“[Intermediate Report] Effective Giving in Asia” by Joel Tan🔸

Disclaimer: CEARCH itself does some work related to effective giving in Asia, and there is an inherent risk of bias to this evaluation. Beyond doing our best to remain impartial throughout the research process, we have also explicitly applied a meta discount for bias within our CEA, with the goal of eliminating any bias-driven over-estimation of the cause area's cost-effectiveness.

Key Takeaway: CEARCH recommends effective giving in Asia as a high impact philanthropic cause.

Introduction: CEARCH is a research and grantmaking organization – we try to find and fund highly cost-effective philanthropic ideas. The primary author for this report is Joel Tan, the Managing Director of CEARCH, and the lead researcher and grantmaker for its meta portfolio.

Note that this research investigation has been motivated by two considerations:

• Firstly, CEARCH and our grantmaking partners (e.g. individual members of the Meta Charity Funders) are interested in effective [...]

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First published:

August 16th, 2025

Source:

https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/cRSr3HSeoTHjpAuEi/intermediate-report-effective-giving-in-asia

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