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➡️Ungated version of the paper:
https://emiguel.econ.berkeley.edu/research/can-cash-transfers-save-lives-evidence-from-a-large-scale-experiment-in-kenya/

Some popular coverage of the paper:

➡️Researchers discover a secret weapon that saves babies' lives. And it's not medical
npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/08/18/g-s1-83197/infants-health-cash-aid-kenya

➡️This cash experiment cut child deaths in half. Here’s the catch.
vox.com/future-perfect/458767/givedirectly-infant-mortality-study

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