Which charities should receive donations? What types of projects deserve funding? Effective altruism seeks to answer these questions by using rigorous research to determine which types of projects and which specific projects are achieving results.A number of...

53% of children in low- and middle-income countries cannot read and understand a simple story by the end of primary school. In poor countries, the level is as high as 80%, according to the World Bank. In sub-Sarahan Africa, 89% of children are unable to read and...

Can governments achieve policy goals by giving things away for free? Two programs in different parts of the world both test this approach.Free buses The first program comes from Iowa City in the US state of Iowa, In 2023 the city launched an initiative making buses...

Traffic accidents between vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists are taken for granted as inevitable events. But Vision Zero has promoted a bold idea for decades: that traffic fatalities and injuries are avoidable with proper design of streets - and in fact, the number of...

Challenges in scaling agroecology and practical pathways forward Rebecca Laes-Kushner and Harriet Keturah Traditional agriculture has brought about huge increases in food availability in the past century. But it also relies on pesticides and herbicides, focuses on...

Part one of this series reviewed the main concepts behind MSD and how the approach functions. Market systems development (#MSD) is a powerful way to stimulate changes in the marketplace – by improving how goods and services are bought and sold and stimulating support...

From trauma to limited access to education and jobs, refugees face challenges – but also show resilience, adaptability and a desire to improve their circumstances. There are over 36 million refugees worldwide, as well as approximately 70 million more people internally...

Approximately 50 million people today are in slavery, including 12 million children and 22 million people in forced marriages (many of whom are children). Overview of modern slavery Although the top 10 countries are North Korea, Eritrea, Mauritania, Saudi Arabia,...