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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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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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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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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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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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This week the New York Times magazine reported a long feature on our groundbreaking basic income experiment. They talked about the research behind cash transfers, the work of our field team in Kenya, and most importantly the lives of the recipients in the basic income pilot village. Also of note this week: Devex reported on […]

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From Sydney to Stanford, cash transfers remained part of the public conversation as Effective Altruism Australia launched with a discussion on what it means to give effectively, while in Stanford’s Social Innovation Review, several articles discuss cash in the context of empathy and evidence. GIVEDIRECTLY IN THE NEWS AND BLOGS 1. A Tour Of The Job-Free […]

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GiveDirectly’s co-founders Michael Faye and Paul Niehaus, along with our senior partnerships manager Joanna Macrae, defended cash transfers this week in Newsweek. They argued why cash transfers provide excellent value-for-money for taxpayers. GIVEDIRECTLY IN THE NEWS AND BLOGS 1. WaterAid: What do we buy, and at what cost, when we give to nonprofits? Nonprofit Chronicles, Marc […]

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GiveDirectly’s co-founders Michael Faye and Paul Niehaus, along with our senior partnerships manager Joanna Macrae, defended cash transfers this week in Newsweek. They argued why cash transfers provide excellent value-for-money for taxpayers.  GIVEDIRECTLY IN THE NEWS AND BLOGS1. Data-driven charityJohn D. Cook blog, Paul Niehaus, February 5, 2017PN: GiveDirectly is the first nonprofit that lets individual […]

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