102. Just give them cash: what the data shows about giving people cash versus other types of help

102. Just give them cash: what the data shows about giving people cash versus other types of help

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Results from a study of the impact of cash donations to 30,000 adults in Kenya have been released and the findings could lead to a paradigm shift in how most charities think about helping people.

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It's one of the biggest experiments in fighting global poverty. Now the results are in. NPR. December 7, 2023

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/12/07/1217478771/its-one-of-the-biggest-experiments-in-fighting-global-poverty-now-the-results-ar?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_8499655_nl_Philanthropy-Today_date_20231208&cid=pt&source=&sourceid= 

Universal Basic Income: Short-Term Results from a Long-Term Experiment in Kenya September 2023

https://conference.nber.org/conf_papers/f192616.pdf



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