Caroline Teti – GiveDirectly

Your gift creates dignity for women

Caroline Teti — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 11:20:55 +0000

As a woman born in the rural villages of western Kenya, I watched mothers toiling to make life livable for their children, forgoing the basics to give us access to the little they could. It was not uncommon for women to go hungry or lack decent clothing to give their children a chance to eat and dress. Charities that showed up would often reinforce this desperation rather than relieve it.

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Cash transfers help more than the individual

Caroline Teti — Sat, 01 Jul 2023 00:41:16 +0000

The June 14 Washington Post essay by Anton Jäger and Daniel Zamora Varga, “The problem with universal basic income programs,” mischaracterized the impact and intention of direct cash transfers, arguing they “forestall systemic or structural changes.” The authors employed a causal fallacy in claiming the spread of cash programs such as universal basic income are a result of an unrelated pro…

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Evidence on how cash transfers empower women in poverty

Caroline Teti — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 08:17:00 +0000

Donations to GiveDirectly put power in the hands of recipients, 62% of whom are women.1 On International Women’s Day, hear directly from women and girls in poverty in Malawi about the unique ways that direct cash empowers them: This impact is more than anecdotal; research finds that cash aid lets women improve their lives in many ways. Below, we break down the evidence by story.

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How receiving a basic income affects elderly women

Caroline Teti — Thu, 31 May 2018 16:06:00 +0000

Since October 2016, GiveDirectly has been sending monthly cash transfers to 95 adult residents in a remote village in Kenya. This village is the pilot site for our broader universal basic income initiative. “Remote” is often a code word for “poor.” But other vulnerabilities in age, gender and marital status contribute as much, if not more, to poverty. This village is unique because it has a higher…

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Living with a basic income: aspirations (part 3/3)

Caroline Teti — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 16:00:00 +0000

Part 3 of a 3-part series on lessons we’ve drawn from observing the Universal Basic Income Pilot village over the past year. (Parts 1, 2) For an update on our UBI program please see our UBI study page. “Aspirations” are a hot topic among poverty researchers these days. Following suggestive evidence from studies like this one from Ethiopia, scholars working at the boundary between economic…

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Living with a basic income: work (part 2/3)

Caroline Teti — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 19:35:00 +0000

Part 2 of a 3-part series on lessons we’ve drawn from observing the Universal Basic Income Pilot village over the past year. (Part 1) Perhaps the most controversial question about basic income is how it will affect the way people spend their time. Proponents think it will free them up to take more risk – starting a business, perhaps, or migrating to look for a better job – or to spend time on…

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Living with a basic income: family relationships (part 1/3)

Caroline Teti — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 15:58:00 +0000

Part 1 of a 3-part series on lessons we’ve drawn from observing the Universal Basic Income Pilot village over the past year. Phoebe is one of the first 100 people in history to live in a community where everyone receives a guaranteed, long-term basic income. GiveDirectly’s basic income initiative launched in her village in October 2016, testing the operational mechanics but also generating…

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