Want to fight #poverty ? Just give the poor cash:
▻http://mobile.businessweek.com/articles/2013-10-25/want-to-fight-poverty-just-give-the-poor-cash #aid
“The research focused on households in rural western #Kenya, where nearly two-thirds of people report not having enough food in their house for the next day. [..]
Food consumption increased 20 percent, with a 42 percent reduction in the number of days children go without food. Recipients were also able to increase their ability to earn income. Revenue from raising livestock rose by 48 percent; total revenue from self-employment rose by 38 percent.
In some cases, the researchers gave money directly to women, and noticed lower levels of spousal abuse, as well as lower levels of stress especially when transfers were sent to women rather than men”
