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In Kenya, free cash is the latest solution to poverty

In Kenya, free cash is the latest solution to poverty

6 years ago
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https://phys.org/news/2018-10-kenya-free-cash-latest-solution.html

Her hardscrabble, rural existence is the same for many in Siaya County where people eke out a living farming maize, millet and cotton in the ochre soil.

But that was before the introduction in her village of a cash handout known as "universal basic income". It's part of a large, intensive, multi-year study aimed at discovering a new way to end poverty in Africa.