The Applicability of Universal Basic Income in Post-Conflict Scenarios: The Syria Case

Bashur Diana ()
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Bashur Diana: Institute of Public Affairs, College of Arts and Letters, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA

Basic Income Studies, 2019, vol. 14, issue 1, 17

Abstract: Given UBI’s performance in poor and rural areas of India and Namibia and its transformative effects on livelihoods, one can foresee a potential for UBI supporting refugees and Internally Displaced Persons rebuild their lives in their country of origin. Furthermore, given UBI’s egalitarian rationale stemming from the idea of a more just society with a minimum level of economic security to all, UBI can be considered a key element of a state’s welfare system, the relevance of which cannot be overstated for countries emerging from conflict. Additionally, the field of international aid has as of recently, for efficiency considerations, started questioning its policies focused on in-kind aid, vouchers, prescribed spending in favor of cash transfers. To test UBI’s potential in post-conflict scenarios, we propose to examine its applicability in Syria, source of today’s largest refugee population.

Keywords: post-conflict; Syria; refugees; Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs); basic income (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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