Some causes, organizations, and interventions are far more “neglected” than others – meaning they receive less funding, talent, political capital, public attention, or other resources. Taking neglectedness into account helps us recognize unique opportunities for impact. It also helps ensure that our investments are cost-effective since opportunities receiving a lot of resources tend to face diminishing returns.
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Often, when we’re evaluating neglectedness to help estimate the cost-effectiveness of a specific area, it’s because we’re considering investing a specific resource – such as money or people working on the cause. Within a cause, we could look at underinvestment in more specific resources such as political advocacy, prioritization and planning time, certain types of outreach, and more. In this context, it makes sense to evaluate neglectedness as it relates to that specific resource, since a problem might be much more or less neglected in different resources (some cause areas have more money than available talent and vice versa).
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- [note::When assessing neglectedness, also consider inter-cause neglectedness (how neglected specific approaches/interventions within a cause/cause area are)]

Some causes, organizations, and interventions are far more “neglected” than others – meaning they receive less funding, talent, political capital, public attention, or other resources. Taking neglectedness into account helps us recognize unique opportunities for impact. It also helps ensure that our investments are cost-effective since opportunities receiving a lot of resources tend to face diminishing returns.
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Often, when we’re evaluating neglectedness to help estimate the cost-effectiveness of a specific area, it’s because we’re considering investing a specific resource – such as money or people working on the cause. Within a cause, we could look at underinvestment in more specific resources such as political advocacy, prioritization and planning time, certain types of outreach, and more. In this context, it makes sense to evaluate neglectedness as it relates to that specific resource, since a problem might be much more or less neglected in different resources (some cause areas have more money than available talent and vice versa).
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- [note::When assessing neglectedness, also consider inter-cause neglectedness (how neglected specific approaches/interventions within a cause/cause area are)]