In a column on “reasons to be cheerful,” Jon Evans discusses how direct giving can reshape the aid industry by becoming a “valid alternative.” Elsewhere, GiveDirectly’s Caroline Teti was interviewed on a range of topics related to our work, from how we send transfers to our groundbreaking basic income experiment. GIVEDIRECTLY IN THE NEWS 1. Reasons […]
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Candid thoughts from staff, donors, and recipients on our work and the broader movement towards cash transfers.
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Give people the security and opportunity they need – Cash in the News
Marc Gunther explored the persistent inequality within the charity sector this week in an expose on the industry in Vox. Up in Canada, new details on Ontario’s basic income experiment were released, including a commitment to incorporating rigorous experimental research into the province’s ambitious plan. GIVEDIRECTLY IN THE NEWS 1. Canada Has Unveiled the Details of […]
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Simple but profound – Cash in the News
The Toronto Star covered the history of basic income this week, mentioning GiveDirectly’s experiment as an initiative that can “link donor cash directly to study recipients.” In The Huffington Post, GiveDirectly’s own Jacquelline Fuller describes how she first heard of the concept of giving cash to poor families. Throughout the world, basic income remained a […]
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The longest experiment of its kind – Cash in the News
This weekend, PBS News Hour featured GiveDirectly in a long, on-the-ground segment on our work. Their reporting included interviews with co-founder Michael Faye, basic income research co-lead Professor Alan Krueger, as well as several recipients from our standard and basic income cash transfer programs. GIVEDIRECTLY IN THE NEWS 1. Group gives cash aid to rural Kenyans, […]
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Cultural space – Cash in the News
This week basic income was covered by a range of publications, from Wired‘s description of a new policy resembling a basic income introduced in the US Congress, to a mention of the policy in an overview of the political landscape in Italy by the Financial Times. Also, ODI released a new report this week that […]
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Intense research – Cash in the News
Basic income remained a hotly debated topic this week – with policy discussions happening from New Zealand to The Washington Post. And from Australia to Mountain View, California, the idea of doing the most good – effective altruism – captured the attention of both technology investors and philosophers. GIVEDIRECTLY IN THE NEWS AND BLOGS 1. US […]
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Without hesitation – Cash in the News
This week included mentions of GiveDirectly in Devex, Fast Company, Business Insider, and Futurism. Also this week, the UK’s head of FCDO, Priti Patel, reiterated her support for international aid in East Africa, and ODI put out a new report on cash transfers’ impact on women. GIVEDIRECTLY IN THE NEWS AND BLOGS 1. The global development […]
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The knowledge and drive to better themselves – Cash in the News
This past week GiveDirectly’s Michael Faye spoke at SXSW about our groundbreaking basic income experiment, and his talk was covered by Inc.‘s Kevin Ryan. Actor and director Mark Duplass ran an op-ed in The Huffington Post encouraging people to reach across political divides to collaborate in making the world a better place, specifically by donating […]
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The myth that the poor cannot be trusted – Cash in the News
Following last week’s New York Times Magazine feature on our basic income experiment, GiveDirectly had a big week in the global press. Dylan Matthews of Vox released a long, reported feature on the lives of recipients in that village. Meanwhile, the BBC reported on GiveDirectly’s standard, lump-sum cash transfers in print, radio, and TV, focusing […]
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The Pope on giving unconditionally
This week the Pope endorsed giving unconditionally, because giving something to someone in need is “always right,” reports The New York Times. Many people ask us, when we talk about giving unconditionally to the poor, “what if they spend the money on alcohol?” Someone asked the Pope the very same question, and here’s how he […]