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But it's possible that the potential of the programs is over-stated because the existing trials were with some of the people who were easiest to help in such a way, so this approach is harder to generalize.

The evidence on graduation programs is very good, even after 10 years (other programs will sometimes seem very promising for the first few years, but less promising after a while, in part because control groups catch up).

I'm jotting down some takeaways, with the caveats that I threw this link-post together really fast, so this could easily contain errors or misunderstandings (I'd appreciate corrections in the comments!), and that I haven't checked the cited studies myself - I'm just summarizing some parts of the Vox article.

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For example, you can offer people livestock plus training on how to make money off that livestock plus a bit of cash to sustain them while they get things up and running.

The idea that offering a combo of assets and training and cash - instead of just, say, cash - can trigger a virtuous cycle that ultimately helps ultra-poor people escape poverty. The article discusses evidence for the effectiveness of cash transfer programs and how that compares to " ultra-poor graduation programs," where “If you want to know a country’s deepest fear, look at it’s border.Sigal Samuel from Vox's Future Perfect recently published an article I really appreciated, both because I learned some new things and because it seriously discusses important questions and overcomes the lack of newsworthiness of long-running studies: " What’s the best way to help extremely poor people? After 20 years, the evidence is in." (Subtitle: Is it really useful to “teach a person to fish” or should you just give them the damn fish already?) Borders symbolize a nation’s anxiety about the world, and as political leaders regulate the lines on the map, there will be human stories at the mercy of those choices.” Listen in on a profoundly meaningful episode, rife with stories that absolutely must be told. They can provide refuge, or they can criminalize those that cross them. As stated on Border’s website: “Borders can encourage exchange or instigate violence. Throughout their discussion, Michael and Johnny discuss the origin of Borders and then promptly embark on a journey around the globe - from Haiti to Japan, Norway to Guatemala and to Nepal and Spain - as they walk through some of the specifics of each intriguing and eye-opening episode. Johnny’s visual style blends motion graphics with cinematic videography to create content that explains complex issues in relatable ways. Johnny is an Emmy-nominated journalist and filmmaker based in Washington, DC, where he makes web videos for Vox.com, reporting on interesting trends and stories both domestically and around the globe. In order to dig deeply into the stories told in Borders, host Michael Shields enlisted the help of the storyteller behind the series, Johnny Harris.

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In an discussion centered on Borders, a Vox series which examines the human stories behind physical and political borders, one of the most important episodes of Beyond The Margin is birthed.

I n this most recent installment of Beyond the Margin, the stories that are born amid the lines that humans have used to divvy up the planet are explored. Beyond the Margin delves into the Vox series Borders, which examines the the human stories behind physical and political borders, with Emmy-nominated journalist Johnny Harris…