Evidence Action

Evidence Action's Deworm the World Initiative program has beenwas a GiveWell top charity since 2013, while theirbetween 2013 and 2022. Their Dispensers for Safe Water program was a GiveWell standout charity from 2017 to 2021, when that designation was discontinued. 

As of MayJuly 2022, Open Philanthropy has granted over $82$96 million to Evidence Action.^[3]

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   GiveWell (2018) Evidence Action’s No Lean Season, GiveWell, November (updated June 2019).

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   Hollander, Catherine (2019) Evidence Action is shutting down No Lean Season, The GiveWell Blog, June 6 (updated 14 January 2020).

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   Open Philanthropy (2021) Grants databasedatabase: Evidence Action - Evidence Action Beta, Open Philanthropy.

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   The Life You Can Save (2021) Best charities, The Life You Can Save.

As of MarchMay 2022, Open Philanthropy has granted over $82 million to Evidence Action.^[3]

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Evidence Action's Deworm the World Initiative program has been a GiveWell top charity since 2013, while their Dispensers for Safe Water program was a GiveWell standout charity from 2017 to 2021, when the "standout charity"that designation was discontinued. 

As of December 2021,March 2022, Open Philanthropy has granted over $78$82 million to Evidence Action.^[3]

GiveWell (2019) Evidence Action — strengthen operations (2019), GiveWell, April.

GiveWell (2021) What is the relationship between Evidence Action and Deworm the World Initiative?, GiveWell.

Glennerster, Rachel, Alix Zwane & John Floretta (2014) A conversation with the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab and Evidence Action, GiveWell, December 22.

Russell, Lauren (2021) The evidence to policy pipeline: How open policy analysis can transform deworming to policy open policy transform policy, Evidence Action, April 1.

In the past, GiveWell also recommended Evidence Action's No Lean Season program, which provided no-interest loans to poor rural households between planting and the major rice harvest in rural northern Bangladesh (GiveWell 2018).Bangladesh.^[1] This recommendation was later discontinued following a disappointing 2017 study and the termination of Evidence Action's partnership with the organization implementing the program (Hollander 2019).program.^[2]

As of December 2021, Open Philanthropy has granted over $78 million to Evidence Action (Open Philanthropy 2021).Action.^[3]

The Life You Can Save features Evidence Action in their list of "best charities" (The Life You Can Save 2021).^[4]

BibliographyFurther reading

GiveWell (2018) Evidence Action’s No Lean Season, GiveWell, November (updated June 2019).

Hollander, Catherine (2019) Evidence Action is shutting down No Lean Season, The GiveWell Blog, June 6 (updated 14 January 2020).

Open Philanthropy (2021) Grants database, Open Philanthropy.

The Life You Can Save (2021) Best charities, The Life You Can Save.

1. ^{^}

   GiveWell (2018) Evidence Action’s No Lean Season, GiveWell, November (updated June 2019).

2. ^{^}

   Hollander, Catherine (2019) Evidence Action is shutting down No Lean Season, The GiveWell Blog, June 6 (updated 14 January 2020).

3. ^{^}

   Open Philanthropy (2021) Grants database, Open Philanthropy.

4. ^{^}

   The Life You Can Save (2021) Best charities, The Life You Can Save.

Evidence Action is a nonprofit that implements a number ofseveral evidence-based and cost-effective programs to combat global poverty.

As of December 2021, Open Philanthropy has granted over $78 million to Evidence Action (Open Philanthropy 2021).

In the past, GiveWell also recommended Evidence Action's No Lean Season program, which provided no-interest loans to poor rural households between planting and the major rice harvest in rural northern Bangladesh (GiveWell 2018). This recommendation was later discontinued following a disappointing 2017 study and the termination of Evidence Action's partnership with the organization implementing the program (Hollander 2019).

As of December 2021, Open Philanthropy has granted over $78 million to Evidence Action (Open Philanthropy 2021).