · 50 min · Jakso 19On Thursday, December 4, 2025, GiveWell hosted a live webinar titled “Growing Needs, Shrinking Aid: Cost-Effective Action in a Year of Funding Cuts.” Major cuts to foreign aid…
- Behind the Planet Money ALIMA Grant Story · 34 min · Jakso 18This episode follows up on the November 26, 2025 episode of Planet Money, “Saving lives with fewer dollars,” which covered GiveWell’s evaluation of a grant to the Alliance for…
