
Shakeba Foster
@shakfoster
PhD Candidate @KingsIntDev @KingsCollegeLon || MPhil Economics @UniofOxford
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12-09-2021 05:41:01
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👏 👏 👏 Congratulations Shakeba Foster! We are proud of you.

Meet Shakeba Foster, one of our Visiting PhDs. She's a PhD candidate at King's College London. Her research interests include income inequality, the informal sector, and recovery from recessions in developing and emerging economies. Meet our visitors: go.unu.edu/VBeHP


How does income inequality impact the formal and informal household debt? This Working Paper by Shakeba Foster Shakeba Foster examines this, using two recent waves of South African Living Conditions Survey. Read the paper here: go.unu.edu/vQbGH #SDG10 #WIDERAlumni


In this blog, Shakeba Foster explains the links between inequality and household debt in South Africa and shares 🔑 findings from her WIDER Working Paper with the #Impact of #Inequality on human development, #growth and #governance project go.unu.edu/4mRJ2 King's College London




New analysis confirms that reducing inequality is associated with higher human development performance globally - from our latest blog by David Castells-Quintana Vicente Royuela Carlos Gradín: go.unu.edu/3Wa1c #WIID


Catch up with findings from the @ EQUAL project in April's #WIDERAngle: - Is a strong middle class the secret to high levels of human development? David Castells-Quintana Carlos Gradín Vicente Royuela - The richer your neighbors, the more you borrow - the case of South Africa Shakeba Foster

In this blog, Shakeba Foster explains the links between inequality and household debt in South Africa and shares 🔑 findings from her WIDER Working Paper with the #Impact of #Inequality on human development, #growth and #governance project go.unu.edu/4mRJ2 King's College London



Inequality in South Africa goes beyond education and skills. A recent study uncovers the influence of employers on wage disparities, contributing to over 30% of the country's wage inequality. Discover the surprising factors at play▶️ go.unu.edu/zHF8Z #SATIED Shakeba Foster


Inequality in South Africa goes beyond education and skills. A recent study uncovers the influence of employers on wage disparities, contributing to over 30% of the country's wage inequality. Discover the surprising factors at play▶️ go.unu.edu/zHF8Z #SATIED Shakeba Foster


Inequality in South Africa goes beyond education and skills. A recent study uncovers the influence of employers on wage disparities, contributing to over 30% of the country's wage inequality. Discover the surprising factors at play▶️ go.unu.edu/zHF8Z #SATIED Shakeba Foster


Looking forward to the #NCDE next week. Do join us for 3 sessions featuring studies from the @ EQUAL project -with Larry Roope David Castells-Quintana V Jorda Carlos Gradín Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay Shakeba Foster I Ferreira Annalena Oppel A Diaz Caycedo Finn Tarp and more. #EQUAL_NNF Novo Nordisk Foundation

Our second @ EQUAL project session at #NCDE24 featured Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay Shakeba Foster and Carlos Gradín. Here Sanghamitra presents on the effects of inequality and growth shocks #NCDE #EQUAL_NNF Finn Tarp Development Economics Research Group (DERG)
