Will a Universal Basic Income save post-pandemic Asia?

Will a Universal Basic Income save post-pandemic Asia?

Could a UBI help Asia survive a dire situation? Source: UN Kanni Wignaraja, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations, speaks exclusively to Kylie Grey for Dateline, about why Asian countries must rewrite the rule book to survive post-pandemic Asia.

The twin shocks of a public health crisis and economic weakness are already hitting hard in the Asia Pacific. According to the World Bank , over 20 million people in the region have been pushed into poverty as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This year the Human Development Index – measuring income, health, and education – is expected to plummet, the […]

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