Hi all,
A friend linked me to the 'red team' contest, and since I undertake cost-effectiveness modelling professionally I thought that would be a useful place I could contribute, potentially.
I'm not an active member of the EA community, so I'd like to ensure I don't straw man the state of the art here; would it be fair to say GiveWell's evaluation of some of its most cost-effective charities represents what the EA community would consider to be a high-quality cost-effectiveness model? If not, what would the EA community consider to be a high-quality cost-effectiveness model in an EA context?
https://www.givewell.org/how-we-work/our-criteria/cost-effectiveness/cost-effectiveness-models
(To be clear, the model is great but I think there are a number of areas where it could be improved upon!)
Thanks so much,
Froolow
Thank you - really helpful additional information and very useful to have it confirmed that GiveWell are considered high quality models by the EA community. Really appreciate it.
Hi Lorenzo,
I think GiveWell actually puts a major weight on their cost-effectiveness analyses. Elie Hassenfeld (co-founder and CEO of GiveWell) mentioned in the Clearer Thinking podcast that (emphasis mine):
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