A Basic Income is a periodic cash payment unconditionally delivered to all on an individual basis, without means-test or work requirement.

"USAID’s support of direct monetary transfers is significant as it is the largest provider of official development assistance at an estimated US$66B in 2023 and has the potential to influence a greater number of actors in the sector to adopt this approach." To read...

Photo by Jason Hafso via Unsplash In chapter 5 of its annual report, Canada’s National Advisory Council on Poverty recommended that Canada implement a basic income. Quote: “The Council proposes that the federal government should work across governments to introduce a...

Photo by Sina Drakshani via Unsplash "Despite growing interest in Universal Basic Income (UBI), evidence of its impact remains limited. To address this gap, a new paper examines household behavior three years after Iran’s 2010 reform, which replaced energy subsidies...

Note: Marica's RBC does not meet the BIEN definition of basic income "The Maricá Basic Income Evaluation is an assessment of a basic income program in the city of Maricá, Brazil. The program, the Renda Básica de Cidadania (RBC, or Citizens’ Basic Income), is one of...

Oregon's universal basic income measure failed, with 78.8% of voters opposing the policy. The measure proposed giving $1,600 annually to state residents, funded by a corporate tax increase. Basic income programs have been tried across the US as an approach to poverty...

Note: This project does not meet BIEN's definition of basic income. The 2024 Denver Basic Income Project Impact Report is a comprehensive look at how the project has transformed lives and empowered over 800 individuals experiencing homelessness. To date, DBIP has...

As more countries are facing a secular stagnation and as it is becoming clear that it is unrealistic to hope to increase total economic output (measured as the gross domestic product GDP)) without further worsening the environmental crisis, a new question emerges: how...

Photo by Amber Weir via Unsplash Workshop Program: Designing a Basic Income Pilot for Australia – Ethics, Implementation & Evaluation Challenges Location: Online (Zoom)Date: Friday, December 6Time: 9:00 AM - 1:15 PM Overview: Pilots, trials, and...

The Palestinian Economic Policy Institute in Ramallah had asked me to draw up a proposal for an Emergency Basic Income, which I presented in Ramallah earlier this year. To access that paper, click here.

Recent concern about the uncertain impacts of artificial intelligence has fueled renewed discussion of universal basic income (UBI). As in the past, much of the conversation depicts UBI as a policy expedient aimed at relieving the adverse effects (presumably...

The FRIBIS Annual Conference 2024 (7 – 9 October), held at the University of Freiburg, was titled "Towards the development of a full UBI? Perspectives on partial approaches in different welfare systems." The conference brought together over 40 speakers and 79...