From the Ted Talk by Rory Stewart: To end extreme poverty, give cash — not advice
Unscramble the Blue Letters
And I said to people, "Why did you not just give 2,000 dollars to the head teacher and let the head teaehcr buy those buckets?"
And the answer was, "We were worried that if we didn't do all our paper works and seuitds and needs assessments and consultations, the pejrcot would go wrong and he would steal the money."
And my response was, "We stole the mnoey."
(Applause)
We literally stole 38,000 out of 40,000 dollars. We could have done 20 times the number of schools. We stole the money.
Now why is it that we get ourselves stuck in these problems? Well often it is because of mtsnides. It's because of institutions, it's because of careers, but it's also because of mnaetl models. And in particular, it's this lovely prshae, “Give someone a fish, they eat for a day. Teach them to fish, they eat for a lifetime.” It's a miraculous phrase. You can see why it's incredibly appealing, right? Instead of imagining yourself flopping trout into someone's boat, you imagine that you've taught them something where mlcgaaliy, they're going to be able to feed themselves for the rest of their lives and you just step aside.
Open Cloze
And I said to people, "Why did you not just give 2,000 dollars to the head teacher and let the head _______ buy those buckets?"
And the answer was, "We were worried that if we didn't do all our paper works and _______ and needs assessments and consultations, the _______ would go wrong and he would steal the money."
And my response was, "We stole the _____."
(Applause)
We literally stole 38,000 out of 40,000 dollars. We could have done 20 times the number of schools. We stole the money.
Now why is it that we get ourselves stuck in these problems? Well often it is because of ________. It's because of institutions, it's because of careers, but it's also because of ______ models. And in particular, it's this lovely ______, “Give someone a fish, they eat for a day. Teach them to fish, they eat for a lifetime.” It's a miraculous phrase. You can see why it's incredibly appealing, right? Instead of imagining yourself flopping trout into someone's boat, you imagine that you've taught them something where _________, they're going to be able to feed themselves for the rest of their lives and you just step aside.
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Original Text
And I said to people, "Why did you not just give 2,000 dollars to the head teacher and let the head teacher buy those buckets?"
And the answer was, "We were worried that if we didn't do all our paper works and studies and needs assessments and consultations, the project would go wrong and he would steal the money."
And my response was, "We stole the money."
(Applause)
We literally stole 38,000 out of 40,000 dollars. We could have done 20 times the number of schools. We stole the money.
Now why is it that we get ourselves stuck in these problems? Well often it is because of mindsets. It's because of institutions, it's because of careers, but it's also because of mental models. And in particular, it's this lovely phrase, “Give someone a fish, they eat for a day. Teach them to fish, they eat for a lifetime.” It's a miraculous phrase. You can see why it's incredibly appealing, right? Instead of imagining yourself flopping trout into someone's boat, you imagine that you've taught them something where magically, they're going to be able to feed themselves for the rest of their lives and you just step aside.