Universal Basic Income in the Developing World

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" Universal Basic Income in the Developing World "
Banerjee, Abhijit; Niehaus, Paul; Suri, Tavneet

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	910799
Doc. No	:	LA8jz609vv
Title & Author	:	Universal Basic Income in the Developing World [Article]\ Banerjee, Abhijit; Niehaus, Paul; Suri, Tavneet
Date	:	2019
Title of Periodical	:	UC Berkeley
Abstract	:	Should developing countries give everyone enough money to live on? Interest in this idea has grown enormously in recent years, reflecting both positive results from a number of existing cash transfer programs and also dissatisfaction with the perceived limitations of piecemeal, targeted approaches to reducing extreme poverty. We discuss what we know (and what we do not) about three questions: what recipients would likely do with the incremental income, whether this would unlock further economic growth, and the potential consequences of giving the money to everyone (as opposed to targeting it).