Esnatt Gondwe-Matekesa: GiveDirectly

In his book, The End of Poverty, Jeffrey Sachs made some careful estimates as to what it would cost to end extreme poverty in the world in about 20 years. Sachs calculated that the total cost per year would be about $175 billion. This represented less than one percent of the combined income of the richest countries in the world. In fact, this cost is 0.7% of the total income of the 30 countries who comprised OECD in 2005. Fast forward to 2022, an estimated 698 million people, or 9% of the global population, are living in extreme poverty, with the overwhelming majority living on less than $1.90 a day. By 2030, 167 million children will live in extreme poverty if the world doesn’t act. This is where my guest today comes in. Esnatt Gondwe-Matekesa is a Development Practitioner at GiveDirectly. GiveDirectly is a non-profit that lets donors, like you, send money directly to the world’s poorest households.Since 2009, they've delivered $580M+ in cash directly into the hands of over 1.37 million people living in poverty and currently have operations in DRC, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, Uganda, USA, & Yemen.During today's conversation we explore the work of GiveDirectly, Foreign aid, tax, governance and what the future holds.I thoroughly enjoyed my time with Esnatt - please enjoy what I think you will find to be a truly fascinating, potentially life-altering conversation.🔗 CONNECT WITH ESNATT: 💻 Website: https://www.givedirectly.org👥 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/esnatt-gondwe-matekesa-351aa3146/Useful Links:https://www.interaction.org/blog/the-top-9-causes-of-global-poverty/https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Goal-1.pdfhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/57362816https://www.bond.org.uk/news/2022/03/the-impact-of-the-uk-aid-cuts-on-ngos/https://www.devex.com/news/tracking-the-uk-s-controversial-aid-cuts-99883https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-30/uk-predicts-up-to-170-billion-excess-profits-for-energy-firmshttps://www.ft.com/content/a14162d0-0f65-4c63-842e-e0778516d03a?sharetype=blockedhttps://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/poverty-and-shared-prosperity Join our tribe and lets grow together https://plus.acast.com/s/purpose-made-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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