[Article] “Is it fair to say that most social programmes don’t work?” by Benjamin Todd

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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Outline:

(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

The original text contained 3 footnotes which were omitted from this narration.

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First published:
July 21st, 2017

Last updated:
August 4th, 2017

Source:
https://80000hours.org/articles/effective-social-program

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