Humanitarian groups struggling to keep up with growing humanitarian needs are turning to cash as a way to make every dollar count. Faced with funding shortfalls, U.N. agencies are using more cash-based programs.
The longstanding criticism for giving poor people money is that they will waste it on alcohol and tobacco. A new review of 30 studies from Latin America, Africa and Asia disproves that notion. In fact, people spend less on “temptation goods” after receiving a cash transfer.
Late last year, the government of Finland announced it would launch an experiment where as many as 100,000 citizens would…
A month has passed since Merchants Bank of California closed its accounts with money transfer companies in Somalia. Warnings of…
The charity that allows people to make a direct donation to a person living in Kenya just got a whole lot…
Humanitarian hipsters take note: The hottest thing buzzing in the aid and development world these days is the cash transfer!…
Daniel Gerstle Note: There will be a local public forum on this issue tonight, 6 pm, sponsored by Oxfam and…