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= ABI around the world = == Asia == === Sikkim, India === [[w:Sikkim]] is a state in India, which has successfully developed hydro power projects and subsequently produces almost 10x as much electricity than it consumes and they will roll out ABI in the early 2020s. == Africa == [[File:GiveDirectly logo.png|thumb|right|300px|[https://www.givedirectly.org/ GiveDirectly.org] crowdsources funds to run an ABI scheme in Kenya. It is ABI, because the money is distributed through the [[w:M-Pesa|M-Pesa]] [[w:mobile banking|mobile banking app]]<ref name="GiveDirectlyFAQ">https://www.givedirectly.org/faq/</ref> hence it is automatic.]] [https://www.givedirectly.org/ GiveDirectly.org] [[w:GiveDirectly]] launched a [[w:GiveDirectly#Basic_income_experiment|basic income experiment in Kenya]] in 2016. On 2019-11-21 a paper on the GiveDirectly experiment [https://www.givedirectly.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/General-Equilibrium-Effects-of-Cash-Transfers.pdf 'General equilibrium effects of cash transfers:experimental evidence from Kenya'] was published.<ref name="GiveDirectlyStudy2019"> {{cite web | url = http://emiguel.econ.berkeley.edu/assets/miguel_research/88/GE-Paper_2019-11-20.pdf | title = General equilibrium effects of cash transfers:experimental evidence from Kenya | last1 = Miguel | first1 = Edward | authorlink1 = [[w:Edward Miguel]] | last2 = Egger | first2 = Dennis | authorlink3 = | last3 = Haushofer | first3 = Johannes | authorlink4 = | last4 = Niehaus | first4 = Paul | authorlink2 = | last5 = Walker | first5 = Michael | authorlink5 = | date = 2019-11-21 | year = 2019 | website = GiveDirectly.org | series = | publisher = | location = | page = | pages = | at = | language = | script-title = | trans-title = | type = | format = | arxiv = | asin = | bibcode = | doi = | doi-broken-date= | isbn = | issn = | jfm = | jstor = | lccn = | mr = | oclc = | ol = | osti = | pmc = | pmid = | rfc = | ssrn = | zbl = | id = | archiveurl = | archivedate = | deadurl = | accessdate = 2019-12-12 | quote = | ref = | separator = | postscript = | subscription = | registration = }} </ref>. ''' Reporting on the GiveDirectly ABI experiment in Western Africa in reverse chronological order ''' * 2019-12-03 | [https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/12/03/what-would-happen-if-we-randomly-gave-poor-families-now-we-know/ Washington Post "global opinion" article 'What would happen if we randomly gave $1,000 to poor families? Now we know.'] * 2019-11-25 | [https://www-vox-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.vox.com/platform/amp/future-perfect/2019/11/25/20973151/givedirectly-basic-income-kenya-study-stimulus 'A charity dropped a massive stimulus package on rural Kenya β and transformed the economy'], Vox.com article == Europe == === Germany === * [https://www.businessinsider.com/germany-begins-universal-basic-income-trial-three-years-2020-8 '''''Germany is beginning a universal-basic-income trial with people getting $1,400 a month for 3 years''''' at businessinsider.com]. A trial by the [[w:German Institute for Economic Research]] ([[w:de:Deutsches Institut fΓΌr Wirtschaftsforschung]]) where the source of the funds were 140,000 private donors. Specs: 1200β¬ / month for 3 years: 120 recipients and 1380 subjects in the control group. == North America == === Canada === * [https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p096hf4z/the-7-500-universal-basic-income-experiment '''''The $7,500 universal basic income experiment''''' 6 minute video at bbc.com] - A Canadian NGO, pairing up with the [[w:University of British Columbia]], carried out a bold social experiment: it handed C$7,500 (US$5,900) with no strings attached to a number of recently homeless people, then monitored them for several months.
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