What would it take to end extreme poverty? | Paul Niehaus | TEDxBoston

The math on ending extreme poverty has never looked better. That's partly because the evidence on what happens when we simply give money to people living in poverty, with no strings attached, has been so much better than we were led to expect. And it's partly because people living in extreme poverty have made so much progress on their own. The bottom line? We could end extreme poverty at a cost so low that none of us would notice the difference. Paul is an economist and entrepreneur working to accelerate the end of extreme poverty.

He is Chancellor's Associates Endowed Chair in Economics at UC San Diego. His research examines the design, implementation, and impact of anti-poverty programs at large scales.

He is also co-founder of a series of companies working to amplify capital flows to emerging markets. He is co-founder, former president, and current director at GiveDirectly, the leading international NGO specialized in digital cash transfers and consistently rated one of the most impactful ways to give. He subsequently co-founded and served as a director of the enterprise payments company Segovia and the digital remittance company Taptap Send.

[dd]

I'm so proud to have supported GD for over a decade, even at times I had no more than $5 to give. I wholeheartedly believe in your mission and even though I always thought you could make more noise to spread the word I really admire your steady humbleness and focus, mashallah to everyone on the GD team, may you receive all your hearts pleasures. I love you!

[stertheder]

I am doing my part to end poverty by donating monthly. And yes, he is right, i do not notice the 0.1%.

[MarkKeislingJr]

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Thank you