Former #UK Development Minister Rory Stewart, says #cash is 'Most Radical Form of Localisation' in strong endorsement for #DirectCashTransfers
#UBI #BasicIncome
https://zurl.co/XDYo

“Nothing helps you out of poverty like money in your pocket” concludes new study into homeless help with cash aid, further torpedoing claims #directcashtransfers will be frittered away on 'temptation goods' #BasicIncome
https://zurl.co/z6jW

With an eye on #inequality and surging prices, and a commitment to sustained wage growth, government of #Japan apparently weighing up #directcashtransfers
First step on the way towards a #BasicIncome?
https://zurl.co/MlCC

Good coverage here from the team at @vox on plans to replace housing vouchers with #DirectCashTransfers, part of what we see as a broader move towards recognising impact #Unconditional #BasicIncome-style systems
#UBI
https://zurl.co/G2gv

Enjoy this from folk over at World Economic Forum who are encouraging the use of #DirectCashTransfers to make vulnerable communities more resilient to #ClimateShocks
Think we're moving into an era of more widespread appreciation for #DirectCashTransfer like #BasicIncome and I am delighted to see it
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/03/just-in-time-cash-transfers-makes-vulnerable-communities-resilient-to-climate-shocks/

Thought this was eye-catching- #DirectCashTransfers being suggested as a viable way to generate reliable food supply & rehabilitate production in #Syria
Important as I'm increasingly seeing posts positing #BasicIncome as a way of supporting vital agricultural supply- a model for the future?
https://www.farming.co.uk/news/seismic-challenges-for-rural-families-in-syria

This is interesting- neat $200 dollar tax dividend paid unconditionally to every #Taiwan as result of HigherThanExpected tax revenue. Could this be a recognition of power of #DirectCashTransfers? Could this be 1st step on the road to #UBI?
https://international.thenewslens.com/article/180994

Love this, think it's the first feature I've ever covered from #Guyana, a country where there's apparently a growing recognition of the importance of #DirectCashTransfers as THE most effective anti-poverty measure, an important step on the path to #Basicincome
https://www.stabroeknews.com/2023/01/17/opinion/letters/cash-transfers-are-the-single-most-effective-means-of-combatting-poverty/

More than #DirectCashTransfers coming to the vulnerable in #Kenya, part of what seems to be a broader transition towards cash-based, direct forms of support
#BasicIncome around the corner?
https://www.kenyanews.go.ke/govt-releases-cash-transfer-fund-to-the-vulnerable/

Expansion of Cash Assistance Schemes have been found to improved #PhysicalHealth/ #MentalHealth and reduced Binge Drinking during the pandemic
Studies around #DirectCashTransfers just keep supporting the case for #BasicIncome
https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2022.00740

Drought is impacting #Somalia, and it seems that organisations like the #UnitedNations @fao are learning to accept that #DirectCashTransfers are some of the most impactful way of fighting crisis
https://nnn.ng/un-food-agency-fao-increases-cash-transfers-to-tackle-drought-in-rural-somalia-2/