http://www.vox.com/2016/4/14/11410904/givedirectly-basic-income
"GiveDirectly currently uses M-PESA and MTN, cellphone-based payment
systems popular in East Africa, to distribute big lump-sum payments to
desperately poor people in Kenya and Uganda. So far, it's gotten
results: A randomized evaluation
of the charity found that recipients ate more and experienced less
hunger, invested in expensive but worthwhile assets like iron roofs and
farm animals, and reported higher psychological well-being. They were
less hungry, richer, and all-around happier.
For its basic income project, the group will randomly select dozens
of villages in Kenya (it already has a specific region selected) with
about 6,000 people in them total and, starting at the end of this year,
provide every current resident with a basic income for the next 10
years, potentially continuing even after that. The group is still
finalizing details, but the payment is expected to be about $0.70 to
$1.10 per person per day. It will likely vary from village to village to
allow for more testing. More than 15,000 people total will get some
form of cash transfer from the project, including the 6,000 getting a
full UBI."
All of this will be proven and implemented after my generation, unfortunately. I have hope for the future.
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