The 2019 Budget 28th Mar 201930th Jun 2021Charmaine Smith By Andrew Donaldson, Senior Research Officer, SALDRU SALDRU'S resident public finance expert, Andrew Donaldson, writes that against the background of stalled economic growth and Eskom’s financial crisis, the 2019 Budget is at best a “holding operation” in public service delivery, while public debt continues to rise as a percentage of GDP. SALDRU News
Designing a basic package of support for young people 27th Mar 201929th Jul 2020Charmaine Smith This month saw the next step in a process to table a SALDRU-led policy proposal on a basic package of support for South Africa’s young people. It came as a group of global researchers, policymakers and advisers gathered in Cape Town to review research evidence that could help the design of a model of support for the country’s young people. SALDRU News
Applications Open for J-PAL Africa’s Evaluating Social Programmes Executive Education Course 28th Feb 201911th Apr 2019Charmaine Smith Interested parties have until 12 May to apply for J-PAL Africa’s flagship executive education course, Evaluating Social Programmes, which will be hosted at UCT’s School of Economics between 29 July - 2 August 2019. Spotlight
Saldrupians Contribute to New Book on South African Inequality 28th Feb 201928th Apr 2021Charmaine Smith Three Saldrupians have contributed to a new Jacana Media book, "Confronting Inequality: The South African Crisis”. Spotlight
South Africa at a Glance, Looking Back at 10 Years and 5 Waves of NIDS 28th Feb 201914th Mar 2019Charmaine Smith The National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS) has been interviewing the same 28 000 people, and the people that they live with at the time, since 2008. In this video, some of the findings after five waves of NIDS are explored. In the MediaVideos
Illicit Cigarettes Undermine Government’s Public Health and Fiscal Agenda 28th Feb 201914th Mar 2019Charmaine Smith By Corné Van Walbeek, Nicole Vellios, Hana Ross and Laura Rossouw In a recent op-ed published in 'Business Day', members of the Economics of Tobacco Control Project argue that the multinational corporations have, over a long period, created the incentives for competitors to enter the market by aggressively increasing the retail price of cigarettes by substantially more than the increase in the excise tax. In the Media
Why is South Africa’s Unemployment Rate so High? 28th Feb 20191st Dec 2022Charmaine Smith By Vimal Ranchhod Vimal Ranchhod considers potential explanations for why South Africa has such a persistently high unemployment rate in an op-ed in 'GroundUp'. He points to historical factors, a struggling educational system, the need to encourage investments, a highly concentrated market structure, and the costs of living in a low trust society In the Media
SALDRU Researchers Present at IDRC Workshop on Youth Unemployment in Nairobi 28th Feb 201914th Mar 2019Charmaine Smith Two Saldrupians recently attended and present at a joint International Labour Organisation/International Development Research Centre/African Economic Research Consortium workshop on youth unemployment in sub-Saharan Africa. Spotlight
Announcing the Africa Research Initiative on Identification, Payments, and Governance 28th Feb 201931st Mar 2021Charmaine Smith J-PAL Africa has launched the Africa Research Initiative on Identification, Payments, and Governance initiative that aims to foster evidence on how African governments can leverage payments and ID systems to deliver social protection and other public goods and services, amongst others possibilities. Spotlight
Pippa Green Appointed as Press Ombudsman 27th Feb 201914th Mar 2019Charmaine Smith Pippa Green, who has been with the REDI3x3 project and the Poverty & Inequality Initiative for nearly five years, is to leave SALDRU at the end of March to take up a position as the new Press Ombudsman. SALDRU News
