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1 online resource (240 pages) |
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Open Access e-Books |
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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 |
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10 No Longer Last nor Least � The Elderly and the Disabled 11 The Transformative Potential -- Appendix: Variables Used in Regressions -- Bibliography -- 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. This book explores what would be likely to happen if this were done. The book draws on a series of evaluation surveys conducted over the course of the eighteen months in which the main pilot was in operation, supplemented with detailed case studies of individuals and families. It looks at the impact on health and nutrition, on schooling, on economic activity, women's agency and the welfare of those with disabilities. Above all, the book considers whether or not a basic income could be transformative, in not only improving individual and family welfare but in promoting economic growth and development, as well as having an emancipatory effect for people long mired in conditions of poverty and economic insecurity."-- Provided by Publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English |
| In |
Bloomsbury Open Access Bloomsbury Publishing |
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OAPEN (Open Access Publishing in European Networks) OAPEN |
| Subject |
Income -- India -- Madhya Pradesh
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Development studies.
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Political activism.
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Welfare economics.
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Development economics & emerging economies.
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Political Science -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
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Political Science -- Public Affairs & Administration.
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Social Science -- Developing Countries.
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Social Science -- Poverty & Homelessness.
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Economic policy
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Income
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Madhya Pradesh (India) -- Economic policy
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| Subject |
India -- Madhya Pradesh
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Jhabvala, Renana, author
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Standing, Guy, author
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Mehta, Soumya Kapoor, author
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| LC no. |
2015460389 |
| ISBN |
9781472583123 |
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1472583124 |
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9781472583130 |
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1472583132 |
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9781472593061 |
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1472593065 |
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9781322307473 |
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1322307474 |
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