UBI Piloters Network
Newsletter 4- November '23
Rethinking the UBI Debate: Exploring Care Beyond Gender
Tobias Dumschat shares his work from the FRIBIS 2023 annual conference: ‘Care and Gender- Potentials and Risks of UBI.’
A Primer on the Finnish Basic Income Experiment: From Design and Implementation to Evaluation and Impact
Jurgen De Wispelaere shares new publication.
New Public Talk Series on The Politics of Basic Income
The University of Bath, Basic Income Earth Network, and Freiburg Institute of Basic Income Studies have launched a new, monthly public talk series on The Politics of Basic Income. Hosted at 4pm UK time on the 3rd Thursday of every month, these 90-minute sessions will feature expert contributions and plenty of space for questions from piloters, politicians, researchers, and activists from all over the globe. Launched in October with a session on the very live politics of basic income in South Africa, in November we’ll hear from leading US activists about how they are going about successfully building a nationwide movement for basic income. Full details, including event links, are available here.
Basic Income is a popular idea, but small pilots lack generalisable evidence.
Marcia Gibson shares an opinion piece, stating that the announcement of a small pilot in England will push basic income up the political agenda and generate debate but not evidence.
UBI4ALL - Idea: Consumption-based basic income financing
UBI4ALL discuss how just one open-minded company with a global presence can change the world.
Road Trip to Raise Awareness for UBI
The BIEN Africa Hub Manager, Chris Nwafor, undertook a road trip between 8th and 12th October to raise awareness of Universal Basic Income within South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Can Universal Basic Income tackle India’s poverty?
Localised experiments with universal basic income have shown mostly positive outcomes across states, strengthening calls in favour of the social policy. WorkFREE’s pilot in India is explored alongside a column from Vibhor Mathur discussing the importance of UBI in addressing the different needs of the poor.
The CLARISSA project in Bangladesh reports preliminary findings
The CLARISSA project in Bangladesh is today reporting preliminary findings from its experiment combining unconditional cash transfers plus community organising across the Dhaka slum of North Gojmohol. Although not strictly a UBI experiment, the cash was delivered universally and unconditionally across an entire neighbourhood, just at a household rather than individual level. Preliminary findings strongly suggest that the combination of cash and care (in the form of community worker support) has significant beneficial impacts on participants.
UBI4ALL announce their 5th raffle of International Basic Income to be awarded in December
Enough pilots have been run says Guy Standing.
Now we have to ask why relevant government departments are still stalling implementation.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tXYwM6Lw7azmk1ov9L-5mvKiefyv33SPcUKN2UQWxQI/edit
See also: "Let's Scrap the DWP" https://citizen-network.org/library/lets-scrap-the-dwp.html
PS
Consider a class action suite to challenge the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) for not reforming its draconian treatment of claimants seeking financial support.