COVID-19 learning losses: early grade reading in South Africa 30th Jun 202128th Oct 2021Kim Ingle This article contributes to the literature on COVID-19 learning losses by providing one of the first pieces of evidence on the impact of COVID-19 on learning from a developing country. Early grade reading gains for different cohorts of learners at the same schools in South Africa are compared. SALDRU News
“We could be more if people believe in us” 23rd Jun 202130th Jun 2021Kim Ingle The first pilot of the Basic Package of Support (BPS) programme will be implemented in Atlantis, situated some 70km from Cape Town in the Western Cape, later in 2021. In preparation for the pilot launch, the first site visit was held in March and with further conversations in May and June. SALDRU News
New SALDRU Youth Explorer Team Members 31st May 202131st May 2021Kim Ingle Large amounts of data on government provided services are being gathered and verified in a collaborative effort by SALDRU and OpenUp, supported by the Presidential Youth Employment Intervention and its partners. SALDRU News
South Africa’s efforts to tackle joblessness can be more effective: here’s how 31st May 2021Kim Ingle In April, The Conversation published an article written by Ariane De Lannoy, together with Lauren Graham and Leila Patel. The authors argue that assessing youth employability interventions based solely on job placement is inadequate, as this ignores other outcomes which are also important, particularly in environments of high structural unemployment In the Media
The human tragedy of South Africa’s inequality 31st May 2021Kim Ingle Murray Leibbrandt contributed to New Frame’s New Economy project, with his article in this series being published on 17 May. The article discusses how inequality has become a particularly important development challenge over the last decade. In the Media
#SOSColombia: Remember Sharpeville? 31st May 202131st May 2021Kim Ingle Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón and Maria Gabriela Palacio wrote an article on protests in Columbia over the last few weeks. It was published by Mail and Gaurdian. In the Media
What should we expect from the 2021 GDP revisions? 31st May 202130th Jun 2021Kim Ingle South Africa’s national accounts were last rebased and benchmarked in 2014. The next rebasing should have been done in 2019, was rescheduled to 2020, but was deferred due to the unusual circumstances of the year. The rebasing of the national accounts has, in the past, been accompanied by substantial upward revisions to both the level of GDP and prior growth rates. In the Media
Youth Explorer expanded into tool for services mapping and referrals 31st May 202131st May 2021Kim Ingle The development of the Youth Explorer by SALDRU researchers in collaboration with OpenUp and government partners began four years ago. When the portal SALDRU News
UCT lecture by Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee 31st May 202128th Oct 2021Kim Ingle Co-founder of J-PAL (whose Africa office is based in SALDRU) and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Abhijit Banerjee, spoke at UCT's virtual Vice-Chancellor’s Open Lecture. SALDRU News
Inequality in the Developing World 28th Apr 202128th Apr 2021Kim Ingle A full open access book Inequality in the Developing World, edited by Murray Leibbrandt with Carlos Gradin and Finn Tarp from UNU-WIDER, was published on 24 March 2021 by Oxford University Press. Spotlight
