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Strangeattractor comments on Can You Give Support or Feedback for My Program to Alleviate Poverty? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Strangeattractor 26 June 2015 08:36:03AM 8 points [-]

I think it would be helpful to ask more people in Belize what they think. Too often things are driven by what donors think, not by what would be good for the people a project is ostensibly trying to help.

Also, perhaps run a small-scale pilot project, then learn from that.

Comment author: Brendon_Wong 30 June 2015 08:56:29AM 1 point [-]

Thank you for your suggestions. I have in fact surveyed people and organizations in Belize. The general consensus is that there are a lot of people who are unemployed or working for very low wages, and getting higher paying employment would improve their standard of living. You mentioned a small scale pilot, we have actually run many such pilots, which is how we found that it would be possible to help people earn around $3 USD an hour. We are currently working on remote testing of our program before actually sending staff to Belize.