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#61 – Rory Stewart on GiveDirectly and Massively Scaling Cash Transfers

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The Case for Cash and Poverty

We need to make the case for cash with traditional philanthropic donors who may be more interested in building schools or digging water wells. And then we have to fight a different argument with the effect of altruist community. I believe there is nothing comparable to cash if you're interested in addressing global poverty. If you're looking for something that is focused on poverty and has a global application, it can actually change the way in which the international development system works.

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