Did this say “have to keep moving forward or die” and then a copyeditor got to it?

being around other people is less likely to be responsible than the substantially higher incomes?

GRABBING a sandwich or coffee makes me equally murderous and perhaps falls in the same category? It’s the blasé stance of someone who uses the phrase “not my first rodeo”

Here is the full writeup: forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/CpZYHk...

Many thanks to the research team: @tomanbarsbai.com, @marcelloperez.bsky.social, @demirelmerve.bsky.social, @philippmoskopp.bsky.social, and Matthias Sutter; to the @malengo.org team; and to our many friends and supporters!

The RCT is not complete — you can help us finish it by donating or investing!

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With our updated figures, we get 28x cash in the baseline scenario.

Because our students enter into Income Share Agreements (ISAs), in which successful graduates "pay it forward" to the next generation, the impact is in potentially unbounded. An optimistic scenario puts the impact at 3,732x cash.

Based on these numbers, we have updated our impact model. We depart from GiveWell's 2024 assessment, in which Malengo is about 2.5x more cost-effective than cash transfers.

Amongst the ~250 students in Germany, all but 2 are still in the program and making progress. They are somewhat slower than expected (anticipated graduation timeline is 5–6 years), grades are average (2.7 on a scale from 1=best to 5=worst), and 93% want to remain in Germany after graduation.

Subjective well-being (e.g. happiness, depression) also increases, by 0.36 standard deviations (SD). (By comparison, cash transfers give about 0.1 SD.) The parents back home are doing better too (0.25 SD), and siblings and friends are no worse off.

Students were surveyed after about one year in Germany, so they are still in school. But because they have part-time jobs, their incomes have already increased by $843 relative to those who didn't travel. This figure is adjusted for purchasing power and doesn't include Malengo's stipends.

Our flagship program supports Ugandan students in completing a Bachelors degree in Germany. The program has a built-in randomized controlled trial (RCT) by conducting a lottery amongst qualified applicants. The full sample will contain around 850 students; these early results are for the first 240.

You can learn more and invest here:

University program: prod.daf.netafoundation.org/grantvestmen...

Vocational training program: prod.daf.netafoundation.org/grantvestmen...

Feel free to email me with any questions! [email protected]

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Once students graduate and earn a sufficiently high income, they repay a percentage of it into your DAF under an Income Share Agreement. You can then re-invest this money into future Malengo students, or in other charitable goals. (You cannot earn a private return; the money remains charitable.) 3/4

Neta sets up a donor-advised fund (DAF) for you. Money you put into it (minimum: $25k) directly supports our students from East Africa on their path to a university or vocational degree in Europe. Contributions into your DAF are eligible for tax deduction. Setting it up takes a few minutes. 2/4