Why Universal Basic Income Works: GiveDirectly’s Program in Rural Kenya

Why Universal Basic Income Works: GiveDirectly’s Program in Rural Kenya

An example of the type of village that would benefit from universal basic income. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Shirazi_Village%2C_Kenya.jpg Over the past decade, the implementation of universal basic income (UBI) programs has skyrocketed , and the concept has increasingly dominated economic policy debates. Universal basic income (UBI) has the potential to vastly reduce the incidence of poverty among the most vulnerable in every society and allows for periodic cash payments to be made to all members within a community without the need for work requirements or other qualifications.

Unlike conditional cash transfers (CCTs), which operate by making periodic cash payments to those who qualify […]

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