As AI and automation transform the workplace, a universal basic income is one possible solution. But research is beginning to show the unpredictable outcomes of such unconditional cash transfers.
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The Lagos state government must go beyond food packages as stimulus, and build capacity for poor people.
Bappenas conducted a simulation to predict how COVID-19 will impact poverty in Indonesia. Without intervention, the pandemic will drag at least 3.6 million Indonesians into poverty by the end of 2020.
COVID19 threatens to reverse years of Indonesia’s positive trends in poverty alleviation. We highlight lessons from past policies to prevent another poverty hike during the pandemic.
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Director for Poverty Alleviation and Development of Social Welfare, National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS)
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Planner at Directorate of Poverty Reduction and Social Welfare, National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS)
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Professor of Development Economics, Monash University
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Lecturer in Urban and Regional Planning, University of Lagos
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Research Associate, Auckland University of Technology
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Senior Research Fellow, New Zealand Policy Research Institute, Auckland University of Technology