SINGAPORE – There are no plans for the Government to replicate or scale up a pilot which gave 75 low-income households between $300 and $550 a month for 18 months.
This was because there was no clear evidence that the cash transfers led to longer-term positive effects, said Minister for Social and Family Development Masagos Zulkifli on Aug 6.
Positive effects on well-being and mental health also petered out after the first year, he added, without giving more details on the cited study. Mr Yong also asked if the Ministry for Social and Family Development would support more of such trials at selected constituencies to examine the effectiveness of unconditional cash aid.
As agreed with the project organisers, Temasek Trust will fund the project’s second round after results passed internal standards on several outcomes focused on education, skills upgrading and employment. Furthermore, the transfers were not given purely on an ‘unconditional’ basis, and AWWA has clarified that the beneficiaries were asked to meet with their case officers regularly, who would continue to actively help them with the challenges they faced, he said.
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