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| 2009 || || || GiveDirectly launches in {{w|Kenya}}, and starts using mobile payments to deliver cash transfers.<ref name="blog2014"/><ref>{{cite web |title=News round-up: Digitizing cash transfers |url=https://www.givedirectly.org/blog-post/1067362280760444183 |website=givedirectly.org |accessdate=20 February 2019}}</ref> | | 2009 || || || GiveDirectly launches in {{w|Kenya}}, and starts using mobile payments to deliver cash transfers.<ref name="blog2014"/><ref>{{cite web |title=News round-up: Digitizing cash transfers |url=https://www.givedirectly.org/blog-post/1067362280760444183 |website=givedirectly.org |accessdate=20 February 2019}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2011 || July 2 || || | + | | 2011 || July 2 || || Field staff in {{w|Kenya}} launches a large-scale evaluation of GiveDirectly's work, funded by the {{w|National Institutes of Health}} and led by Dr. Johannes Haushofer of the {{w|University of Zurich}} in collaboration with GiveDirectly's board.<ref>{{cite web |title=NIH evaluation grant |url=https://www.givedirectly.org/blog-post/4758094165957496342 |website=givedirectly.org |accessdate=19 February 2019}}</ref> |
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| − | | 2011 || July 21 || || GiveWell blogs about GiveDirectly, calling it "a charity to watch. | + | | 2011 || July 21 || || GiveWell blogs about GiveDirectly, calling it "a charity to watch".<ref>{{cite web |title=A charity to watch: GiveDirectly |url=https://blog.givewell.org/2011/07/21/a-charity-to-watch-givedirectly/ |website=blog.givewell.org |accessdate=19 February 2019}}</ref> |
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| 2011 || July 22 || || Economics blog Marginal Revolution makes a donation and blogs about GiveDirectly.<ref>{{cite web |title=Give Directly |url=https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2011/07/give-directly.html |website=marginalrevolution.com |accessdate=19 February 2019}}</ref> | | 2011 || July 22 || || Economics blog Marginal Revolution makes a donation and blogs about GiveDirectly.<ref>{{cite web |title=Give Directly |url=https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2011/07/give-directly.html |website=marginalrevolution.com |accessdate=19 February 2019}}</ref> | ||
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| 2011 || July 26 || || The Boston Globe's Brainiac blog writes about GiveDirectly and its procedure.<ref>{{cite web |title=Is Cash the Best Way to Help the Poor? |url=http://archive.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/brainiac/2011/07/is_cash_the_bes.html |website=archive.boston.com |accessdate=19 February 2019}}</ref> | | 2011 || July 26 || || The Boston Globe's Brainiac blog writes about GiveDirectly and its procedure.<ref>{{cite web |title=Is Cash the Best Way to Help the Poor? |url=http://archive.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/brainiac/2011/07/is_cash_the_bes.html |website=archive.boston.com |accessdate=19 February 2019}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2011 || August 2 || || | + | | 2011 || August 2 || || {{w|NPR}}'s {{w|Planet Money}} blog covers FiveDirectly approach, calling it a "simple but radical".<ref>{{cite web |title=A Charity That Just Gives Money To Poor People |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2011/08/02/138920991/charitys-mission-give-money-to-poor-people |website=npr.org |accessdate=19 February 2019}}</ref> |
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| 2011 || August 3 || || "Time Magazine's Moneyland blog called our approach "radical, if obvious." They ask: "Instead of using charitable donations to set up elaborate programs (and to cover hefty administrative costs for those programs), all in the name of helping the poor, why not just give the money directly to poor people, in as efficient a way as possible?""<ref>{{cite web |title=GiveDirectly: A Charity That Just Gives Money to Poor People, So They’re Not So Poor |url=http://business.time.com/2011/08/03/givedirectly-a-charity-that-just-gives-money-to-poor-people-so-theyre-not-so-poor/ |website=business.time.com |accessdate=19 February 2019}}</ref> | | 2011 || August 3 || || "Time Magazine's Moneyland blog called our approach "radical, if obvious." They ask: "Instead of using charitable donations to set up elaborate programs (and to cover hefty administrative costs for those programs), all in the name of helping the poor, why not just give the money directly to poor people, in as efficient a way as possible?""<ref>{{cite web |title=GiveDirectly: A Charity That Just Gives Money to Poor People, So They’re Not So Poor |url=http://business.time.com/2011/08/03/givedirectly-a-charity-that-just-gives-money-to-poor-people-so-theyre-not-so-poor/ |website=business.time.com |accessdate=19 February 2019}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2012 || January 3 || || | + | | 2012 || January 3 || || Vishnu Sridharan at the [[w:New America (organization)|New America Foundation]] writes a blog post on GiveDirectly approach and where it fits in to the big picture.<ref name="blog2012">{{cite web |title=2012 |url=https://www.givedirectly.org/blog?year=2012 |website=givedirectly.org |accessdate=19 February 2019}}</ref> |
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| 2012 || May 2 || || "GiveWell has completed its full review of GiveDirectly and rated us a "standout organization." GiveWell's recommendations are extremely selective: they look in depth at both operations and impact, and ultimately recommend only 1% of the organizations they review."<ref name="blog2012"/><ref name="givewell">{{cite web |title=GiveDirectly |url=https://www.givewell.org/charities/give-directly |website=givewell.org |accessdate=19 February 2019}}</ref> | | 2012 || May 2 || || "GiveWell has completed its full review of GiveDirectly and rated us a "standout organization." GiveWell's recommendations are extremely selective: they look in depth at both operations and impact, and ultimately recommend only 1% of the organizations they review."<ref name="blog2012"/><ref name="givewell">{{cite web |title=GiveDirectly |url=https://www.givewell.org/charities/give-directly |website=givewell.org |accessdate=19 February 2019}}</ref> | ||
Revision as of 10:12, 21 February 2019
This is a timeline of GiveDirectly.
