“Dylan Matthews, Staff Reporter, Wonkblog at the Washington Post”

GiveWell spoke with Dylan Matthews as part of its initial exploration of policy advocacy. They discussed GiveWell’s basic understanding of what sorts of activities a funder can support and when/why they might be expected to work, and then discussed which political issues are important from a humanitarian perspective and which are “tractable” in the sense that more philanthropic funding may have substantial impact.

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