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Poverty Eradication and the Basic Income Grant (BIG)
Herbert Jauch makes the case for BIG as the cornerstone of Namibia's poverty eradication strategy. Reviews Otjivero pilot results, rebuts critics who claim BIG promotes laziness, and argues it must be paired with changes in economic ownership and elite ac
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Oct 15, 2015
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Herbert Jauch makes the case for BIG as the cornerstone of Namibia's poverty eradication strategy. Reviews Otjivero pilot results, rebuts critics who claim BIG promotes laziness, and argues it must be paired with changes in economic ownership and elite accumulation patterns to achieve meaningful redistribution.