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| 2009 | GiveDirectly launches in Kenya, and starts using mobile payments to deliver cash transfers.[1][2] | ||
| 2011 | July 2 | Field staff in Kenya launches a large-scale evaluation of GiveDirectly's work, funded by the National Institutes of Health and led by Dr. Johannes Haushofer of the University of Zurich in collaboration with GiveDirectly's board.[3] | |
| 2011 | July 21 | GiveWell blogs about GiveDirectly, calling it "a charity to watch".[4] | |
| 2011 | July 22 | Economics blog Marginal Revolution makes a donation and blogs about GiveDirectly.[5] | |
| 2011 | July 26 | The Boston Globe's Brainiac blog writes about GiveDirectly and its procedure.[6] | |
| 2011 | August 2 | NPR's Planet Money blog covers FiveDirectly approach, calling it a "simple but radical".[7] | |
| 2011 | August 3 | "Time Magazine's Moneyland blog called our approach "radical, if obvious." They ask: "Instead of using charitable donations to set up elaborate programs (and to cover hefty administrative costs for those programs), all in the name of helping the poor, why not just give the money directly to poor people, in as efficient a way as possible?""[8] | |
| 2012 | January 3 | Vishnu Sridharan at the New America Foundation writes a blog post on GiveDirectly approach and where it fits in to the big picture.[9] | |
| 2012 | May 2 | "GiveWell has completed its full review of GiveDirectly and rated us a "standout organization." GiveWell's recommendations are extremely selective: they look in depth at both operations and impact, and ultimately recommend only 1% of the organizations they review."[9][10] | |
| 2012 | August 2 | "We are thrilled to welcome Chris Hughes, co-founder of Facebook and editor-in-chief of The New Republic, to our board. Chris's commitment to rigor and honesty in giving align him perfectly with our vision, and he brings a track record of leadership and innovation in both new and old media to our team. Chris has shared his commitment to our work in a personal message to the GiveDirectly community."[11] | |
| 2012 | November 2 | GiveWll updates its evaluations for 2012 and names GiveDirectly one of three "top-rated" organizations.[9][10] | |
| 2012 | December 5 | "GiveDirectly has received a $2.4M Global Impact Award from Google. Two things excite us about this project. First, over 90% of the award ($2.21M) is earmarked for direct cash transfers to the poor. Delivering these funds will enable thousands of families to pursue their own goals with no strings attached. Second, the remainder of the award ($190K) will underwrite the fixed costs of setting up operations in a second country. This represents another step towards our goal of providing a global alternative to orthodox philanthropy."[12] | |
| 2013 | June 11 | "New Blog Format" "Thanks to the time and efforts of a generous volunteer, this section of the GiveDirectly website will now feature more frequent updates, including reports from our field team, lessons learned from our work, and the latest evidence on the impact our cash transfers have on the lives of the poor. "[13][14] | |
| 2013 | June 23 | "Please visit the GiveWell website to read an in-depth report on GiveDirectly’s work in Kenya, our expansion into a second country, and our long-term outlook as we continue to scale up our cash transfer operations. The report covers our activities since November 2012, when GiveWell named GiveDirectly their #2 rated charity based on their criteria of efficiency, impact, transparency, and capacity for growth.The report also describes a new targeting approach whereby we transfer cash to all residents of a poor village, rather than only to those families who live in mud and thatch homes. We look forward to sharing more with you as we learn from and gather evidence on this approach in the coming months."[15] | |
| 2013 | July 26 | "GiveWell's First Full Update on GiveDirectly
Please visit the GiveWell website to read an in-depth report on GiveDirectly’s work in Kenya, our expansion into a second country, and our long-term outlook as we continue to scale up our cash transfer operations. The report covers our activities since November 2012, when GiveWell named GiveDirectly their #2 rated charity based on their criteria of efficiency, impact, transparency, and capacity for growth."[13][16] | |
| 2013 | September 6 | "Planet Money reporters David Kestenbaum and Jacob Goldstein went to Kenya to see the work of a charity called GiveDirectly in action. Instead of funding schools or wells or livestock, GiveDirectly has decided to just give money directly to the poor people who need it, and let them decide how to spend it. David and Jacob explain whether this method of charity works, and why some people think it's a terrible idea. (28 minutes)"[17][18][13] | |
| 2013 | November 20 | GiveDirectly announces it has a program up and running in Uganda, its second country.[19] | |
| 2014 | February 10 | "Fast Company has just named GiveDirectly one of the world's Top Ten Most Innovative Companies in Finance."[20][21][1] | |
