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Cash Transfers Should be Temporary

Cash Transfers Should be Temporary

Morning Brief

July 23, 20198m 22s

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Show Notes

The disbursement of petrol subsidies through cash handouts is an improvement over the administrative nightmare of monitoring eligibility at the pump, which itself is better than a blanket subsidy. But handouts in general may not be efficacious over the long term.

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Government/Regulatory/Policy MakingPoliticsNewsCurrent Affairspetrol subsidydomestic trade ministrycash transfersB40universal basic income