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Research & Updates
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April 2017
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New Report on Early Field Growth
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April 26, 2017
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History of Philanthropy
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April 2017
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Why Are the US Corporate Cage-Free Campaigns Succeeding?
Date
April 11, 2017
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Farm Animal Welfare
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March 2017
March 2017
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Technical and Philosophical Questions That Might Affect Our Grantmaking
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March 02, 2017
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February 2017
February 2017
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Giving Suggestions Pertaining to Recent Executive Actions
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February 09, 2017
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December 2016
Title
Good Ventures and Giving Now vs. Later (2016 Update)
Date
December 28, 2016
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GiveWell-Recommended Charities
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December 2016
Title
Suggestions for Individual Donors from Open Philanthropy Project Staff – 2016
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December 14, 2016
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December 2016
October 2016
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Efforts to Improve the Accuracy of Our Judgments and Forecasts
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October 25, 2016
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September 2016
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Maybe the Murder Rate Levelled Off This Year?
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September 26, 2016
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Criminal Justice Reform
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September 2016
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Update on How We’re Thinking about Openness and Information Sharing
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September 16, 2016
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September 2016
July 2016
June 2016
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Concrete Problems in AI Safety
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June 22, 2016
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Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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June 2016
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History of Philanthropy Case Study: The Founding of the Center for Global Development
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June 15, 2016
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History of Philanthropy
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May 2016
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History of Philanthropy Case Study: The Founding of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
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May 20, 2016
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History of Philanthropy
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May 2016
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Some Background on Our Views Regarding Advanced Artificial Intelligence
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May 06, 2016
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Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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May 2016
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Potential Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence: The Philanthropic Opportunity
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May 06, 2016
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Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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April 2016
April 2016
March 2016
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Initial Grants to Support Corporate Cage-free Reforms
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March 31, 2016
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Farm Animal Welfare
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February 2016
February 2016
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Supporting the Launch of the Alliance for Safety and Justice
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February 10, 2016
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
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February 2016
February 2016
Title
America’s Recently Heralded Urban “Crime Wave” May Already Have Peaked
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February 02, 2016
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Criminal Justice Reform
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December 2015
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Suggestions for Individual Donors from Open Philanthropy Project Staff
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December 23, 2015
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November 2015
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Should the Open Philanthropy Project be Recommending More/Larger Grants?
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November 17, 2015
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October 2015
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Why a New Study of the Mariel Boatlift Has Not Changed Our Views on the Benefits of Immigration
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October 21, 2015
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Immigration Policy
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September 2015
Title
Differential Technological Development: Some Early Thinking
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September 30, 2015
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Scientific Research
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September 2015
September 2015
Title
Incoming Program Officer: Lewis Bollard
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September 11, 2015
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Global Health & Wellbeing
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September 2015
Title
The Process of Hiring our First Cause-Specific Program Officer
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September 03, 2015
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September 2015
Title
History of Philanthropy Case Study: The Impact of Philanthropy on the Passage of the Affordable Care Act
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September 02, 2015
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
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August 2015
Title
Coming Down to Earth: What if a Big Geomagnetic Storm Does Hit?
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August 21, 2015
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Global Catastrophic Risks
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August 2015
Title
Change in our Fundraising Policy for the Open Philanthropy Project
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August 17, 2015
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August 2015
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The Long-Term Significance of Reducing Global Catastrophic Risks
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August 13, 2015
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Global Catastrophic Risks
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July 2015
July 2015
Title
Key Questions about Philanthropy, Part 3: Making and Evaluating Grants
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July 22, 2015
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July 2015
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Geomagnetic Storms: Using Extreme Value Theory to Gauge the Risk
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July 13, 2015
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Global Catastrophic Risks
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July 2015
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Key Questions about Philanthropy, Part 2: Choosing Focus Areas and Hiring Program Staff
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July 09, 2015
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July 2015
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Geomagnetic Storms: History’s Surprising, if Tentative, Reassurance
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July 02, 2015
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Global Catastrophic Risks
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June 2015
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Geomagnetic Storms: An Introduction to the Risk
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June 29, 2015
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Global Catastrophic Risks
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June 2015
Title
Key Questions about Philanthropy, Part 1: What is the Role of a Funder?
