The poor are responsible too

Our surveys show cash transfers made people work more, improved their health, and education levels also rose. The debate on cash benefits has been poisoned by ideological posturing, amid claims of ulterior motives. The question should be whether direct monetary payments to individuals and families could overcome the failings of the existing system so as to induce structural changes that would revive economic growth while addressing the disgraceful fact that over 350 million people remain mired in poverty after two decades of high growth.

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