The Innovation in Government Initiative (IGI, formerly known as Government Partnership Initiative) is a grantmaking entity that funds research on evidence-based programs to reduce global poverty and efforts to pilot and scale those programs. IGI sits within the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab.

Evaluation

In 2019, IGI received a $1 million grant from the Global Health and Development Fund.^[1] The grant was recommended by GiveWell.^[2]

Founders Pledge estimates that IGI is roughly three times as cost-effective as direct cash transfers ^[3] and recommends IGI as the most promising organization that they have identified in the area of evidence-based policy.^[4]

Further reading

GiveWell (2019) Innovation in Government Initiative — general support, GiveWell, January.

Ruhl, Christian (2022) Innovation in Government Initiative (IGI), Founders Pledge, April 8.

External links

Innovation in Government Initiative. Official website.

Related entries

global health and development | Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab

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Global Health and Development Fund (2019) January 2019: J-PAL’s Innovation in Government Initiative, Effective Altruism Funds, January.
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GiveWell (2019) Innovation in Government Initiative — general support, GiveWell, January.
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Ruhl, Christian (2022) Innovation in Government Initiative (IGI), Founders Pledge, April 8.
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Capriati, Marinella & Christian Ruhl (2022) Evidence based policy cause area report, Founders Pledge, April 8.