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"Our perspective draws upon and applies lessons from many economics-focused philanthropic organizations. Our closest collaborator, GiveWell, uses a very similar approach. Our work also overlaps with GiveDirectly and the cost-effectiveness standard that direct cash transfers provide, as well as the scaling frameworks used by Development Innovation Ventures at USAID, Evidence Action’s Accelerator, and the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI)’s Incubator. We are avid consumers of economics research (for example, Kremer et al. 2023), we often attempt to synthesize and replicate literatures (for example, Roodman 2023), and we are eager to see further academic economics research that addresses our decision-relevant questions."
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