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The GiveDirectly Blog

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

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What giving people money doesn’t fix
October 30, 2025

What giving people money doesn’t fix

When staying quiet backfired: how we rebuilt trust in Mozambique
October 20, 2025

When staying quiet backfired: how we rebuilt trust in Mozambique

How GiveDirectly prevents, addresses, and reports risks
September 23, 2024

How GiveDirectly prevents, addresses, and reports risks

Which U.S. cash programs work the best? We don’t know yet.
September 16, 2024

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

What we make of null and negative results from U.S. cash programs
July 17, 2024

What we make of null and negative results from U.S. cash programs

Sending cash to flood survivors – 4 things we got right and wrong
July 27, 2023

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

Fraud in D.R.C. – our apology and response
June 5, 2023

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

Research on our U.S. COVID-19 program found little measurable impact. We’re adapting.
August 5, 2022

Research on our U.S. COVID-19 program found little measurable impact. We’re adapting.

Why we didn’t launch in Ukraine
May 12, 2022

Why we didn’t launch in Ukraine

Our diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts
January 31, 2022

Our diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts

$241,633 was lost to fraud this year — that’s about what we expect
December 22, 2021

$241,633 was lost to fraud this year — that’s about what we expect

Yes, we have costs
July 15, 2020

Yes, we have costs

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