Linda with her free gifts for attending the Bank of Namibia symposium -CGE-Southern Africa
Linda Raven, an American who works in Namibia teaching visiting university students, uses this blog to discuss Karl Widerquist’s two talks on BIG in Namibia in September. Raven contrasts the two talks—one given at a symposium hosted by the central bank, the other given at a community center in a poorer area of Windhoek—and connects these contrasts to the need for BIG in Namibia.
Linda Raven, “Basic Income Grant in Namibia,” Center For Global Education-Southern Africa, Tuesday, October 1, 2013:
See also the following related stories on BI News:
Windhoek, Namibia, “Basic Income Grant: A remedy for poverty and inequality in Namibia?” 24 September 2013.
WINDHOEK, Namibia, “Social safety nets in Namibia: Assessing current programmes and future options,” September 26, 2013.
Elvis Muraranganda, “US academic wants Namibia to go BIG”
I wonder: Is a BIG the same as a UBI, or is it only a bottom-amount to prevent people for poverty.