‘Temporary Basic Income’ could slow COVID surge, provide lifeline for world’s poorest

'Temporary Basic Income' could slow COVID surge, provide lifeline for world’s poorest

Women work in a field in Jubek State, South Sudan, where the World Food Programme is promoting sustainable agriculture to strengthen incomes and livelihoods. The immediate introduction of a Temporary Basic Income for the world’s poorest people could slow the current surge in COVID-19 and enable close to three billion people to stay at home, according to a United Nations Development Programme ( UNDP ) report released on Thursday.

Temporary Basic Income: Protecting Poor and Vulnerable People in Developing Countries , estimates that it would cost governments upwards of $199 billion per month, to provide what UNDP describes as […]

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