Reading the interview you link it's pretty clear that the kind of aid Shikwati is arguing against is very different than the kind GiveDirectly does. For exampl

Reading the interview you link it's pretty clear that the kind of aid Shikwati is arguing against is very different than the kind GiveDirectly does. For example: A portion of the corn often goes directly into the hands of unscrupulous politicians who then pass it on to their own tribe to boost their next election campaign. Another portion of the shipment ends up on the black market where the corn is dumped at extremely low prices. Local farmers may as well put down their hoes right away; no one can compete with the UN's World Food Program. Shikwati objects to food dumping, which is a serious way that an activity we classify under "aid" can be harmful: it supports governmental corruption and undercuts farmers and businesses. But identifying individual poor households and transferring money to them directly, with strong monitoring and evaluation, is so different that calling them both "aid" is kind of misleading.