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Basic income : a transformative policy in India / Sarath Davala, Renana Jhabvala, Soumya Kapoor Mehta and Guy Standing

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Davala, Sarath
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London : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2015.
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1 online resource
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Jhabvala, Renana, Mehta, Soumya Kapoor, and Standing, Guy
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Contents
FC ; Half title; Also available from Bloomsbury; Title; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; Prologue; 1 The Transformative Challenge ; 2 Launching Basic Income in Madhya Pradesh ; 3 Basic Income's Emancipatory Value ; 4 The Impact on Living Conditions ; 5 The Impact on Nutrition ; 6 From Ill-Health to Regular Medicine ; 7 Schooling: Loosening Constraints, Boosting Education? ; 8 Work, Productivity and Growth ; 9 Women's Status: Empowerment, Identity and Citizenship ; 10 No Longer Last nor Least The Elderly and the Disabled ; 11 The Transformative Potential. and Appendix: Variables Used in RegressionsBibliography; Index; Plate Section.
Summary
Would it be possible to provide people with a basic income as a right? The idea has a long history. This book draws on two pilot schemes conducted in the Indian State of Madhya Pradesh, in which thousands of men, women and children were provided with an unconditional monthly cash payment. In a context in which the Indian government at national and state levels spends a vast amount on subsidies and selective schemes that are chronically expensive, inefficient, inequitable and subject to extensive corruption, there is scope for switching at least some of the spending to a modest basic income. Th.
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9781472583130 (electronic bk.)
1472583132 (electronic bk.)
9781472583116
9781472583109
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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