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Why cash payments aren't always the best tool to help poor people

  • Written by Heath Henderson, Assistant Professor of Economics, Drake University
imageMore governments and aid organizations are giving poor people cash.Mayur Kakade/Moment via Getty Images

The concept is simple and seductive: Give people cash, lift them out of poverty. It’s a strategy increasingly being used in both lower- and higher-income countries to help poor people.

International organizations such as the World Bank, USAID...

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