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  • Bruce Wydick

    NexThought Monday: Would You Give Up Your Cellphone to Save a Child?

    Last fall, University of San Francisco professor Bruce Wydick presented his students with a confounding challenge: If everybody in the classroom were to make a $50 direct cash transfer, he said, they could potentially save a poor Ugandan child's life. In fact, he added, a donor had pledged to give $50 through GiveDirectly for every student, on one simple condition: They had to part with their cell phones for two weeks. Wydick describes the fallout in this thought-provoking post.

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    academia, cash transfers, poverty alleviation
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