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Two Views on Fighting World Poverty

March 30, 2017
Yesterday, Lant Pritchett expressed his bewilderment at my open letter to Bill Gates advocating cash for the poor rather than chickens. I think Lant’s right and he’s wrong. We have to focus on the big picture and economic growth as a society, but I think there&rs...
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Getting Kinky with Chickens

March 28, 2017
“Chickens versus cash” might be the “best investment” for a very narrow question, but I argue it probably isn’t in the top 100 value for money research questions in development economics.
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Disintermediating the State: Would a 'Universal Basic Income' Reduce Poverty More Than Targeted Programs?

March 06, 2017
A UBI is an expensive way to reach the poor, but a new report from India suggests that by cutting out the bureaucratic and political middlemen, it may be cheaper than the status quo.
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New Systematic Review on Cash Transfers and Contraceptive Use—Good Research and Bad Advice?

February 14, 2017
Can cash transfers increase women’s modern contraceptive use? This was the question that researchers recently set out to answer through a systematic review of existing studies on conditional and unconditional cash transfers published in Studies in Family Planning.