Elie Hassenfeld, the chief executive of the nonprofit GiveWell, makes the case for a more rigorous, transparent and accountable approach to charitable giving.

Financial support given directly to the women in Kilifi county has cut both infant mortality and deaths among under fives, while boosting village businesses

A new study by Associate Professor Dennis Egger (Department of Economics and Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford) and researchers at the University of California, Berkeley reveals that giving unconditional cash transfers to pregnant women in rural Kenya significantly reduces infant and child mortality.

New study in rural Kenya, co-authored by economist Edward Miguel, shows that unconditional cash transfers halved infant mortality rates. In conversation with NPR, Miguel emphasized that the findings go beyond poverty relief, demonstrating how direct aid enables families to seek lifesaving care at critical moments — a powerful case for cash as a public health intervention.

A newly published study shows that infants and little children born to people who received $1,000, no-strings-attached, in a massive experiment had improved survival rates.

Simply giving money to poor families at certain times reduced deaths among young children by nearly half, a new study found.

This New York Times opinion piece by Nicholas Kristof examines the devastating impact of recent U.S. foreign aid cuts, spotlighting how millions of vulnerable children around the world—especially in Africa—are losing access to life-saving food, medicine, and basic support. It echoes the findings of the landmark ‘Worms’ study by Edward Miguel, Michael Kremer, and others, which showed how low-cost health interventions like deworming can dramatically improve long-term outcomes for children. As funding dries up, the global consequences could be profound—making this a crucial moment to reflect on what decades of research tell us about the power of aid.

Preaching humility, he inspired new levels of transparency in economics and other fields