IEJ releases analysis of financing options for a Universal Basic Income Guarantee
The IEJ has done extensive work over the last year on the design and financing of a Basic Income Grant (BIG) or a Universal Basic Income Guarantee (UBIG). Today we release a Policy Brief that combines work by IEJ with a Report we commissioned from DNA Economics, an independent economics consultancy. Read the full press […]
Financing Options for a Universal Basic Income Guarantee in South Africa
It is within the context of structural unemployment, deep poverty, and inequality that a Universal Basic Income Guarantee (UBIG) is being put forward. There is a deepening unemployment crisis. Despite this, apart from the COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) Grant that ended in April 2021, most individuals aged between 18 and 59 in South Africa […]