The Marshall Islands’ new universal basic income program rests on Compact funding from the United States, blurring the line between sovereignty and dependency.

As Americans struggle with the high cost of living, an old idea is getting a fresh look. In dozens of pilot programs around the country, policymakers and researchers are exploring what happens when ...

Image courtesy by QUE.com In an unprecedented move that combines financial innovation with social welfare, the Marshall ...

The government's fiscal watchdog says a guaranteed basic income program at the federal level could cut poverty rates in Canada by up to 40 per cent. In a new report, the Parliamentary Budget Office ...

On Friday, the Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition (YAPC) released a study which looked at how a universal basic income program could work in the territory. Universal basic income, also known as a basic ...

Kenya's universal basic income program, which will continue through 2030, is offering no-strings cash to 20,000 participants in 200 rural villages.

The Perfect Storm Hitting Generation X Almost 900,000 private sector employees have already lost their jobs and another ...

In its nearly two decades of operation, GiveDirectly, the direct cash payment charity started by MIT and Harvard graduate students, has delivered more than $800 million to more than 1.6 million people ...

TOKYO -- Japan's conservative opposition Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party) unveiled a new economic policy plan Monday that would consolidate much of the country's social welfare system into ...

Sadio Mané gives about $76 a month to everyone in a "very poor region of Senegal" and has also funded the construction of a school and hospital.

Federal Liberal leadership candidate Karina Gould says she would widen the eligibility for Canada's employment insurance system, and introduce a universal basic income program if she becomes the ...