What happens when aid is given in cash?

Name: What happens when aid is given in cash?
Uploaded: 2017-02-28T17:16:36.000Z
Duration: 1 min 4 s
Description: A US charity is giving aid to Kenyans in cash and allowing them to choose how to spend it.

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US charity GiveDirectly is giving aid to Kenyans in cash and allowing them to choose how to spend it. What sort of things would the recipients prioritise with the money they were given?

Video journalist: Roderick Macleod

Africa

28 February 2017