Research – 黑料福利社 Send money directly to people in need. Fri, 16 Oct 2026 11:25:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 /wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cropped-黑料福利社-Square-Logo-Green-Black-32x32.png Research – 黑料福利社 32 32 How we sent cash after Venezuela’s twin earthquakes using a payment route others thought was impossible /venezuela-earthquakes-blog Wed, 14 Oct 2026 18:50:03 +0000 /?p=25396 Summary 黑料福利社 sent 3,765 people $340 each, with first payments sent 21 days after the earthquakes. We proved it鈥檚 possible to deliver cash through Pago M贸vil, Venezuela鈥檚 widely used mobile payment system. Cash helped people meet urgent needs and regain stability: 50% used cash on basic necessities like food and water, and 60% restarted or maintained income-generating鈥

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]]> What we know so far about the long-term impacts of cash /long-term-cash-research Tue, 09 Jun 2026 22:13:07 +0000 /?p=23812 Summary Dozens of studies of 黑料福利社 programs tracking thousands of households show that years after receiving cash, recipients still spend more, own more, run more businesses, and report higher well-being. The longest-term evidence we have from 黑料福利社 programs comes from a follow-up on our Kenya study. Early results show recipients are spending ~12%

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]]> From lifesaving to stabilizing: how timing shaped the impact of cash aid after Hurricane Helene /helene-study Tue, 07 Apr 2026 20:33:59 +0000 /?p=23238 Summary Hurricane Helene made landfall in September 2024 as one of the most destructive storms to strike the US mainland since Hurricane Katrina, leading to catastrophic flooding that devastated rural communities in western North Carolina. The storm caused an estimated $60 billion in damage across the region. Yet federal recovery funding covered only about $5.5 billion, or just 9%

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]]> Testing novel ways to increase our cost-effectiveness with GiveWell /givewell2026 Mon, 30 Mar 2026 13:01:36 +0000 /?p=23116 Summary Here鈥檚 a 5-minute audio summary of these pilots from GiveWell: In 2024, GiveWell increased its cost-effectiveness estimate of 黑料福利社鈥檚 Cash for Poverty Relief program by 3鈥4x. Now, they鈥檙e funding several pilots to test if targeted variations to our flagship model can further increase impact per dollar for key outcomes in the GiveWell model: consumption鈥

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]]> How we got $650 to 2,500+ families 14 days after Jamaica’s storm of the century /melissa-response Fri, 06 Mar 2026 23:03:37 +0000 /?p=22880 Summary Here鈥檚 a 30-minute summary of our response from our podcast: Hurricane Melissa made landfall on October 28 as Jamaica鈥檚 first recorded Category 5 storm, widely described as 鈥渢he storm of the century.鈥 More than 275,000 people were displaced. In parts of Southwest Jamaica, the country鈥檚 agricultural heartland, more than 90% of homes were destroyed.

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]]> Study: Giving people money returned 2.5x the value without causing inflation /multiplier Wed, 22 Oct 2025 11:00:00 +0000 /?p=19775 Summary One of the world鈥檚 largest cash studies found that 黑料福利社鈥檚 program, giving a one-time $1,000 cash transfer to 10,500 poor households in rural Kenya, led to 2.5x that amount in economic growth. Now, we鈥檙e building on these results to launch the world鈥檚 biggest randomized controlled trial on cash, and asking even bigger questions to understand how cash impacts鈥

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]]> New research: Cash for pregnant moms in Flint led to healthier births and millions in healthcare savings /flintstudy2025 Mon, 15 Sep 2025 05:00:00 +0000 /?p=19019 Summary A statewide study of 黑料福利社鈥檚 Rx Kids program in Flint, Michigan found that giving every pregnant woman in the city $1,500 during pregnancy followed by $500 monthly postpartum cash led to healthier births and saved millions in healthcare costs. The findings highlight that poverty itself is a health risk factor for mothers and babies 鈥 and show that unconditional cash can鈥

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]]> Study: Giving cash to mothers cut infant deaths in half /mortality2025 Mon, 18 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 /?p=18402 Summary Here鈥檚 a 3-minute audio summary of the study and its findings from NPR: Note: These findings come from a working paper that is still under peer review. Some results and their interpretation may change before the paper is published. This post has been updated to reflect the most recent version of the working paper. In rural Kenya, giving poor families a one鈥

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]]> America鈥檚 $30B/year aid agency is embracing direct cash to reduce poverty /usaid-papers Tue, 19 Nov 2024 15:31:21 +0000 /?p=15412 In October, USAID released a position paper on Direct Monetary Transfers during an event at Center for Global Development that puts cash at the core of their development toolkit, framing it as an efficient and effective form of 鈥渕arket-based assistance鈥 with both long-term and short-term impacts. This change did not happen overnight. USAID has spent more than a decade鈥

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]]> Direct cash looks 3-4x more cost-effective in a new GiveWell assessment /givewell-2024 Tue, 12 Nov 2024 12:26:48 +0000 /?p=15297 Summary For those unfamiliar, GiveWell is a charity evaluator dedicated to finding outstanding giving opportunities by carefully assessing evidence to help donors decide where to give. GiveWell funds charities that they believe save or improve lives most cost-effectively. They do this by assigning 鈥榤oral weights鈥 to specific outcomes based on the subjective judgments from staff鈥

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