Timeline of GiveDirectly
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| 2011 | July 2 | "Field staff in Kenya have launched 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."[1] | |
| 2011 | July 21 | GiveWell blogs about GiveDirectly, calling it "a charity to watch."[2] | |
| 2011 | July 22 | Economics blog Marginal Revolution makes a donation and blogs about GiveDirectly.[3] | |
| 2011 | July 26 | The Boston Globe's Brainiac blog writes about GiveDirectly and its procedure.[4] | |
| 2011 | August 2 | "NPR's Planet Money blog covered our approach, calling it a "simple but radical.""[5] | |
| 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?""[6] | |
| 2012 | January 3 | "Vishnu Sridharan at the New America Foundation has a nice blog post on our approach and where it fits in to the big picture."Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag;
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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."Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag;
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References
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "GiveDirectly". givewell.org. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