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June 23, 2015
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June 2015
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Incoming Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform: Chloe Cockburn
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June 16, 2015
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Criminal Justice Reform
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May 2015
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History of Philanthropy Case Study: Pew and Drug Safety Legislation
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May 15, 2015
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
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May 2015
May 2015
Title
Our Updated Agenda for Science Philanthropy
Date
May 06, 2015
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Scientific Research
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April 2015
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Co-funding Partnership with Kaitlyn Trigger and Mike Krieger
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April 23, 2015
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April 2015
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Statement from Kaitlyn Trigger & Mike Krieger: Why We’re Partnering with the Open Philanthropy Project
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April 23, 2015
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April 2015
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Science Policy and Infrastructure
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April 21, 2015
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Scientific Research
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April 2015
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Breakthrough Fundamental Science
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April 14, 2015
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Scientific Research
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April 2015
Title
Translational Science and the “Valley of Death”
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April 09, 2015
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Scientific Research
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March 2015
Title
Investigating Neglected Goals in Scientific Research
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March 26, 2015
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Scientific Research
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March 2015
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Open Philanthropy Project: Progress in 2014 and Plans for 2015
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March 12, 2015
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March 2015
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Open Philanthropy Project Update: Global Catastrophic Risks
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March 11, 2015
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Global Catastrophic Risks
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March 2015
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Open Philanthropy Project Update: U.S. Policy
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March 10, 2015
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
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February 2015
Title
The Path to Biomedical Progress
Date
February 27, 2015
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Scientific Research
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February 2015
Title
Thoughts on the Sandler Foundation
Date
February 24, 2015
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
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February 2015
Title
Notes from November Convening on Our Policy Priorities
Date
February 19, 2015
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
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October 2014
October 2014
September 2014
September 2014
Title
David Roodman’s Draft Writeup on Immigration and Current Residents’ Wages
Date
September 03, 2014
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
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August 2014
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Open Philanthropy Project (formerly GiveWell Labs)
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August 20, 2014
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July 2014
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Partnership with The Pew Charitable Trusts
Date
July 24, 2014
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Criminal Justice Reform
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July 2014
Title
The Moral Value of the Far Future
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July 03, 2014
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Global Catastrophic Risks
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June 2014
Title
Potential Global Catastrophic Risk Focus Areas
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June 26, 2014
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Global Catastrophic Risks
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May 2014
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Potential U.S. Policy Focus Areas
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May 29, 2014
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Global Health & Wellbeing
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May 2014
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Narrowing down U.S. Policy Areas
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May 22, 2014
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Global Health & Wellbeing
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May 2014
May 2014
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Our Writeup on Criminal Justice Reform
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May 06, 2014
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Criminal Justice Reform
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April 2014
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Finding Giving Opportunities in Malaria Control/Elimination
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April 30, 2014
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April 2014
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Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS)
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April 23, 2014
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March 2014
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The First Case Study from Our History of Philanthropy Project
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March 25, 2014
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March 2014
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GiveWell Labs – Progress in 2013 and Plans for 2014
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March 05, 2014
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January 2014
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Returns to Life Sciences Funding
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January 15, 2014
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Scientific Research
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January 2014
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Exploring Life Sciences Funding
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January 07, 2014
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Scientific Research
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December 2013
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Scientific Research Funding
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December 26, 2013
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Scientific Research
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November 2013
Title
How to Approach Policy-Oriented Philanthropy
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November 21, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
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November 2013
Title
The Track Record of Policy-Oriented Philanthropy
Date
November 06, 2013
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
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November 2013
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Update on Co-Funding Grant to Population Services International Myanmar – November 2013
Date
November 01, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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October 2013
Title
The Role of Philanthropic Funding in Politics
Date
October 30, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
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October 2013
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Exploring Policy-Oriented Philanthropy
Date
October 24, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
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October 2013
October 2013
September 2013
July 2013
Title
Empowerment and Catastrophic Risk
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July 18, 2013
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
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July 2013
Title
Our Landscape of the Open Science Community
Date
July 11, 2013
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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July 2013
June 2013
June 2013
May 2013
May 2013
Title
Possible Global Catastrophic Risks
Date
May 23, 2013
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
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April 2013
April 2013
April 2013
Title
GiveWell’s History of Philanthropy/Philanthropy Journalism Project
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April 09, 2013
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March 2013
February 2013
September 2012