Research Finds Outright Grants of Cash are an Effective Form of Aid to the Poor
I think the context is super important here. "gave cash to groups of young people so they could learn a trade and start their own businesses." In Uganda.These people were pretty much starving before.
“These were mostly farmers who had work 10 to 20 hours a week and earned about $1 a day,"With different people, culture, attitudes, environment the effect might be completely different in America, for example.