In the process of creating our report on international aid, we consulted with many people who shared their experience and expertise.
Below is a list of these people, along with the dates we spoke with them and - when available - a link to an audio recording and/or approximate transcript of our conversations. Unless otherwise noted, conversations were about GiveWell's process for selecting charities and the conclusions we had reached at the time.
This list is ordered by date (starting with the most recent major conversation). It does not include anyone who spoke with us as a representative of a charity we were investigating.
David Roodman - Research Fellow, Center for Global Development (bio here). We spoke with him on 8/27/09 about what to look for in an microfinance organization.
Molly McNairy - Medical Resident, Department of Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston (bio here). Dr. McNairy has worked at the Partners in Health facility in Malawi for the last four years. We spoke with her most recently on 6/25/09.
April Harding - Visiting Fellow, Center for Global Development (bio here). We exchanged emails between 5/27/09 and 6/3/09, focusing on the question of whether (and to what extent) large health aid programs strain local health system capacity.
William Easterly - Professor of Economics at New York University, joint with Africa House, and Co-Director of NYU's Development Research Institute (bio here). We spoke on 5/12/09 and have exchanged emails since.
Jessica Gottlieb - former Center for Global Development Program Coordinator; staff member for the Millions Saved project. We spoke on 5/6/09, focusing on Millions Saved.
Tobias Pfutze - Visiting Assistant Professor, Georgetown Public Policy Institute and former Research Assistant for Prof. William Easterly (homepage here). We spoke on 4/30/09.
Peter Singer, Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University and author of The Life You Can Save. (Wikipedia page here.) We have spoken regularly.
Matthew Bonds, Research Associate at the Harvard School of Public Health. (Bio here.) We have spoken regularly.
Katherina M. Rosqueta, Carol A. McLaughlin, and Hilary J. Rhodes of the Center for High Impact Philanthropy. (Bios here.) We spoke at length on 3/27/09 to exchange knowledge and compare our approaches to evaluating charities.
Diane Bennett and Laura Freschi, Executive Director and Associate Director (respectively) of the Development Research Institute. We spoke on 3/13/09.
Alanna Shaikh, Global Health blogger for Change.org (bio here). We have spoken on two occasions as well as exchanged emails.
Rachel Glennerster, Executive Director of the Poverty Action Lab (bio here). We spoke on 2/19/09.
Moses Bockarie, Director of the Lymphatic Filariasis Support Centre, exchanged emails with us and helped us find information on the burden of neglected tropical diseases on 1/28/09.
Prabat Jha - Director of the Centre for Global Health Research and a lead author on the Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries report as well as the Copenhagen Consensus paper on disease control. We spoke on 9/30/08.
Colin Mathers - senior scientist in the Evidence and Information for Policy Cluster at the World Health Organization and a lead author on the Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors report. We spoke on 9/9/08 and have exchanged emails about what data is available on the global burden of disease.
Anne Mills - professor of health economics and policy at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a lead author on the Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries report. We spoke on 9/8/08.
George Alleyne - Director Emeritus of the Pan American Health Organization and a lead author on the Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries report (bio here). We spoke on 9/5/08.
Angus Deaton - Professor of Economics and International Affairs at Princeton University (bio here). We spoke on 7/23/08 and have exchanged emails since.
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