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Study: Giving people money returned 2.5x the value without causing inflation

One of the world’s largest cash studies found that GiveDirectly’s program, giving a one-time $1,000 cash transfer to 10,500 poor households in rural Kenya, led to 2.5x that amount in economic growth.  Now, we’re building on these results to launch the world’s biggest randomized controlled trial on cash, and asking even bigger questions to understand […]

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Oct 22, 2025 by Mary Blair
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