Living Goods
As of May 2022, Living Goods has received $1.1 in funding from Open Philanthropy,[4] and is also featured in The Life You Can Save's list of "best charities".[4]5]
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Björkman Nyqvist, Martina et al. (2019) Reducing child mortality in the last mile: Experimental evidence on community health promoters in Uganda, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, vol. 11, pp. 155–192.
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GiveWell (2014) Living Goods, GiveWell, November.
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GiveWell (2016) Living Goods – Mid-2016 update, GiveWell, September.
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Open Philanthropy (2022) Grants database, Open Philanthropy.
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The Life You Can Save (2021) Living Goods, The Life You Can Save.
A cluster randomized controlled trial found a 27% mortality decrease among young children in Ugandan villages visited by CHPs (Björkman Nykvist et al. 2019).CHPs.[1] Partly on the basis of these findings, in 2014 GiveWell estimated Living Goods' cost per life saved to be in the range of $10,000 (GiveWell 2014),000,[2] and rated it a standout charity every year until 2021, when that designation was discontinued (GiveWell 2014).discontinued.[2] An update published in 2016 noted a few developments in the intervening period, but did not revise that estimate or alter its rating (GiveWell 2016).rating.[3]
Living Goods is also featured in The Life You Can Save's list of "best charities" (The Life You Can Save 2021).[4]
BibliographyFurther reading
Capriati, Marinella (2019) A conversation with Martina Björkman Nyqvist, GiveWell, August 19.
External links
Living Goods. Official website.
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Björkman Nyqvist, Martina et al. (2019) Reducing child mortality in the last mile: Experimental evidence on community health promoters in Uganda, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, vol. 11, pp. 155–192.
Capriati, Marinella (2019) A conversation with Martina Björkman Nyqvist^,GiveWell, August 19.GiveWell (2014) Living Goods, GiveWell, November.
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GiveWell (2016) Living Goods – Mid-2016 update, GiveWell, September.
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The Life You Can Save (2021) Living Goods, The Life You Can Save.
External linksLiving Goods. Official website.
A cluster randomized controlled trial found a 27% mortality decrease among young children in Ugandan villages visited by CHPs (Björkman Nykvist et al. 2019). Partly on the basis of these findings, in 2014 GiveWell estimated Living Goods' cost per life saved to be in the range of $10,000 (GiveWell 2014), and rated it a standout charity every year until 2021, when that designation was discontinued (GiveWell 2014). An update published in 2016 noted a few developments in the intervening period, but did not revise that estimate or alter its rating (GiveWell 2016).
Living Goods is a nonprofit organization that runs a network of micro-entrepreneurs, known as "community health providers" (CHPs), who sell health and household goods door-to-door in Uganda and Kenya and provide basic health counseling.
Evaluation
A cluster randomized controlled trial found a 27% mortality decrease among young children in Ugandan villages visited by CHPs (Björkman Nykvist et al. 2019). Partly on the basis of these findings, in 2014 GiveWell estimated Living Goods' cost per life saved to be in the range of $10,000 (GiveWell 2014), and rated it a standout charity (GiveWell 2014). An update published in 2016 noted a few developments in the intervening period, but did not revise that estimate or alter its rating (GiveWell 2016).
Living Goods is also featured in The Life You Can Save's list of "best charities" (The Life You Can Save 2021).
Bibliography
Björkman Nyqvist, Martina et al. (2019) Reducing child mortality in the last mile: Experimental evidence on community health promoters in Uganda, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, vol. 11, pp. 155–192.
Capriati, Marinella (2019) A conversation with Martina Björkman Nyqvist, GiveWell, August 19.
GiveWell (2014) Living Goods, GiveWell, November.
GiveWell (2016) Living Goods – Mid-2016 update, GiveWell, September.
The Life You Can Save (2021) Living Goods, The Life You Can Save.
External links
Living Goods. Official website.
As of
MayJuly 2022, Living Goods has received $1.1 in funding from Open Philanthropy,[4] and is also featured in The Life You Can Save's list of "best charities".[5]Björkman Nyqvist, Martina et al. (2019) Reducing child mortality in the last mile: Experimental evidence on community health promoters in Uganda, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, vol. 11, pp. 155–192.
GiveWell (2014) Living Goods, GiveWell, November.
GiveWell (2016) Living Goods – Mid-2016 update, GiveWell, September.
Open Philanthropy (2022) Grants
databasedatabase: Living Goods, Open Philanthropy.The Life You Can Save (2021) Living Goods, The Life You Can Save.