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Evidence behind unconditional cash transfers captured the media’s attention in May:

• : “This is a way to transform how people think about aid. There is no reason why a lot of development dollars couldn’t be shifted to a model like this.”
• : “Money with no strings attached not only directly raises the living standards of those who receive it, but it also increases hours worked and labor productivity, seemingly laying the groundwork for growth to come.”
• : “There’s also growing literature suggesting that direct cash transfers — the term of art for ‘giving poor people money’ — is more effective than most programs providing goods like food or housing.”
• : “. . . ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÉç had exactly what Google wanted: lots of data on how the recipients of cash used it to improve their nutrition, their health and their children’s education.”
• : “Sorry naysayers, cash works.”