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  "id": 4128896,
  "title": "What happens if you give everyone $700? A local economy thrives",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/what-happens-if-you-give-everyone-700-a-local-economy-thrives-4128896",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-29T06:13:00.000Z",
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  "summary": "An experiment designed to showcase what the future of aid might look like is seeing success in the village of Kamala in southern Malawi.",
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        "title": "What happens if you give everyone $700? A local economy thrives",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/what-happens-if-you-give-everyone-700-a-local-economy-thrives",
        "published": "2026-08-29T02:00:56.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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