Module 2: The Solutions
This module looks at some of the groups and people out there helping to ensure social ills are better addressed.
Assessment 1: To browse each group or person on the list
GiveWell
http://www.givewell.org/charities/top-charities
The Poverty Action Lab's work http://www.povertyactionlab.org/policy-lessons
Innovations for Poverty Action http://www.poverty-action.org/provenimpact
Profile of, "The Way We Think About Charity is Dead Wrong" http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pallotta_the_way_we_think_about_charity_is_dead_wrong.html
Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy http://toptierevidence.org/
Charities shown to be independently effective
The Against Malaria Foundation http://www.againstmalaria.com/
Partnership for Transparency Fund http://ptfund.org/about/
VillageReach http://villagereach.org/
Nurse-Family Partnership http://www.nursefamilypartnership.org/
The trouble with dogma
Charity evaluations should not be accepted blindly. GiveWell's recommendations at times include subjective judgement calls and misreading of data. Some followers support their recommendations automatically at times. One of their recommendations is GiveDirectly but another charity evaluator, Giving What We Can actually makes a strong case against them. Bias {recognised or not} are other impediments to tackling social problems in a more effective way.