| 2014 | March 11 | "Staff at the Mulago Foundation recently commented on the results of IPA’s impact evaluation of GiveDirectly’s cash transfer program. Broadly speaking they see the results as “important” but think the media have overhyped them. As an organization, we are skeptical of nothing more than hype."[22][23][1] | |
| 2014 | July 9 | GiveDirectly board members Michael Faye, Chris Hughes, and Paul Niehaus announce plans to start a separate, fee-for-service for-profit venture called Segovia to develop technology for managing field logistics, with a focus on programs that transfer cash to the poor.[1][24][25][10] | |
| 2014 | November 26 | "Today we’re launching a new website for GiveDirectly—the first major update since www.givedirectly.org went live in 2011. " "Today we’re launching a new website for GiveDirectly—the first major update since www.givedirectly.org went live in 2011."[1][26] | |
| 2014 | October 24 | In a new TED talk Joy Sun talks about GiveDirectly, and comments on the benefits of unconditional cash transfers.[27][28][1] | |
| 2014 | December 10 | "We’re thrilled that GiveWell has listed us as one of their top recommended charities once again this year. It’s not an easy mountain to climb: GiveWell reviews hundreds of organizations in unbelievable depth, and recommends very few – this year, only four. I’m grateful to my teammates here at GiveDirectly, as their strong performance is what earned us this recognition."[1][29][30] | |
| 2015 | August 3 | "This week, Good Ventures announced an unrestricted $25M grant to GiveDirectly (some coverage: Good Ventures post, GiveWell post, Vox, Inside Philanthropy, CNBC, Huffington Post, Forbes). A large investment like this reflects a lot of confidence in the team and the vision, and we’re grateful for that. In just a few short years, the discussion around cash transfers has shifted from “crazy new idea” to a serious debate about their role in the future of giving and foreign aid. We think that’s an important discussion, and will be using this grant to help advance and inform it."[31][32][33][34][35] | |
| 2015 | November 23 | "For the fourth consecutive year GiveWell has named us one of their top-rated charities of 2015. GiveWell also rated GiveDirectly strongest on all aspects of organizational performance, including on “transparency and communication,” “robustness of the case for impact,” and “room for more funding.”"[36][31][10] | |
| 2016 | November 29 | "GiveWell has just recognized GiveDirectly as one of their top rated charities for the fifth year running. "[37][38][10] | |
| 2016 | December 19 | "The second milestone for cash in 2016 (see here for Part 1) was GiveDirectly’s launch of the first long-term Universal Basic Income evaluation in history. "[37][39] | |
| 2016 | December | "this year. Together, we have enrolled 31K new households, and placed $27M into the hands of 40K households (or more than 180k individuals), most of whom had been living on less than $1/day. This represents more than a 1000X increase in distributions from just five years ago. "[37][40] | |
| 2017 | May | In a webinar, Greek American engineer Peter Diamandis interviews Michael Faye, who talks about the disruption of philanthropy through peer-to-peer aid.[41] | |
| 2017 | May 17 | "In a long podcast on GiveDirectly's basic income pilot, Vox's "Weeds" interviews GD co-founder Michael Faye as well as several recipients of our basic income program in Western Kenya. This piece deals with a range of issues -- from recipient choice to social welfare policy and more -- while featuring some of the most important voices which are often left out of the debate: recipient families themselves."[42][43] | |
| 2017 | July 5 | "In an interview with Hamilton Nolan, GiveDirectly's co-founder discusses the current state of the debate around basic income and the details of our experiment. Elsewhere, GiveDirectly's basic income experiment was referenced in Fortune, Business Insider, and IndiaSpend, and GiveDirectly was mentioned in The Washington Post as part of a broader shift toward cash transfers in the aid sector."[44][43] | |
| 2017 | July 13 | "In a 30-minute documentary, ABC Australia profiled GiveDirectly's work in Kenya. They spoke at length with both Caroline Teti, our External Relations Director in Kenya, and Mitch Riley, our Regional Director. They also featured a range of GiveDirectly recipients, from one who used his transfer to start a band, to another who is growing hundreds of eucalyptus trees."[43][45] | |
| 2017 | November 13 | GiveDirectly officially launches its trial of basic income in rural Kenya, and starts enrolling experimental participants. The US$30 million experiment is expected to be the largest trial of basic income to date, in terms of both size and duration. All residents of about 120 rural Kenyan villages, comprising more than 16,000 people in total, would receive some type of unconditional cash transfers during the experiment; some of these villages, moreover, would receive the universal basic income for twelve years.[46] Field officers in Bomet County, Kenya begin to enroll the first (post-pilot) households into the basic income initiative[47][43] |
