The GiveDirectly Blog

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

Our experiments to raise more money for people in poverty

Operations · January 9, 2024

Our experiments to raise more money for people in poverty

Tech improvements we made in 2023

Operations · December 21, 2023

Tech improvements we made in 2023

Why too few disaster survivors get cash aid and what we can do about it

Operations · September 13, 2023

Why too few disaster survivors get cash aid and what we can do about it

Update on GiveDirectly leadership roles

Operations · September 8, 2023

Update on GiveDirectly leadership roles

Sending cash to flood survivors – 4 things we got right and wrong

Operations · July 27, 2023

Sending cash to flood survivors – 4 things we got right and wrong

The power of a mobile phone & mobile money

Operations · June 19, 2023

The power of a mobile phone & mobile money

Fraud in D.R.C. – our apology and response

Operations · June 5, 2023

Fraud in D.R.C. – our apology and response

How AI helped 6x our disaster response speed

Operations · March 21, 2023

How AI helped 6x our disaster response speed

A new tool to give even more directly

Operations · December 7, 2022

A new tool to give even more directly

Canva partnership tackling extreme poverty in Malawi one year on

Operations · November 9, 2022

Canva partnership tackling extreme poverty in Malawi one year on

Building aid applications that are actually accessible

Operations · May 24, 2022

Building aid applications that are actually accessible

Why we didn’t launch in Ukraine

Operations · May 12, 2022

Why we didn’t launch in Ukraine