Re:Expanded Child Tax Policy Slashed Child Poverty
by zozbot234 on Saturday February 05, 2022 @11:28PM
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GiveDirectly has studied this, and it's absolutely not making a "mess". What makes a mess is foreign aid directed at corrupt, large-scale, government- or NGO-driven "development" schemes. Giving cash just leaves the choice as to how to use the money to those who are best equipped to make it.
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Re:Expanded Child Tax Policy Slashed Child Poverty
by dado3212 on Saturday February 05, 2022 @11:52PM
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I agree with the former (GiveDirectly and other institutions like J-PAL have been huge in putting together randomized trials around aid effectiveness, [1] for a specific example). The latter I think is more up for debate. There are papers showing that aid is still effective in areas with high government corruption. Definitely a pretty debated area though in terms of effectiveness of foreign aid.
[1]. https://www.povertyactionlab.org/case-study/giving-directly-...