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CEGA | New insights and tools to improve lives

The Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) is a research and innovation hub at the University of California, Berkeley that generates insights and tools to reduce global poverty and improve lives. Learn more at cega.berkeley.edu. Help support our work. Make a gift today at go.cega.org/give 00:00 Leaders need more evidence about what works 00:58 Generating innovative, inclusive, and rigorous evidence 03:03 Building a public good Every year, governments, NGOs, and philanthropists invest billions of dollars to fight poverty and improve lives — but do they know if their investments work? While private companies in high-income countries regularly invest up to 20 percent of their annual revenue in research and development, the global development community spends less than one percent to rigorously test their programs and policies. This leaves leaders to face vital decisions without rigorous evidence about what works. But leaders need rigorous evidence about economic development and social programs more than ever. As the world confronts overlapping crises and shrinking government budgets, there is both greater urgency and fewer resources to address these challenges. This creates even greater pressure to make smart decisions, get the biggest value for money, and discover new tools that drive effectiveness. CEGA was established to generate more empirical research about the impacts of economic and social development programs, and to ensure those insights inform policymaker decisions. Central to CEGA’s approach is bringing ideas and techniques from diverse academic disciplines — economics, psychology, computer science, engineering, and more — and including more people with first-hand experience with the problems and solutions our work addresses. CEGA's research network includes more than 160 faculty, 75 scholars from low- and middle-income countries, and hundreds of graduate students — from diverse academic disciplines around the world — that produce rigorous evidence about what works to expand education, health, and economic opportunities for people living in poverty. Learn more at cega.berkeley.edu.