A Basic Income is a periodic cash payment unconditionally delivered to all on an individual basis, without means-test or work requirement.
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Recent News, Opinion, and Research
New publication on Iran’s UBI
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...
First paper from Brazil’s Maricá Basic Income Evaluation published
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 Rebate UBI ballot measure fails
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...
Denver Basic Income Project Impact Report published
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...
PRIORITIES FOR THE SECOND WORLD SUMMIT FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT 2025
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...
Designing a Basic Income Pilot for Australia – 2024 ABI Fellows Workshop
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...
Basic Income for the Arts in Ireland – What have we learned after 26 months?
When? Wednesday, December 4, 2024, 6:30-8:00 PM UK GMT Where? Online (Zoom) UBI Lab Arts, UBI Lab Leeds, UBI Lab Network and Basic Income Ireland present: Please join us for the fifth in our special series of discussions dedicated to reflecting on what we can learn...
“Recovery Dividends”: An Emergency Basic Income for Palestine
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.
Rethinking Universal Basic Income: Economic Productivity, Quality of Life and the Sustainable Development Goals
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...
FRIBIS Anual Conference Report
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...
Zoom: OpenResearch Unconditional Cash Study: Research Insights and Early Learnings
This two-hour conversation with Dr. Karina Dotson and Dr. Elizabeth Rhodes will see the researchers behind the pioneering OpenResearch Unconditional Basic Income Pilot to present their initial results. This pilot was one of the largest UBI pilots to date and has...
UBI4ALL’s 7th Basic Income Raffle: November 24
UBI4ALL, a pioneering organization committed to advancing the concept of Unconditional Basic Income (UBI) worldwide, is excited to announce its 7th Basic Income raffle. On November 24, 2024, UBI4ALL will award a life-changing €9,600 per year (€800 per month) to a...