A #Basic IncomeGrant (BIG) in South Africa would be transformative. It can end poverty and hunger, revitalise local economies, and mitigate widespread unemployment. We can afford to phase it in! And we can't afford not to.
Fact sheets & policy briefs > ow.ly/n1zQ50RjEfU

Thanks for the interview Ashraf Garda SAfmRadio 📻. Here is a link to the short animated video I spoke about, which imagines what South Africa would look like if we introduced a #BasicIncomeGrant
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ON THE RADIO | IEJ Senior Policy Specialist Neil Coleman will be on SAfmRadio 📻 with Ashraf Garda at 4:20 PM to discuss the why & possible how of a #BasicIncome in South Africa.
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🎧 listen.safm.co.za/listensafm/

In #SouthAfrica young people are desperate to work, but often have to choose between searching for a job and buying food. A #BasicIncomeGrant frees people from day-to-day survival mode, unlocking their ability to build a future for themselves, through work or entrepreneurship.

Poverty traps generations in a cycle of poor health & education. This costs us all as a society.
A #BasicIncomeGrant (BIG) can help break this cycle. Kids grow up healthier & stay in school, improving their ouTcomes later in life. > ow.ly/n1zQ50RjEfU
#BasicIncomeForAll

THIS 420 | Revisit our report on the complexities of SA's 🇿🇦 #Cannabis industry that highlights the need for policy reform to foster inclusive growth & offers recommendations on how the industry can adopt a more equitable & just (puff-puff-pass) approach. iej.org.za/inclusive-deve…

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There's no #ClimateJustice without #Debt Justice! Join us to discuss solutions that address both 🌍💰 with Shereen Talaat Marina Zucker-Marques Jwala Rambarran Adrian Chikowore (I) IMF

📍Washington DC
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ON TODAY'S #SpringMeetings2024 AGENDA | Join Adrian Chikowore (I) (IEJ), Jwala Rambarran (@cpdcngo), Marina Zucker-Marques (@GDP_Center), & Marcos de Chamon (@IMFNews) as they map routes to navigate the intertwined debt & climate crises.
📍Washington DC
🗓️ 19 April 2024
🕓 4:00 to 5:30 PM (EST)

TODAY IN WASHINGTON DC | Towards a rights-based, decolonial, green, & gender-just International Financial Architecture #IFA
🎙️ Kamal Ramburuth, IEJ | Rodolfo Lahoy, IBON International #FreePalestine | Imène Cherif, MenaFemM Economic, Development, Ecologic Justice | Patricia Miranda, LATINDADD | Mahinour ElBadrawi, CESR

Despite its indispensable nature, childcare, eldercare, tending to the sick or disabled, and domestic chores are often undervalued and under- or unpaid. This disadvantages women and children in our economy. A BIG can help improve this. > ow.ly/xf5N50ReRcy
#BasicIncomeGrant

DEBT RELIEF | The The Guardian quotes a letter signed by 550 economists, organisations, & the IEJ, calling for ambitious debt cancellation to allow global south govts to “respond to their immediate & long-term development needs, including the climate crisis”. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…