A BIG Need: Covid-19 has rammed home the necessity of social protection and a universal basic income grant

A BIG Need: Covid-19 has rammed home the necessity of social protection and a universal basic income grant

Actions such as determined and effective prevention of squandered public finances and minimising corruption, , aided by real-time transparency and multi-stakeholder oversight of public procurement expenditure, offer an efficient means to fund a pilot BIG, say the writers. (Photo: Nadiine Hutton / Bloomberg via Getty Images) Less Chronic unemployment and poverty have deepened despite numerous interventions. Over and above Covid-19 impacts, they amount to a chronic disaster that is unravelling our wellbeing and social cohesion and weakening our constitutional democracy. A pilot basic income grant offers a way out of the looming crisis.

For more than two decades, […]

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