About This Project

Require that bilateral development aid programs allocate a minimum 25% of disbursements in cash or cash-equivalent form (mobile transfers, vouchers with broad redemption), phased in over 5 years starting at 10%. Introduce a mandatory comparative effectiveness reporting requirement: all non-cash program expenditures above $5 million must publish cost-per-welfare-unit-gained calculations benchmarked against GiveDirectly's published outcome metrics for equivalent populations. This does not mandate cash; it mandates transparency about the cost of choosing programs over cash. The floor creates a minimum allocation that cannot be lobbied away. The benchmarking creates accountability for the other 75%. Both mechanisms are achievable through OECD DAC reporting standard updates and bilateral agency policy reform without treaty-level action.

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