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Lecture 2: Cost-effectiveness and global health

In this lecture we will acquire some preliminary tools that help answer the question “what works?”, and familiarize ourselves with the importance of measurement, evaluation, and feedback. Furthermore, we will study our first cause area – global poverty and health.

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Links for additional reading:

  • Passive vs. rational vs. quantified
  • Marginal Impact
  • The Importance of Evidence
  • Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
  • Diminishing returns
  • Problem profile: Health in poor countries
  • GiveWell’s Process for Identifying Top Charities
  • Guide to GiveWell CEAs
  • Against Malaria Foundation: What we do, How we do it, and the Challenges
  • Worm wars: The fight tearing apart the global health community, explained
  • Everywhere basic income has been tried, in one map
  • How We Work – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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Author yairk8Posted on August 30, 2021December 9, 2021Categories Course Lectures

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