Jobs and jail might not keep young men out of crime, but how about therapy? – April 15, 2015 – Washington Post – Research conducted by Chris Blattman and Innovations for Poverty Action suggests that the combination of therapy and cash transfers may help keep young men away from crime World Bank secures $400 million […]
Candid thoughts from staff, donors, and recipients on our work and the broader movement towards cash transfers.
Uncategorized
This week in cash transfers
The Effect of Cash, Vouches and Food Transfers on Intimate Partner Violence: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Northern Ecuador – Harvard Kennedy School Women and Public Policy Program – Study finds that targeting cash, voucher or food transfers towards female heads of household led to a significant decrease in the prevalence of intimate partner […]
Recipients
In their own words: Initial reactions to free money
Insights from Helen and Kevin, Teresa and Odhiambo, and Christine Can you imagine a stranger coming to your door offering a year’s income, no strings attached? Neither could our recipients, until it happened (and even then, many still didn’t believe the offer was real). In the interviews below, three randomly-selected recipients recount what went through […]
Uncategorized
This week in cash transfers
Food Ministry suggests cash transfer of food subsidy on pilot basis – March 5, 2015 – The Economic Times Ghana: Leap 1000 Launched in Tamale – March 5, 2015 – All Africa – LEAP 1000, an extension of the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) program, which provides cash transfers to poor households with pregnant women […]
Recipients
In their own words: Nobody said building a house would be easy
George, a 42-year-old Village Elder and father of six living in Western Kenya spoke to GiveDirectly about the process he went through when deciding how to spend his transfer. George’s village and George himself were randomly selected for this interview. The interview has been shortened for clarity and length. You can read the full transcript […]
Uncategorized
This week in cash transfers
Africa: World Bank Helps Senegal Strengthen Social Safety Nets – AllAfrica – February 19, 2015 – Government of Senegal launched a 40.5 million dollar International Development Association credit to help Senegal establish the building blocks for a national social safety net system and provide targeted cash transfers to poor and vulnerable households Can Digital Cash […]
Uncategorized
This week in cash transfers
Every so often, we’ll be sharing recent news about cash transfers from around the world. Here’s the latest: Cash transfers can plug PDS leakages: study – The Hindu – February 1, 2015 – study estimates that almost half of grains released through PDS did not reach intended beneficiaries in 2011-2012, and that cash transfers may […]
Operations
Announcement: Moving to our third district in Kenya
GiveDirectly is crossing an important milestone: after over two years working in Siaya district, we’re moving our enrollment teams to our third district in Kenya – Ugunja. This is an exciting moment for GiveDirectly because it’s a sign of the scale we’ve reached: we’ve now been to all the villages in a district that our […]
Opinions
Government waiting rooms and definition deliberations
I often hear GiveDirectly cited as one of the most innovative players in the nonprofit sphere for giving out cash with no strings attached. Although that’s noteworthy, for me, what makes the organization exceptional is its team’s commitment to use rigorous, scientific evidence to inform, evaluate, and improve its program.For the past six months, I’ve […]
Opinions
Conversations with the Kenya team
As a way of building connections among our teams in the US and Africa, GiveDirectly has set up regular international one-on-one chats between team members in Uganda, Kenya and the US. Of course a call or online chat isn’t as good as meeting with coworkers in person, but these short conversations are teaching me a […]