There are instances where direct cash aid has proven very effective vs traditional aid. Notably in food aid where giving people and farmers money instead of jus

There are instances where direct cash aid has proven very effective vs traditional aid. Notably in food aid where giving people and farmers money instead of just distributing food lifts the whole community up. With traditional food aid where it's just given away it doesn't help local farmers because it's just satisfying some of the need for food keeping them from really advancing economically. When cash is given instead the ability to buy food goes up, farmers can invest in better equipment or more workers, and the money circulates through the community. Giving money greases the wheels and kickstarts a little economic boom. It's not a perfect solution because it needs a certain level of stability and existing things to boost but it's a fairly robust way of helping people become less reliant on outside aid in the long run. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/09/welfare-reform-direct-cash-poor/407236/ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/09/we...