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "blog2014". givedirectly.org. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ↑ "News round-up: Digitizing cash transfers". givedirectly.org. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ↑ "NIH evaluation grant". givedirectly.org. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
- ↑ "A charity to watch: GiveDirectly". blog.givewell.org. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
- ↑ "Give Directly". marginalrevolution.com. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
- ↑ "Is Cash the Best Way to Help the Poor?". archive.boston.com. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
- ↑ "A Charity That Just Gives Money To Poor People". npr.org. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
- ↑ "GiveDirectly: A Charity That Just Gives Money to Poor People, So They're Not So Poor". business.time.com. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "2012". givedirectly.org. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 "GiveDirectly". givewell.org. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
- ↑ "Chris Hughes joins the board". givedirectly.org. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
- ↑ "Global Impact Award from Google". givedirectly.org. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 "blog2013". givedirectly.org. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ↑ "New Blog Format". givedirectly.org. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ↑ "GiveWell's First Full Update on GiveDirectly". givedirectly.org. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ↑ "GiveWell's First Full Update on GiveDirectly". givedirectly.org. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ↑ "Money for Nothing and Your Cows for Free". thisamericanlife.org. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ↑ "Looking Beyond the Buzz". givedirectly.org. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ↑ "GiveDirectly is in Uganda!". givedirectly.org. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ↑ "GiveDirectly is The 4th most Innovative Company in Finance for 2014". givedirectly.org. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ↑ "Most Innovative Companies 2014". fastcompany.com. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ↑ "GiveDirectly? Not So Fast.". ssir.org. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ↑ "What's the hype evidence?". givedirectly.org. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ↑ "GiveDirectly and Segovia". givedirectly.org. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ↑ "Segovia: A New Player in Cash Transfers". cfr.org. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ↑ "Our new website". givedirectly.org. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ↑ "Cold, hard cash". givedirectly.org. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ↑ "TED". ted.com. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ↑ "GiveWell (re-)recommendation". givedirectly.org. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ↑ "Our updated top charities". blog.givewell.org. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 "blog2015". givedirectly.org. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ↑ "Announcing a $25 Million Grant to GiveDirectly". goodventures.org. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ↑ "A Facebook billionaire is handing tons of cash to poor people in East Africa". vox.com. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ↑ "New Money, Big Bets: Three Takeaways From a Massive Tech Grant to Fight Global Poverty". insidephilanthropy.com. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ↑ "Facebook Co-Founder Giving Millions Directly To The Poor, No Strings Attached". huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ↑ "GiveWell recommends GiveDirectly (again), and benchmarks others against cash". givedirectly.org. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ↑ 37.0 37.1 37.2 "blog2016". givedirectly.org. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ↑ "On GiveWell's recommendation". givedirectly.org. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ↑ "The largest basic income experiment in history". givedirectly.org. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ↑ "The year in cash – $27 million distributed". givedirectly.org. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ↑ "What We're Learning From a Big Universal Basic Income Experiment". singularityhub.com. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ↑ "Peer-to-peer aid – Cash in the News". givedirectly.org. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ↑ 43.0 43.1 43.2 43.3 "blog2017". givedirectly.org. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ↑ "givedirectly.org". Allocating the capital – Cash in the News. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ↑ "Not everybody wants a goat – Cash in the News". givedirectly.org. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ↑ "US/KENYA: GiveDirectly Officially Launches UBI experiment". basicincome.org. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ↑ "We're officially launching UBI". givedirectly.org. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
