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Poor Relief: Why Giving People Money Is Not the Answer to Global Poverty
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An economist challenges an emerging orthodoxy: the idea that the best way to alleviate poverty is simply to give people money.
A simple notion has become increasingly widespread in recent years: to lift people out of poverty, just give them money. Leading international organizations like the World Bank and United Nations endorse the use of cash transfers. So do Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and everyday philanthropists—the charity GiveDirectly has raised more than $800 million to distribute t...
A simple notion has become increasingly widespread in recent years: to lift people out of poverty, just give them money. Leading international organizations like the World Bank and United Nations endorse the use of cash transfers. So do Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and everyday philanthropists—the charity GiveDirectly has raised more than $800 million to distribute t...
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