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100 _aBerman, Evan et al
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245 _aPublic management frontiers in guaranteed income programs: Advancing implementation
260 _aPublic Administration Review
300 _a84(5), Sep-Oct, 2024: p.785-795
520 _aThis article explores the evolving frontiers of public management in the design and implementation of guaranteed income programs. It examines how such initiatives challenge traditional welfare models by emphasizing direct cash transfers that promote equity, dignity, and economic security. The study highlights key management issues, including program design, administrative capacity, accountability mechanisms, and stakeholder engagement. It also considers the role of innovation and experimentation in advancing implementation, drawing lessons from pilot projects and policy debates. By situating guaranteed income within broader discussions of governance and social policy, the paper underscores its potential to reshape welfare systems and strengthen democratic responsiveness. This viewpoint analyzes recent experiments in guaranteed income (GI) projects and identifies implementation issues that extend the frontiers of public administration. GI programs provide low-income individuals with substantial and regular cash with few or no strings or conditions attached and are being used to assist the lower income population, including informal workers who are left out of many government programs. The following implementation issues are discussed as frontiers in current public administration research and theory: (1) increasing the federal role in vertical collaboration; (2) improving data integration across levels of government; and (3) finding new solutions to financial and political sustainability. As GI programs and experiments proliferate, it becomes critical to examine implementation and not just outcomes or impact.- Reproduced https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/puar.13771
650 _aPublic Administration, Guaranteed Income, Social Policy, Program Implementation, Public Management, Welfare Reform, Governance, Equity, Poverty Alleviation, Innovation, Policy Design, United States
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773 _aPublic Administration Review
906 _aPUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
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