Key Takeaway: CEARCH recommends effective giving in Asia as a high impact philanthropic cause.

The full report can be read here.

Introduction: This research project focused on evaluating the cause area of effective giving in Asia; we focused in particular on pledge promotion, though we also examined non-pledge considerations, and we treated high-income East Asian countries (i.e. Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan & South Korea) as the primary targets, given their high donation potential and CEARCH's greater familiarity with the region.

As with all our research projects, this investigation heavily focused on estimating the cause area's cost-effectiveness using quantitative modelling, while gathering evidence through literature reviews, expert interviews, and beneficiary surveys.

Cost-Effectiveness: We model the cost-effectiveness of effective giving in Asia as a function of (a) the value of pledge donations resulting from a 10% pledge by an Asian pledger; (b) the value of more EA talent resulting from a 10% pledge by an Asian pledger; and (c) tractability of pledge promotion in Asia (while applying a number of miscellaneous adjustments to account for non-pledge benefits).

We estimate that effective giving in Asia has a giving multiplier of about 10x GiveWell; it averts the equivalent of 9,750 DALYs per [...]

---

First published:

Source:

---

Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.