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Global Progress in the AI Era: How GiveDirectly is using AI to deliver cash faster

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This Week in Global Development

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Mar 23, 2026

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Summary

In this episode of Global Progress in the AI Era, Nick Allardice explains how GiveDirectly is using AI to deliver faster, more direct aid — from anticipatory cash transfers in Bangladesh to near real-time responses in crisis zones. The conversation explores what it takes to move from theory to practice, and how AI is forcing new trade-offs around speed, targeting, and dignity in humanitarian response.