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New report on the Ethics of Basic Income Piloting
Increasing calls for reform to welfare provision have seen growing support for basic income (BI) – the unconditional provision of cash transfers to all. As a result, recent years have seen an...
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Report on Unconditional Cash Transfers Pilot in the Democratic Republic of...
“Building on previous experience in Uganda, the Belgian organisation Eight World vzw started in October 2021, an Unconditional Cash Transfer (UCT) pilot project in a village in an artisanal mining zone...
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OpenResearch Unconditional Cash Study: Research Insights and Early Learnings
This two-hour conversation with Dr. Karina Dotson and Dr. Elizabeth Rhodes will see the researchers behind the pioneering OpenResearch Unconditional Basic Income Pilot to present their initial results....
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New UBI Bath Winter School: Basic Income in the Global South
A universal basic income (UBI) is a periodic cash payment unconditionally delivered to all individuals, without means testing or work requirements. Today, a broad variety of ideas surrounding the topic...
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Can Universal Basic Income really improve mental health?
Photo: Skorzewiak/shutterstock.com Recent UBI trials reveal that guaranteed income provides immediate mental health relief, but sustaining long-term benefits may depend on lasting economic security....
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The burnout economy: poverty and mental health: Summary report
Social protection schemes should be implemented tothe fullest extent possible, without excessive targeting orconditionalities. Universal basic income schemes should beseriously considered, and pilots...
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Stalwart of the Basic Income Movement, Buford Farris, Has Died at 98
Buford Farris, a stalwart of the basic income movement, died peacefully at aged 98 in Austin, Texas on October 5, 2024. His work was important in keeping the movement for a basic income guarantee alive...
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Basic income as a necessary component of a socio-ecological transformation...
An International Memorandum “Basic income as a necessary component of a socio-ecological transformation and key element for climate justice” has been signed by BIEN. At its General Assembly in Bath,...
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Income To Support All Foundation Reaches $1.5 Million Fundraising Goal
Washington, DC, October 25, 2024 – The Income To Support All Foundation (ITSA), founded by globally renowned Universal Basic Income (UBI) expert Scott Santens, is proud to announce the successful...
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Basic income in crisis? (Hard) lessons from the pandemic
Photo by Anastasiia Chepinska on Unsplash Article by Jurgen De Wispelaere, Joe Chrisp, and Leticia Morales in Global Policy Abstract: This short paper reflects on the key lessons we can learn from the...
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Can Malaysia Implement Universal Basic Income?
Dr. Sarath Davala, Lee Seng Kiat, Prof. Geoffrey and John Michael, Asia-Pacific Hub Manager for BIEN, have joined a Radio show to discuss ‘Can Malaysia implement a UBI’ in the show called Beyond the...
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Special series of publications on UBI in Neoliberal Times
UBI in the Heartlands of Neoliberalism published by openDemocracy Part 1 | Getting on with it Part 2 | Widening the politically possible Part 3 | Getting the policy mix right Special series of...
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UBI4ALL’s 7th Basic Income Raffle: November 24
UBI4ALL, a pioneering organization committed to advancing the concept of Unconditional Basic Income (UBI) worldwide, is excited to announce its 7th Basic Income raffle. On November 24, 2024, UBI4ALL...
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Zoom: OpenResearch Unconditional Cash Study: Research Insights and Early...
This two-hour conversation with Dr. Karina Dotson and Dr. Elizabeth Rhodes will see the researchers behind the pioneering OpenResearch Unconditional Basic Income Pilot to present their initial results....
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FRIBIS Anual Conference Report
The FRIBIS Annual Conference 2024 (7 – 9 October), held at the University of Freiburg, was titled “Towards the development of a full UBI? Perspectives on partial approaches in different welfare...
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Rethinking Universal Basic Income: Economic Productivity, Quality of Life and...
Recent concern about the uncertain impacts of artificial intelligence has fueled renewed discussion of universal basic income (UBI). As in the past, much of the conversation depicts UBI as a policy...
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“Recovery Dividends”: An Emergency Basic Income for Palestine
The Palestinian Economic Policy Institute in Ramallah had asked me to draw up a proposal for an Emergency Basic Income, which I presented in Ramallah earlier this year. To access that paper, click...
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Basic Income for the Arts in Ireland – What have we learned after 26 months?
When? Wednesday, December 4, 2024, 6:30-8:00 PM UK GMT Where? Online (Zoom) UBI Lab Arts, UBI Lab Leeds, UBI Lab Network and Basic Income Ireland present: Please join us for the fifth in our special...
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Designing a Basic Income Pilot for Australia – 2024 ABI Fellows Workshop
Photo by Amber Weir via Unsplash Workshop Program: Designing a Basic Income Pilot for Australia – Ethics, Implementation & Evaluation Challenges Location: Online (Zoom)Date: Friday, December 6Time:...
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PRIORITIES FOR THE SECOND WORLD SUMMIT FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT 2025
As more countries are facing a secular stagnation and as it is becoming clear that it is unrealistic to hope to increase total economic output (measured as the gross domestic product GDP)) without...
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