UBI Piloters Network

Newsletter 2 - September ’23

Definitions

Malcolm Torry discusses definitions of Basic Income and Basic Income pilot projects.

Basic Income and Public Health

Matthew Johnson provides an overview of the impact a Basic Income can have on public health, summarising recent research done at the Universities of Northumbria, York, Bath and Strathclyde, in collaboration with Compass and Autonomy.

BABEL Survey

Tijs Laenen, Marie-Laure Mulayi, Cyrille Francisco and Wim Van Lancker introduce a Basic Income in Belgium (BABEL) survey that allows to uncover the political constituencies that can be mobilised in support of different types of basic income as well as the political framing that is most effective in building support for UBI.

A New Ally for the Basic Income Community

Diana Bashur reports that the United Nations Secretary-General’s “New Agenda for Peace” recommends the consideration of “temporary universal basic incomes” as a new and emerging policy tool.

Basic Income: Sufficient Evidence, Now Politics

Guy Standing argues that pilot projects have accumulated sufficient evidence for the success of Basic Incomes schemes and that it is now upon governments and politicians to work towards implementing them.

Catalans’ public opinion on Universal Basic Income

Aida Martinez Tinaut summarises a survey on how the public perceives a Universal Basic Income that was conducted in Catalonia between September and November 2022.

Towards a global UBI with fully private digital networks

The Circles Coop shares their recent developments and initiatives on making people-powered UBI a reality for all.

Study visit in Barcelona

Antonios Triantafyllakis shares UBIE’s upcoming study visit in Barcelona, where they are inviting political decision-makers to learn from the RBU pilot to implement local Basic Income pilots in their communities.

Bringing to India a globally proven model of poverty alleviation

Pankhuri Shah and Muzamil Baig introduce Project DEEP, a Mumbai-based non-profit that is organising Basic Income experiments and mobilising a community of practice around cash transfers in India to create a common platform for joint advocacy.

‘It helps with my stress’: US basic income project shows signs of success

Timothy Pratt writes in the Guardian about the success of a Georgia (USA) Basic Income pilot focusing on Black women.

Basic Income in Ireland: The Development of Two Pilots

A paper by Helen Johnston that provides an overview of Irish dalliances with Basic Income over the last 40 years in the context of social security reform.

UBI4ALL - Idea: Consumption based basic income financing

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