For billions, it can mean hours spent collecting water. For almost a million, it means dying from disease.| Our World in Data
The World Bank has updated the methods it uses to measure incomes and poverty around the world. What does this mean for our understanding of global poverty?| Our World in Data
In a nutshell GiveDirectly’s Cash for Poverty Relief program involves sending one-off unconditional cash transfers of ~$1,000USD (nominal) via mobile money platforms to households living in poor regions of low-income countries in sub-Saharan Africa. We estimate that this program is ~3-4x more cost-effective than we had previously estimated, and around ~30-40% as cost-effective as our marginal funding opportunity.| GiveWell
In order to make progress against poverty in the future, we need to understand poverty around the world today and how it has changed.| Our World in Data