If you’ve been following my recent posts and papers on giving cash to the poor, three things that may interest you:
First, we’ve put out a 3-page policy note with the World Bank on one Uganda cash transfer program. Here is an IPA policy note on a second study, of cash transfers to poor women in Uganda.
Second, today the New York Times Economix blog posted excerpts of an interview with me about both experiments on giving cash to the poor.
Last, in a strange coincidence of timing, yesterday the FAI blog posted excepts of a similar interview from last year.
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Ending Poverty by Giving the Poor Money http://t.co/NiBJAec9FX and more: http://t.co/wMnwAAbF2M
RT @Oxfam: Fighting #poverty via #cashtransfers: @cblatts makes the case(s) http://t.co/dSFZsKNt32 ht @fp2p
RT @Oxfam: Fighting #poverty via #cashtransfers: @cblatts makes the case(s) http://t.co/dSFZsKNt32 ht @fp2p
RT @Oxfam: Fighting #poverty via #cashtransfers: @cblatts makes the case(s) http://t.co/dSFZsKNt32 ht @fp2p
RT @Oxfam: Fighting #poverty via #cashtransfers: @cblatts makes the case(s) http://t.co/dSFZsKNt32 ht @fp2p
@cblatts NYT piece on cash transfers http://t.co/s8hBmDClVN getting picked up elsewhere too http://t.co/wKu5Yp9gqI
RT @Data4Dev: RT @cblatts: End poverty by giving the poor cash? http://t.co/CUqSoZCsx2 and 3-pager summary on cash transfers http://t.co/R7…
RT @Oxfam: Fighting #poverty via #cashtransfers: @cblatts makes the case(s) http://t.co/dSFZsKNt32 ht @fp2p
RT @Oxfam: Fighting #poverty via #cashtransfers: @cblatts makes the case(s) http://t.co/dSFZsKNt32 ht @fp2p
RT @Oxfam: Fighting #poverty via #cashtransfers: @cblatts makes the case(s) http://t.co/dSFZsKNt32 ht @fp2p
RT @Oxfam: Fighting #poverty via #cashtransfers: @cblatts makes the case(s) http://t.co/dSFZsKNt32 ht @fp2p
Fighting #poverty via #cashtransfers: @cblatts makes the case(s) http://t.co/dSFZsKNt32 ht @fp2p
End poverty by giving the poor cash?: If you’ve been following my recent posts and papers on giving cash to th… http://t.co/rzI2OvSvZS
@UNDP @cblatts yes we can, and reduce inequality too. Just give cash to the poor!
@UNDP @cblatts yes we can, and reduce inequality. Just give cash to the poor!
RT @UNDP: Can we end poverty by giving the poor cash? See what @cblatts has to say: http://t.co/mjvIc9Uf5m #EndPovertyFriday
RT @fp2p: Just give ’em the money. The @cblatts #cashtransfer machine rolls on with interviews in NYT & more http://t.co/s3bkXYWn9H
@UNDP poverty can end only by making people play a productive role in an economic set up @cblatts
RT @UNDP: Can we end poverty by giving the poor cash? See what @cblatts has to say: http://t.co/mjvIc9Uf5m #EndPovertyFriday
RT @undp: Can we end poverty by giving the poor cash? See what @cblatts has to say: http://t.co/7QttvYZOjt #EndPovertyFriday
RT @UNDP: Can we end poverty by giving the poor cash? See what @cblatts has to say: http://t.co/mjvIc9Uf5m #EndPovertyFriday
RT @UNDP: Can we end poverty by giving the poor cash? See what @cblatts has to say: http://t.co/mjvIc9Uf5m #EndPovertyFriday
@OIbhagui @UNDP @cblatts Sustainable development, women and youth empowerment are the fastest ways to end world poverty. #progress #news
@UNDP @cblatts Is it sustainable?
