agree with the following statement: I know how GiveDirectly decided which households in my community

transfer from GiveDirectly?”, and using either AI or human annotators to rank answers on a scale of 0-1

GiveDirectly to use the same approach to identify program beneficiaries?” (0 = No, 1 = Yes) Perception

: GiveDirectly treated me with dignity.” (-1 = disagree, 0 = neither agree nor disagree, 1 = agree

) “To what extent do you agree with the following statement: The representatives from GiveDirectly

individual-level randomization of eligibility explanations in a GiveDirectly cash transfer program in Rwanda

by a GiveDirectly field officer to collect enrollment details and (2) provided with their first of two monthly

cash transfers by GiveDirectly. Explanations will be delivered to both eligible and ineligible

call from a GiveDirectly field officer to the phone number collected at enrollment (for eligible

is an outbound message from GiveDirectly to the phone number collected at enrollment (for eligible

that they are (or are not) eligible for the GiveDirectly program, and stating that the households eligible

This RCT is embedded in a GiveDirectly cash transfer program conducted in Rwanda. Eligibility

village: [GD operational activity] GiveDirectly field officers visit the village and meet with community

provided by the government). [GD operational activity] GiveDirectly field officers visit all

GiveDirectly enrollment process. This door-to-door enrollment takes 2-5 days per village. [GD operational

by GiveDirectly (intervention details included in "intervention" above). [Research activity] Within

for non-beneficiaries. The NGO GiveDirectly provides large cash transfers to rural households in Kenya

The NGO GiveDirectly is responsible for the intervention; GiveDirectly provides large

, unconditional cash transfers to poor households in rural Kenya. GiveDirectly identifies villages in which

are randomly assigned to treatment or control status. Within treatment villages, GiveDirectly then identifies

to treatment or control status. In treatment villages, GiveDirectly enrolls and distributes cash

assign half of the villages in an area targeted by the NGO GiveDirectly to an unconditional cash

The NGO GiveDirectly provides large, unconditional cash transfers to poor households in rural Kenya

. GiveDirectly identifies villages in which they are willing to work, and in order to facilitate

treatment villages, GiveDirectly then identifies all households that meet their eligibility

1,000 made in a series of three payments. GiveDirectly is responsible for the intervention. The cash

, GiveDirectly enrolls and distributes cash transfers to households that meet its eligibility criteria.

to arm, including the cash transfer amount from GiveDirectly. Some components of the GiveDirectly

), and a household grant program implemented by GiveDirectly. These two treatments are compared

programs across the world. GiveDirectly has pioneered the use of household grants

(no intervention), and 61 were assigned to GiveDirectly household grants in a range around the anticipated

assigned to the large GiveDirectly transfer intended to maximize cost effectiveness of cash

The NGO GiveDirectly is responsible for the intervention; GiveDirectly provides large

, unconditional cash transfers to poor households in rural Kenya. GiveDirectly identifies villages in which

are randomly assigned to treatment or control status. Within treatment villages, GiveDirectly then identifies

with the Government of Liberia (GoL), the World Bank, and the NGO GiveDirectly to conduct a randomized

by GiveDirectly. Beneficiary households will receive a series of 6 cash transfers, each valued at roughly US

by the Ministry of Gender, Families and Social Protection) and implemented by GiveDirectly. Households

households headed by married or cohabiting partners. The session will be facilitated by a GiveDirectly

settings, at minimal marginal cost. (For example, the main modification GiveDirectly needs to make

in TO and TP communities will be eligible for transfers. GiveDirectly will be responsible for identifying

all 2,500 enrolled women. Since GiveDirectly offers phones to households when needed, we expect

Development, GiveDirectly, STEG, and BITSS collaboration for studying the macroeconomic effects of large

-scale unconditional cash transfers implemented by GiveDirectly in Malawi. As part

GiveDirectly will provide universal, unconditional cash transfers of approximately 550 USD to all

IDinsight, GiveDirectly and Movva are partnering to rigorously evaluate a Movva SMS-based

of GiveDirectly recipients in Lilongwe Rural. The objective of this study is to assess the impact of the SMS

Evaluation of Parental Engagement SMS Intervention on GiveDirectly beneficiaries in Lilongwe Rural, Malawi

of life. IDinsight, GiveDirectly and Movva are partnering to rigorously evaluate a Movva SMS-based

of GiveDirectly recipients in Lilongwe Rural. The objective of this study is to assess the impact

) across ~2600 GiveDirectly beneficiary households with children of school-going age. The RCT

, GiveDirectly, which provides unconditional cash transfers to poor households in rural Kenya

of transfers, where GiveDirectly will vary the structure and schedule of transfer payments, as well

from GiveDirectly. The structure and timing of these transfers, as well as the information provided to recipients, will be randomized at the household level.

by GiveDirectly (the cash transfers are implemented over mobile money) but the study

uniformly across the relevant treatment villages. However, GiveDirectly will also implement two different

will receive each nudge. The control villages will not receive any nudges. GiveDirectly will enrol

by GiveDirectly is began in November 2017 and is expected to be completed in April 2018.