Decoding Universal Basic Income
A Guide to Navigate Concepts, Evidence, and Practices
Published on 30. November 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
300 pages
978-1-4648-1458-7 (ISBN)
Description
Universal Basic Income (UBI) is one of the most hotly-debated ideas in development and social protection. Drawing from global evidence and experiences, this volume provides a compass to help navigate key issues and trade-offs, as well as offering new data and insights to better inform choices around the appropriateness and feasibility of UBI in different contexts. Structured around seven chapters and based on one of the most comprehensive reviews of the literature available, the book provides a framework to understand the interplay between objectives, design, incentives, micro-simulations, financing, political economy, and implementation of UBI as well as of social assistance more generally.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Washington
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 251 mm
Width: 175 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
680 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4648-1458-7 (9781464814587)
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