(Just contributing by adding that yeah, GiveDirectly’s fund works because Yemen is so dominantly muslim that the odds of going to a non-Muslim are basically nil). Even in Nigeria, the additional cost of trying to achieve Zakat compliance for a non-cash-or-in-kind-transfer charity may hamper expansion beyond the supermajority states enough to not be worth it. Unsure.
(Just contributing by adding that yeah, GiveDirectly’s fund works because Yemen is so dominantly muslim that the odds of going to a non-Muslim are basically nil). Even in Nigeria, the additional cost of trying to achieve Zakat compliance for a non-cash-or-in-kind-transfer charity may hamper expansion beyond the supermajority states enough to not be worth it. Unsure.