Website GiveDirectly
GiveDirectly is the first — and largest — nonprofit that lets donors like you send money directly to the world’s poorest. We believe people living in poverty deserve the dignity to choose for themselves how best to improve their lives — cash enables that choice. Sin… read morece 2009, we’ve delivered over $140 million in cash directly into the hands of over 130,000 families living in poverty. We read the research. We read more research. Then we did our own research. And it turns out, people use cash on medicine; cows and goats and chickens; school fees; water; solar lights; tin roofs; irrigation; motorcycles to jumpstart taxi services; businesses to generate income; and more.
Outcome 1: Build GiveDirectly’s understanding of the Climate Finance landscape and entry points for direct cash transfers
Output A: An evidence-backed framework for integrating GD’s model of direct LLS cash transfers (and relevant ‘plus’ components) into financing mechanisms for climate adaptation and (as relevant) for conservation/nature. To include:
A Practical articulation of potential market size and entry points across
Global Climate Funds (Adaptation Fund, GCF, GEF/GBFF)
Public-private mechanisms (e.g., TFFF)
Other multilateral mechanisms (CAFI, FCPF, AFDB adaptation benefit mechanisms)
Major philanthropies
Private sector investors including carbon credits (building on GiveDirectly’s existing analysis) and biodiversity credits
Specific analysis of potential entry points at the intersection of Climate & Health
Output B: A clear Go / No-Go framework and engagement strategy for prioritised climate finance vehicles including:
Accreditation pathways
Recommended partnership models (for example partnering with others on ‘cash plus’ interventions)
Explicit mapping of direct cash transfers to existing fund taxonomies, results frameworks, and safeguards
Recommendations on research organisations to partner with (as relevant) to build on the current evidence base
Outcome 2: Position Large Lump Sum cash transfers credibly in relevant climate policy spaces (with a primary focus on adaptation/resilience)
Output A: Recommendations on framing LLS cash transfers (and relevant ‘plus components’) as a viable component of locally-led adaptation (LLA), considering:
How GD’s evidence contributes to LLA principles and outcomes
Recommendations for GD’s research team on key metrics to measure, and priority research questions to deepen understanding of cash, and engage with key LLA funders and policy makers
Analysis of if/how LLS differ from the climate-linked value proposition of humanitarian cash and/or Government-led social protection programmes
Which key LLA partners and allies (e.g. IIED, LIFE-AR, WRI, CAN) GD should be collaborating with and how
Output B: A small suite (2–4 pieces) of high-credibility policy outputs aimed at e.g:
The prioritised climate vehicles at global level
National climate ministries and planners
Philanthropic funders
Influential intermediaries (e.g. IIED, ODI, Climate Lead, Climate Works, Lever for Change, CECG etc.)
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