The GiveDirectly Blog

Read updates from our team on the latest research, program learnings, and more.

In Bangladesh, AI targeted aid faster, cheaper, and often more accurately than manual methods

Operations · July 2, 2025

In Bangladesh, AI targeted aid faster, cheaper, and often more accurately than manual methods

How AI helped send cash just before floods hit in Nigeria

Operations · June 27, 2025

How AI helped send cash just before floods hit in Nigeria

Report: risks we faced delivering cash in 2024

Operations · June 23, 2025

Report: risks we faced delivering cash in 2024

Why we sent the largest-ever cash payment to homeless Americans

Operations · April 24, 2025

Why we sent the largest-ever cash payment to homeless Americans

How to explain AI/ML across the digital divide

Operations · January 27, 2025

How to explain AI/ML across the digital divide

Rethinking efficiency to better reflect our diverse cash programs

Operations · November 25, 2024

Rethinking efficiency to better reflect our diverse cash programs

How GiveDirectly prevents, addresses, and reports risks

Operations · September 23, 2024

How GiveDirectly prevents, addresses, and reports risks

Which U.S. cash programs work the best? We don’t know yet.

Operations · September 16, 2024

Which U.S. cash programs work the best? We don’t know yet.

GiveDirectly pursues greater impact as Nick Allardice joins as President & CEO

Operations · August 5, 2024

GiveDirectly pursues greater impact as Nick Allardice joins as President & CEO

GiveDirectly’s approach to responsible AI/ML

Operations · July 8, 2024

GiveDirectly’s approach to responsible AI/ML

More people in poverty get cash when we work with governments

Operations · March 25, 2024

More people in poverty get cash when we work with governments

Improving our ability to give cash after the next global emergency

Operations · February 5, 2024

Improving our ability to give cash after the next global emergency