Debunking Myths about Poverty: Social Actor Representation of the Participants of the Canceled Ontario Basic Income Pilot Project

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Tracy Smith-Carrier ◽  
Jacqueline On
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Project ◽  
Basic Income ◽  
Social Actor

scholarly journals Basic Income in Our Time: Improving Political Prospects Through Policy Learning?

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 617-634 ◽  
Author(s):  
JURGEN DE WISPELAERE
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Project ◽  
Policy Transfer ◽  
Policy Learning ◽  
Basic Income ◽  
Policy Debate ◽  
The Future

AbstractFollowing the success of a recent Swiss Citizens’ Initiative to grant each citizen an unconditional income guarantee and the Finnish Government's plans to conduct the first national pilot project, the idea of a basic income as a citizens’ right has gained much prominence in the policy debate. This article reviews a number of policy developments on the ground through the lens of the policy transfer literature. In the absence of a fully developed basic income in place, proponents must rely on partially implemented schemes or proposals that differ in crucial respects from the basic income ideal. This paper outlines three sets of empirical cases and analyses what (if any) lessons we can draw from them regarding the future of basic income schemes.

Do We Need Basic Income Experiments?

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Malcolm Torry
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Reliable Method ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Basic Income ◽  
Pilot Projects ◽  
Minimum Income ◽  
Market Effects ◽  
Financial Feasibility ◽  
The Usa

Abstract In this article ‘Basic Income’, ‘Basic Income scheme’, ‘experiment’ and ‘pilot project’ will be defined, and Basic Income pilot projects in Namibia and India will be distinguished from Minimum Income Guarantee experiments in the USA and Canada and the ambiguous pilot project in Finland. The conditions for running a genuine Basic Income pilot project in a country with a more developed economy will then be outlined, and microsimulation will be found to be the only reliable method for testing a Basic Income scheme for financial feasibility. The conclusion will be drawn that microsimulation can provide many of the results that a pilot project would deliver, but that pilot projects of financially feasible Basic Income schemes might still be useful to test dynamic macroeconomic and labour market effects.

Pilot projects and experiments

2018 ◽  
pp. 127-144
Author(s):  
Malcolm Torry
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Project ◽  
Cash Transfers ◽  
Cash Transfer ◽  
Basic Income ◽  
Pilot Projects ◽  
Cash Payment ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Transfers ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Unconditional Cash Transfers

This chapter describes a number of Citizen's Basic Income pilot projects and other experiments. It first considers the social dividend (a form of Citizen's Basic Income) distributed in Alaska, known as Alaska Permanent Fund dividend. The dividend has increased personal income, and therefore consumption and employment. The chapter then turns to Iran's cash transfer programme, which replaced subsidies on food and fuel with an unconditional cash payment of about US$40 per month to every individual. It then examines the pilot project in Namibia, which disproved the critics of unconditional cash transfers. It also discusses the pilot projects in India, and in particular the establishment of an unconditional cash benefit as an entirely pragmatic measure; social transfers in Latin America and elsewhere; and several experiments at various stages of planning or implementation. Finally, it asks whether it is possible to launch a Citizen's Basic Income pilot project in the UK.

scholarly journals The Rise and Fall of the Basic Income Grant Campaign: Lessons from Namibia

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Herbert Jauch
Keyword(s):  
Trade Unions ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Economic Resources ◽  
Basic Income ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
One Year ◽  
The Village ◽  
Drop Outs ◽  
Cash Grant

<p>Namibia is still characterised by deep socio-economic inequalities, as economic structures have remained largely intact after independence. Poverty is still widespread and unemployment has remained high with women and youth being particularly affected. In 2002, the Namibian government’s Tax Commission proposed a universal cash grant as the most effective way to fight poverty and to reduce inequality. In 2004, the Basic Income Grant (BIG) Coalition was formed consisting of churches, trade unions and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in support of the proposed grant. It implemented a pilot project to practically demonstrate the effects of the grant. The chosen location was the village of Otjivero where each inhabitant received a monthly cash grant of N$100 (US$9)beginning in January 2008. A research team closely monitored developments and found that within one year the rates of poverty, child malnutrition and school drop-outs had fallen significantly. Economic activities increased, school results and residents’ health status improved while the crime rate and women’s economic dependency on men were reduced. Despite these results, the Namibian government did not implement the BIG and the coalition failed to ignite a mass campaign. The country’s largest trade union federation did not play an active role and its leadership withdrew from the coalition despite support for the BIG among union members. The introduction of a BIG in Namibia will depend on the ability to the BIG coalition to create pressure ‘from below’. Trade unions and youth organisations in particular will have to mobilise their membership and present the demand for the BIG as a form of economic justice. In terms of financial and economic resources, Namibia could easily afford a national BIG and its introduction is a question of political will.</p>

scholarly journals Russian Experts on Universal Basic Income: Estimates for 2020

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-86
Author(s):  
Vyacheslav Bobkov ◽  
Yelena Odintsova
Keyword(s):  
Trade Unions ◽  
Municipal Government ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Business Community ◽  
Basic Income ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Expert Assessments ◽  
Transitional Forms ◽  
The Right ◽  
Methodological Aspects

The article presents the main results of a survey of Russian experts conducted in 2020 with the participation of the authors among representatives of the research community, leading universities, the business community, trade unions and state and municipal government bodies regarding the main theoretical and methodological aspects of the concept of universal basic income (UBI) in relation to Russian conditions, the feasibility of its introduction in Russia, as well as the main parameters of possible transitional forms of UBI for Russia. The palette of the obtained expert assessments, generalized and systematized in the following areas, is shown: 1) UBI criteria; 2) Russia's readiness for the introduction of UBI; 3) current challenges for Russia (priority goals of the introduction of UBI, forms of implementation, sources of funding, method of implementation, experiments on the introduction of UBI); 4) risks and positive effects of the introduction of UBI. It was revealed that a common position among experts regarding Russia's readiness to introduce UBI has not yet been formed: almost half of the interviewed experts spoke in favor of the feasibility of implementing transitional forms of UBI in our country, a slightly smaller group of experts believes that Russia is not ready to introduce UBI in principle. Experts associate the primary goals of the possible introduction of UBI in Russia, first of all, with the mitigation (overcoming) of the problems of poverty and socio-economic inequality, ensuring a minimum standard of living for vulnerable categories of the population, ensuring social justice (the right to life, equal opportunities). Support for the idea of implementing a pilot project (projects) for the introduction of UBI was revealed. The opinions of experts on the target categories of the population during the implementation of experiments on the introduction of UBI, the methods of their formation, and the duration of pilot projects were obtained.

Communication Aide: A Pilot Project

1972 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 32-35
Author(s):  
Muriel Sue Braunstein
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Project
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