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We've got cash – you've got mail

Vishy KurugantiDecember 29, 20194 mins

That’s the tag line for GiveDirectly, a 10-year old US-based non-profit making waves in 9 African countries. “Cash” for unconditional cash transfers and “you’ve got mail” for the m-Pesa notification…

Unconditional transfers approaching primetime

Vishy KurugantiDecember 05, 20192 mins

Since I first read about unconditional transfers (in Banerjee and Duflo’s Poverty Economics book), I’ve been fascinated about this seemingly this-cant-possibly-work approach to foreign aid. Later I…

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