We have ammended our conference structure to allow stakeholders to also suggest policy dialogues, invited paper suggestions on key themes & additional thematic topics of relevance to the GNU. As with other contributions to the conference, these need to be submitted by 31 July.

Join us for the official launch of an Africa-Europe research cluster that will probe the challenge of reducing inequality to alleviate poverty & deprivation in Africa It's 1 of 20 clusters of ARUA & The Guild to collaborate & grow capacity 18 July: bit.ly/CoRE-IPD-launch

University of Nairobi University of Ghana UCT Research University of Groningen Faculty of Economics and Business - UG Economics UON World Bank Africa World Bank Kenya 🎙️Prof. Murray Leibbrandt’s lecture covered researching & understanding #growth, #poverty, social mobility & #inequality in #Africa. Murray is a UCT Research Chair in Poverty and Inequality who is based SALDRU and is ACEIR's director.

🎙️ Today ended with excellent sessions by Dr Muna Shifa to introduce the basics of poverty analysis to the students. Muna, an ACEIR researcher based at SALDRU, recently returned from doing a fellowship at World Bank in Washington DC. 👏

🌟 Join our team as an Associate Director of Research at J-PAL Africa! 🌟 Lead impactful research projects fighting poverty in Cape Town/Johannesburg. 📍 Contract: 3-Year Fixed Term 💼 CoE: R1,015,197 - R1,194,348. Apply by 7 Sept 2024: j-p.al/assoc_director… #ResearchJobs

Update: SALDRU’s government stakeholders have requested that we delay the conference to 2025 as the new Government of National Unity (GNU) establishes its work program. The new date for the conference will be April 2-4, 2025. We apologise for any inconvenience that this causes.

He will be remembered for his dedication to rigour & his integrity as a researcher; the quality & depth of his mentorship of grad students; his frankness & honesty; & his commitment to building public goods enabling others to do better & more reliable research of their own.

Professor Martin Wittenberg sadly passed away on 27 July. A memorial gathering to celebrate his life will be hosted at the University of Cape Town at 10am on 3 August. The memorial gathering will also be live streamed.

📢Join our team as Communication Manager! Based in Cape Town, lead our strategy and efforts to develop creative approaches to communicating complex research. 👉Apply by 19 August 2024: povertyactionlab.org/careers/commun…

The AU adopted the Maputo Protocol on Women’s Rights to promote gender empowerment on the continent. But how well have its legal mandates been built into African countries’ laws? Our researchers collaborated with WORLD to find out. Join us today! 💻 bit.ly/Maputo-Protoco…

An example of how legislation can safeguard women's wellbeing: women's right to own the household property is not legislated for in the Indian state of Karnataka. Fabio Andres Diaz from ACEIR South Africa at SALDRU presenting at our seminar today #researchinequality

Joshua Budlender, Postdoctoral Fellow in SALDRU, shares some of his investigation into effects of load shedding on mortality in SA, focusing on Cape Town. This research was supported by SA-TIED & published in a UNU-WIDER working paper. Read the article: saldru.uct.ac.za/2024/07/25/les…

💡Are you interested in firms & job growth and/or health systems in Africa? 📆 Apply to join our growing team as Policy Manager - Firms or Policy Manager - Health by 9 Sept   👉 Learn more and apply: povertyactionlab.org/careers/policy… povertyactionlab.org/careers/policy…

🌟NEW Episode 12 of the CSAE Research #Podcasts! Locked Down & Locked Out: Repurposing Social Assistance in South Africa. Rocco Zizzamia (Department of Economics, Oxford) & Ihsaan Bassier (Economics at Surrey) discuss work w/ policymakers in South Africa during COVID-19. 🎧csae.ox.ac.uk/locked-down-an…

The screening will be followed by a panel discussion at 14h00, with panellists Murray Leibbrandt (SALDRU), Isobel Frye (Social Policy Initiative), Neil Coleman (Institute for Economic Justice) and Rachel Bukasa (Black Sash)

Is there a link between community protests in South Africa & inequalities experienced within/between communities? Join us to find out when our colleague Chandré Jacobs presents this study ⬇️ A hybrid event hosted with SALDRU ✍️Registration is required: bit.ly/4gtQqRj

Our Executive Director, Rachel Bukasa will be part of the panel discussion of “A Decent Path” docufilm by SALDRU and Social Policy Initiative tomorrow, 18 September 2024.