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Street scene with an archway reading "Safe Journey," surrounded by small buildings, motorcycles, and people. Dirt road leads into a village.

PerspectivesMay 26, 2026

Wallets Without Walls

Aurélie Schmiedlin

Direct Cash Poverty

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Rows of colorful ceramic pots of various sizes and shapes lined up on a gravel path, surrounded by lush green foliage.

PerspectivesAugust 26, 2026

Talent Is Everywhere. The Floor Isn’t.

Aurélie Schmiedlin

Scott Santens says talent just needs a floor to stand on. He's right. But this floor matters most exactly where it's rarest: in the places Social Income works.

Direct Cash Poverty

Aurélie Schmiedlin

Two people walk past a building with "Department of Mathematics" on the wall surrounded by greenery.

PerspectivesAugust 18, 2026

What’s The Right Transfer Amount?

Sandino Scheidegger

There's no such thing as a perfect number. But there are ways to arrive at an amount that's grounded in local reality while remaining honest about limits. Here's how we get there.

A dimly lit room with a frosted window, a wooden table, and a glass bottle on the ledge, creating a rustic, abandoned atmosphere.

PerspectivesAugust 17, 2026

They'll Just Spend it on Booze

Sandino Scheidegger

Thirty studies across three continents looked at what happens when poor families receive cash. The myth that they spend it on booze did not survive a single one of these studies.