Which U.S. cash programs work the best? We don’t know, yet.
Summary: Giving cash directly to people in poverty is proven to help. Our research increasingly focuses on testing the impact of different cash designs by varying how much, how often, and when people receive cash.1 For example, a first-of-its-kind study found the impact of delivering the same amount of cash to Kenyans in poverty is significantly greater if given all at once rather than…