@UNDP @cblatts #EndPovertyFriday that’s when you’ll realise that a lot of poverty has to do with attitudes
RT @UNDP: Can we end poverty by giving the poor cash? See what @cblatts has to say: http://t.co/mjvIc9Uf5m #EndPovertyFriday
End poverty by giving the poor cash? http://t.co/hc9SHxmXwI
Can we end poverty by giving the poor cash? See what @cblatts has to say: http://t.co/f0LW9Nls2L #EndPovertyFriday #Kosovo
RT @UNDP: Can we end poverty by giving the poor cash? See what @cblatts has to say: http://t.co/mjvIc9Uf5m #EndPovertyFriday
RT @UNDP: Can we end poverty by giving the poor cash? See what @cblatts has to say: http://t.co/mjvIc9Uf5m #EndPovertyFriday
Can we end poverty by giving the poor cash? See what @cblatts has to say: http://t.co/mjvIc9Uf5m #EndPovertyFriday
RT @cblatts: End poverty by giving the poor cash? http://t.co/KyHBx7Y39x and 3-pager summary on cash transfers http://t.co/o5eTbcYreQ
Hey Chris. Congratulations on the successful study and all the coverage!
Again, though, I’d just like to highlight that cash to the poor is no panacea. I’m not arguing with your results: it sounds like straight transfers are very successful in improving earnings and giving some people a leg up out of poverty. However, we find that the many cash transfer programs we examined had, on average, essentially no effect on child nutritional status. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X13000934) We hypothesize that while healthy children certainly need food, cleanliness, sanitation, and good feeding practices are as important as having more food around. So should we “just give money”? Depends on the context!
End poverty by giving the poor cash? http://t.co/LMG1L1vMcx
RT @fp2p: Just give ’em the money. The @cblatts #cashtransfer machine rolls on with interviews in NYT & more http://t.co/s3bkXYWn9H
RT @fp2p: Just give ’em the money. The @cblatts #cashtransfer machine rolls on with interviews in NYT & more http://t.co/s3bkXYWn9H
RT @cblatts: End poverty by giving the poor cash? http://t.co/TvlpmHOx8x
RT @fp2p: Just give ’em the money. The @cblatts #cashtransfer machine rolls on with interviews in NYT & more http://t.co/s3bkXYWn9H
End #poverty by giving the poor cash? http://t.co/VVyEGWBnq1
Fascinating reading @fp2p @cblatts and a subject I’ve been researching recently from the perspective of the telecommunications industry.
Just give ’em the money. The @cblatts #cashtransfer machine rolls on with interviews in NYT & more http://t.co/s3bkXYWn9H
RT @cblatts: End poverty by giving the poor cash? http://t.co/TvlpmHOx8x
End poverty by giving the poor cash? http://t.co/Vus0Mo2636 via @cblatts
RT @cblatts: End poverty by giving the poor cash? http://t.co/TvlpmHOx8x
RT @octavio_medina: Un programa que entrega dinero sin contrapartidas a pobres en Uganda tuvo bastante éxito. Más aquí, por @cblatts http:/…
RT @octavio_medina: Un programa que entrega dinero sin contrapartidas a pobres en Uganda tuvo bastante éxito. Más aquí, por @cblatts http:/…
Un programa que entrega dinero sin contrapartidas a pobres en Uganda tuvo bastante éxito. Más aquí, por @cblatts http://t.co/2RTf0j1r0s
RT @cblatts: End poverty by giving the poor cash? http://t.co/TvlpmHOx8x
End poverty by giving the poor cash? http://t.co/9AhdjMxsGc -interesting evidence from @cblatts via @bj_pittman
RT @cblatts: End poverty by giving the poor cash? http://t.co/TvlpmHOx8x
RT @cblatts: End poverty by giving the poor cash? http://t.co/TvlpmHOx8x
RT @cblatts: End poverty by giving the poor cash? http://t.co/TvlpmHOx8x
RT @cblatts: End poverty by giving the poor cash? http://t.co/CUqSoZCsx2 and 3-pager summary on cash transfers http://t.co/R7PcwsDo92
RT @cblatts: End poverty by giving the poor cash? http://t.co/TvlpmHOx8x
RT @cblatts: End poverty by giving the poor cash? http://t.co/TvlpmHOx8x
RT @cblatts: End poverty by giving the poor cash? http://t.co/TvlpmHOx8x
@cblatts Too lazy to look through all of your links but I’m guessing this one is on there somewhere? http://t.co/BgyWvkIHXs #TeachEcon