Experiment will show if basic pay for all is answer to digital economy challenges

Experiment will show if basic pay for all is answer to digital economy challenges

Erick Odhiambo Madoho (second left) and members of the GiveDirectly team. PHOTO | ANDREW RENNEISEN What if every adult citizen was guaranteed payment of a minimum amount of money every month whether they were employed or not?

Is it feasible to pay people for not working? A large-scale experiment which is being rolled out in Kenya will seek to find the answers to these questions.

It seems a strange concept but the idea of a Universal Basic Income, a form of social security in which all citizens or residents of a country regularly receive an unconditional sum of money, has gained […]

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