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Basic Income
This year, we plan to provide entire communities of people a basic income: regular cash payments that are enough for them to live on, for more than 10 years. To do that, we need your help.
Evidence
Earnings
+34%
Assets
+58%
Hunger
–42%
Our impact on recipient households has been documented by a rigorous third-party experimental evaluation (RCT), considered the gold standard for evidence. Read more [pdf]
Discussion
GiveDirectly made headlines when co-founders Michael Faye and Paul Niehaus announced our intention to run a basic income project. Check out a short selection of stories.
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Performance
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We're averaging per dollar placed directly in the hands of the poor. Read more
Performance
We publish our internal, unedited performance data. In March, we sent initial payments to over 2,000 families for the second month in a row. Productivity increased and turnaround time decreased as we continued to wrap up older campaigns in Kenya and shift resources toward our current operations in Homa Bay.
Who We Serve
Take a walk through a village in Siaya County, Kenya, meeting both recipients and non-recipients. Read more...
Tweets
Evidence
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Evaluations underway or completed
We address policy questions that keep emerging-market leaders up at night. Studies in progress examine the optimal design and macroeconomic impact of transfers. Read more