Drawing from global evidence, literature, and survey data, this volume provides a framework to elucidate issues and trade-offs in UBI with a view to help inform choices around its appropriateness and feasibility in different contexts.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• About the Authors
• Abbreviations
• Overview: Exploring Universal Basic Income - Ugo Gentilini, Margaret Grosh, Jamele Rigolini, and Ruslan Yemtsov
• Chapter 1. The Idea of Universal Basic Income - Ugo Gentilini, Margaret Grosh, and Ruslan Yemtsov
• Chapter 2. UBI as Social Assistance: Comparative Models and Instruments - Ugo Gentilini and Margaret Grosh
• Chapter 3. Universal Basic Income and Work - Francesca Bastagli
• Chapter 4. Comparative Effects of Universal Basic Income: Emerging Issues and Estimates - Jamele Rigolini, Nora Lustig, Ugo Gentilini, Emma Monsalve, and Siyu Quan
• Chapter 5. Financing a Universal Basic Income: A Primer - Teresa Ter-Minassian
• Chapter 6. The Political Economy of Universal Basic Income - Jurgen De Wispelaere and Ruslan Yemtsov
• Chapter 7. What Does It Take to Deliver a Universal Basic Income in Practice? - Christina Lowe, Margaret Grosh, Tina George, and Ugo Gentilini
• Appendixes
• A. UBI-Related Pilots
• B. UBI-Related Proposals
• C. Quantitative Evidence on Conditional and Unconditional Transfers
• D. Microsimulations Data and Methodology
• E. Annotated Bibliography