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A Dollar a Day - Part 2

A Dollar a Day - Part 2

Thrown off nearby farms at the time of Namibia’s independence, the squatters of a...

The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2009 · BBC World Service

November 11, 200923m 14s

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Thrown off nearby farms at the time of Namibia’s independence, the squatters of Otjivero lived a hand-to-mouth existence. Last year a scheme was established to give every inhabitant a basic cash grant of US$10 a month, to spend as they wanted. School enrolment has shot up, small businesses are springing up, and the nurse at the local clinic says malnutrition rates amongst the children have dropped.