No Strings Attached with GiveDirectly

Can cash grow an entire economy? The next frontier of cash research

Over the next two years, more than 120,000 people in one of Malawi's poorest rural districts will receive a one-time cash payment totalling roughly 85% of the local econo

Two years of Rx Kids: What happens when moms get cash during pregnancy?

Two years into Rx Kids, this episode looks at what changes when families get cash before a child is born and through the first year of life. Host Tyler Hall speaks with

Who gets the AI windfall? Discussing wealth sharing, UBI, and ownership

GiveDirectly CEO Nick Allardice and Head of Research Caitlin Tulloch join Anthropic researcher Saffron Huang and Vox's Kelsey Piper to discuss how we might share the vast

2025 at GiveDirectly: Aid cuts, new programs, and big moonshots

GiveDirectly CEO Nick Allardice and VP of Product Sarah Moran reflect on what it means to lead through a period of major disruption, from steep USAID cuts to rising globa

Trump accounts, baby bonds, and more: Reflections on cash for U.S. families

In February, Susan and Michael Dell made headlines for donating $6.25 billion to a new federal initiative creating savings accounts for children, known as Trump Accounts.

Early reflections on giving money to moms & babies

In August, The New York Times ran the headline: A New Way to Reduce Child Deaths: Cash. The story covered new research from a large randomized study of GiveDirectly’s cas

Inside GiveDirectly's Hurricane Melissa Response

GiveDirectly’s Leith Baker and Camille Raguin take you behind the scenes of our rapid response to Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica. They share what worked, what didn’t, and h

Why cash doesn't cause inflation: "Slack" with Dennis Egger, PhD

Oxford Professor Dr. Dennis Egger presents economic "slack" as the reason that a large influx of cash in a rural Kenyan economy didn't cause inflation. The idea is that b

2,500 years of cash with Ugo Gentilini, PhD

World Bank economist Ugo Gentilini shares more about the long history of giving people money, no-strings attached, previewing his new book, Timely Cash: Lessons from 2500