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The value of South Africa for understanding durable inequalities

26th Nov 202028th Apr 2021Kim Ingle

The lessons and experiences from South Africa have a lot to contribute to the conceptualisation and implementation of policies to reduce inequality worldwide, as well as to the theories that can help us to understand how inequalities come about.

Youth lockdown surveys ignite plans for a youth research and advocacy consortium

26th Oct 202027th Oct 2020Kim Ingle

During the first strict phase of the COVID-19 lockdown, SALDRU collaborated with UNICEF and a range of other partners to reach out to young people aged 18 – 34 via an online survey. Findings of the survey are now available and form the basis for further collaboration with civil society and academic partners, with a focus on developing a youth research and advocacy consortium.

The role of digital identification and payments in supporting resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic

26th Oct 202031st Mar 2021Kim Ingle Nidhi Parekh and Aimee Hare

Two updates from the DigiFI Africa team are highlighted in this post - DigiFI’s involvement in the G7 partnership on women’s digital financial inclusion, and recent findings on the role of a Universal Basic Income in supporting pandemic resilience.

The South African labour market during COVID-19

30th Sep 202028th Jul 2021Kim Ingle

Over the past few months, several Saldrupians have been involved in research on employment dynamics using the first two waves of the NIDS-CRAM survey, and a total of five related papers have been produced. This article contains a brief synthesis of the key findings from these papers.

Siyaphambili: A Stronger South African Nation Website

30th Aug 202028th Oct 2021Kim Ingle

The Siyaphambili post-school research group in SALDRU has just launched an interactive website to track and monitor post-school qualifications attainment in South Africa.

Siyaphambili awarded a Spencer Foundation Research Grant

30th Aug 202028th Oct 2021Kim Ingle

The Siyaphambili research group has been awarded a research grant by the Spencer Foundation to investigate the effects of the COVID-19 health crisis on inequalities in the South African tertiary education sector. As an introductory analysis to the data on university and college students’ access to remote learning resources across local municipalities, the researchers construct a remote learning indicator based on the municipality that students are from.

Farewell to Emily Cupito

29th Jul 202029th Jul 2020Kim Ingle

Emily Cupito joined SALDRU as a Policy Manager at J-PAL Africa in 2013. In August, Emily will join the St. Louis University Policy Research in Missouri Education (PRiME) Center as its Managing Director and will pursue a PhD in Education Policy and Equity.

eNCA panel discussion on COVID-19 Gender Inequality in the Labour Market

29th Jul 202028th Apr 2021Kim Ingle

Jacqueline Mosomi was part of an eNCA panel discussion on issues of gender inequality in the labour market, gender-based violence and the COVID-19 pandemic with Daniela Casale and Kokesto Moeti.

National Planning Commission endorsement for SALDRU-led youth support initiative

29th Jul 202028th Jan 2021Kim Ingle

The Basic Package of Support (BPS) for South Africa’s youth – a youth development initiative to support young people who are not in employment, education or training – has received a formal endorsement from the National Planning Commission.

Release of NIDS-CRAM Wave 1 data

29th Jul 202028th Jul 2021Kim Ingle

On the 15th of July 2020, the CRAM study released the data for Wave 1 of the National Income Dynamics Study - Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey (NIDS-CRAM). SALDRU was commissioned to implement the survey.