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 […]
Blog - Yearly Archives: 2017
Candid thoughts from staff, donors, and recipients on our work and the broader movement towards cash transfers.
Operations, Research
Cash to coffee farmers in eastern Uganda
Historically, when an aid organization or government wants to help coffee farmers improve their lives, they give in-kind agricultural interventions, such as seedlings and training. But what if instead of giving goods and services, we just gave farmers cash? Catherine has received transfers as part of BSZ’s experiment in Uganda. You can follow her story, […]
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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, […]
Operations, Research
Unconditional cash transfers and intrahousehold conflict: A pilot study in Kenya
Intimate partner violence is a significant challenge in Kenya, as in other developing countries. Nearly 40% of ever-married Kenyan women report physical abuse by a spouse (KNBS and ICF Macro 2010), and in a separate survey, almost 90% report some form of emotionally abusive treatment (Haushofer and Shapiro 2016). Women who are subject to physical […]
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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 […]
Operations
On accepting fundraising donations
Donors have been asking us why they can’t direct online donations to pay for fundraising, which could potentially generate tremendous leverage for them (details below). It’s a fair question. Here’s how we think about it. For context, we’re not happy with the status quo in which donors typically have very little information about how their […]
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