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[Article] “Is it fair to say that most social programmes don’t work?” by Benjamin Todd
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Lots of government and charity programmes aim to improve education, health, unemployment and so on. How many of these efforts work? Narrated by AI. ---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. --- First published: July 21st, 2017 Last updated: August 4th, 2017 Source: https://80000hours.org/articles/effective-social-program --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.
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