Togo made a digital government stimulus system in two weeks
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#2Re: Togo made a digital government stimulus system in two weeks
#3Smaller countries are like startups, can move fast and fix things. USA is bogged down legacy provider in this case taking ages to get a small change through the bureaucracy
Re: Togo made a digital government stimulus system in two weeks
#4It would definitely great if the article is not locked on a pay wall.
Re: Togo made a digital government stimulus system in two weeks
#5Smaller countries are like startups, can move fast and fix things. USA is bogged down legacy provider in this case taking ages to get a small change through the bureaucracy
The biggest impediment to modernising anything is that one of the US two parties is resolutely against anything government-related working better, and the other one is at best wishy-washy about it.
EBT doesn’t have to be a disaster, and programs don’t have to be means-tested, they’re designed that way on purpose.
Re: Togo made a digital government stimulus system in two weeks
#6Major takeaway:
"evidence has accumulated that in many circumstances, cash improves the life of poor people more than equivalent spending on aid programs or goods."
Re: Togo made a digital government stimulus system in two weeks
#7It would definitely great if the article is not locked on a pay wall.
Re: Togo made a digital government stimulus system in two weeks
#8Major takeaway: "evidence has accumulated that in many circumstances, cash improves the life of poor people more than equivalent spending on aid programs or goods."
US "poverty line" is at 80th percentile of world incomes.
Re: Togo made a digital government stimulus system in two weeks
#9It would definitely great if the article is not locked on a pay wall.
That explains why this revelation couldn't be put in the headline. But yeah like a sibling comment said, someone else posted a mirror 30 minutes before you.