The big question: Covid-19 and policy support for a basic income grant
OUTPUT TYPE: Policy briefs
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2021
TITLE AUTHOR(S): G.Pienaar, Y.D.Davids, B.Roberts, M.Makoae, T.Hart
KEYWORDS: COVID-19, COVID-19 LOCKDOWN, INCOME GRANT, POLICY IMPLEMENTATION
DEPARTMENT: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 11895
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/15936
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/15936
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2021
TITLE AUTHOR(S): G.Pienaar, Y.D.Davids, B.Roberts, M.Makoae, T.Hart
KEYWORDS: COVID-19, COVID-19 LOCKDOWN, INCOME GRANT, POLICY IMPLEMENTATION
DEPARTMENT: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 11895
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/15936
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/15936
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Abstract
For more than two decades, successive South African administrations have been reluctant to support a basic income grant/guarantee (BIG), also termed universal basic income (UBI) or basic income support (BIS), even for chronically poor unemployed citizens. However, a milestone was achieved in April 2020 with the introduction of a monthly R350 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant to assist these South Africans during the COVID-19 pandemic and national lockdown.-
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