Lots of government and charity programmes aim to improve education, health, unemployment and so on. How many of these efforts work?

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(01:53) David Anderson's updated estimates

(04:18) What counts as a weak effect?

(06:17) Estimates within international development, and meta-analyses vs. RCTs

(11:08) Meta-analyses of UK education with Danielle Mason

(13:58) Other sources to investigate

(14:19) What about the replication crisis?

(16:54) What can we conclude from all the above?

(20:05) How important is it to be evidence-based?

(22:57) Read next

(23:28) Further reading

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