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PerspectivesNovember 08, 2024

What is Poverty?

Riccardo Tamburini

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PerspectivesJuly 23, 2026

The 8% Problem Nobody Fixes

Sandino Scheidegger

Sending cash to sub Saharan Africa costs close to 8%. The UN promised to get that number under 3% by 2030. Fifteen years in, it has barely decreased.

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PerspectivesMay 26, 2026

Wallets Without Walls

Aurélie Schmiedlin

The world’s largest cash transfer system isn’t run by governments or NGOs — but by diaspora communities sending money home. And it already reaches hundreds of millions of people.

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PerspectivesMay 04, 2026

The Case for a Universal Basic Income in the Era of A.I.

Riccardo Tamburini

When machines do more of the work, the question of who shares in the wealth becomes a moral one.