Apparently recent work shows that direct giving of grants in developing countries has high rates of return. This more or less confirms what Givewell has said before about microfinance.
The linked givewell posts discuss microloans, not outright grants. Link to Blattman’s paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2268552
Has someone attempted to make the jump from the reported data to QALY estimates or some other comparable measure?
Apparently recent work shows that direct giving of grants in developing countries has high rates of return. This more or less confirms what Givewell has said before about microfinance.
The linked givewell posts discuss microloans, not outright grants. Link to Blattman’s paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2268552
Has someone attempted to make the jump from the reported data to QALY estimates or some other comparable measure?