How cash transfer beneficiaries build wealth in Kwara

From The Nation: A guaranteed income program in Nigeria is helping recipients build businesses, expand existing ones, and build equity.

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Issue Areas:

Community Wealth Building, Poverty Reduction Measures, Universal Basic Income

Impact Areas:

Creating New Economic Paradigms, Distributed Trust and Power

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Strategies:

Easing Economic Burdens for Individuals, Increase Education / Insights Sharing, Trust in Institutions

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Date:

June 15, 2022

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