Why Cash Aid Distributions Have A Beneficial Ripple Effect

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Research suggests the most effective way to help poor people can be to give them no strings attached cash. A new study finds even neighbors who don't get the aid benefit from a big ripple effect.

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Instead of giving the poor food or other services like education, what about just giving them cash? This is an idea that's gotten a lot of traction in the development world over the last decade. Now a major new study suggests that those getting the money are not the only ones who benefit. NPR's Nurith Aizenman reports.

NURITH AIZENMAN, BYLINE: One of the biggest advocates of this kind of cash aid is a nonprofit charity called GiveDirectly. In 10 years, it's given out more than $140 million to impoverished families in low-income countries with no strings attached. They decide how to spend it. Michael Faye is president and co-founder of GiveDirectly

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https://www.npr.org/2019/11/25/782536982/why-cash-aid-distributions-have-a-beneficial-ripple-effect

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