"Just Give Money to the Poor: The Development Revolution from the Global South" explores the innovative approach of providing direct cash transfers to impoverished individuals as a strategy for poverty alleviation. The book examines how this method, which contrasts sharply with traditional aid mechanisms, has been implemented and tested in various countries across the Global South, assessing it…
Amid all the complicated economic theories about the causes and solutions to poverty, one idea is so basic it seems radical: just give money to the poor. Despite its skeptics, researchers have found again and again that cash transfers given to significant portions of the population transform the lives of recipients. Countries from Mexico to South Africa to Indonesia are giving money directly to…