Title: Theory / Important / Human / EA / Givewell

Question: Advantages of policy advocaty
Answer: Leverage: A relatively small amount of spending on advocacy may influence larger amounts of government funding;
Page: https://blog.givewell.org/2018/03/22/considering-policy-advocacy-organizations-givewell-made-grant-centre-pesticide-suicide-prevention/
Answer2: Sustainability: A policy may be in place for years after its adoption; and
Answer3: Feasibility: Some effective interventions can only be effectively implemented by governments, such as increasing taxes on tobacco to reduce consumption.

Question: Why does restrict from policy advocacy for EA
Answer: Evidence of effectiveness will likely be lower quality than what we’ve seen from our top charities, e.g. it may involve analyzing trends over time (where confounding factors may complicate analysis) rather than randomized controlled trials or quasi-experimental evidence;
Page: https://blog.givewell.org/2018/03/22/considering-policy-advocacy-organizations-givewell-made-grant-centre-pesticide-suicide-prevention/
Answer2: Causal attribution will be challenging in that multiple players are likely to be involved in any policy change and policymakers are likely to be influenced by a variety of factors;
Answer3: There may be a substantial chance of failure to pass the desired legislation; and
Answer4: Regulation may have undesirable secondary effects.

Question: Why did GiveWell did not consider policy first
Answer: It's quite hard, they want to focus to simple task that they can manage first
Page: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/2/26/18241045/givewell-cost-effective-charity-policy-advocacy-giving
Answer2: There have been able to find better and better charity, and thus didn't have to change their search to find how to give better