
- 2010/216 pages
- A Kumarian Press Book
Also of interest: Broke But Unbroken: Grassroots Social Movements and Their Radical Solutions to Poverty by Augusta Dwyer
Just Give Money to the Poor:
The Development Revolution from the Global South
Hardcover: $85.00
ISBN: 978-1-56549-334-6
Paperback: $27.50
ISBN: 978-1-56549-333-9
Ebook: $27.50
ISBN: 978-1-56549-390-2
Amid all the complicated economic theories about the causes and solutions to poverty, one idea is so basic that it seems radical: bypass governments and NGOs, provide direct cash transfers, and let the poor decide how to use their money. Discussing this alternative, looking at both problems and successes and stressing that cash transfers are neither charity nor a safety net, the authors provide a compelling overview of practices that actually work.