We study the macroeconomic and social effects of Universal Basic Income (UBI) programs in a developing economy, comparing them with policies that condition cash transfers on household characteristics (CCT). We construct a dynastic heterogeneous-agent model with human capital investment and...

Developing country governments are increasingly implementing cash assistance programs to combat poverty and inequality. This paper examines the potential tradeoffs between targeting these transfers towards low income households versus providing universal cash transfers, also known as a Universal...

This paper aims to propose a social protection system that "decommodifies" labour and fulfills the properties of a Social Protection Floor satisfying revenue-neutrality. To this end, firstly, a Universal Basic Income (UBI) scheme is explored. Secondly, the UBI is transformed into a Negative...

In July 2004 the international community will convene in Bangkok, Thailand, for the 15th international AIDS conference. The gathering occurs at an opportune time in global health as just months earlier, the World Health Organization and UNAIDS launched the quot;3 by 5quot; programme a global...

Where they exist, tariffs for water supply and sanitation services face a tension between different policy objectives, such as ensuring the financial sustainability of service provision and ensuring access to all, including vulnerable and poor social groups. Governments (local and national)...

The Klamath River, draining some 12,000 square miles in southern Oregon and northern California, was once the third largest salmon stream on the West Coast, the life force of Native Americans. The river runs 263 miles from headwaters in Oregon and flows through the Cascades to the Pacific Ocean...

The rapidly expanding corona pandemic in 2020 has largely brought the world to an economic stagnation. The impact on the environment, especially on air quality, from almost suspended air traffic, idle industry and economic lockdown is enormous, but also the economic and social consequences of...

Die schnell wachsende Corona Pandemie im Jahr 2020 hat die Welt weitgehend in eine wirtschaftliche Stagnation gebracht. Die Auswirkungen des fast unterbrochenen Flugverkehrs, der stillgelegten Industrie und des wirtschaftlichen Lockdowns auf die Umwelt, insbesondere auf die Luftqualität, sind...

The rapidly expanding corona pandemic in 2020 has largely brought the world to an economic stagnation. The impact on the environment, especially on air quality, from almost suspended air traffic, idle industry and economic lockdown is enormous, but also the economic and social consequences of...

Die schnell wachsende Corona Pandemie im Jahr 2020 hat die Welt weitgehend in eine wirtschaftliche Stagnation gebracht. Die Auswirkungen des fast unterbrochenen Flugverkehrs, der stillgelegten Industrie und des wirtschaftlichen Lockdowns auf die Umwelt, insbesondere auf die Luftqualität, sind...