The first set of inland results from 20 19 that were peraps analyzing. People receiving basic income transfers had started these new non agricultural businesses before the pandemic hit. They're working less in agriculture and more in small non-agricultural business s they start, primarily retailbusinesss. The average purchasing power parity is going to be around 90 cents per person per day. That works out to about a dollar an afer two or three days for people living on minimum wage. And then there's some variation between villages with different levels of poverty. We may talk a little bit about some initial impressions - we haven't published things yet.
Economic theory teaches that people make choices that provide them with the greatest benefit. So why not extend this idea to the realm of charity? Economists and social entrepreneurs Michael Faye and Paul Niehaus of GiveDirectly argue that giving people cash with no strings attached is the most cost-effective means of helping the poorest people in the world and their communities.