The 2024 Budget – “Staying the Course” 28th Feb 202413th Nov 2024Kim Ingle Andrew Donaldson provides an overview of the South African Treasury’s recently released Budget Review, which this year is accompanied by a Macroeconomic Policy Review. SALDRU News
Invitation: Open hybrid lecture by Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee on Universal Basic Income in the Developing World 28th Feb 20244th Mar 2024Kim Ingle The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) Africa and SALDRU invite you to an open lecture on Universal Basic Income in the Developing World By Nobel laureate Professor Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee on 13 March 2024. Spotlight
Ecuador’s crackdown on violent crime helped turn the country into a narco state 29th Jan 202429th Apr 2024Kim Ingle In this piece for The Conversation UK, Fabio Diaz, together with María Gabriela Palacio Ludeña from Universiteit Leiden, look at the contradictions of In the Media
Radio interview: High poverty and inequality in South Africa, 10 years after Nelson Mandela’s passing 29th Jan 2024Kim Ingle Fabio Diaz was interviewed as part of the Five Continents (Cinco continentes) radio show of RTVE (Spanish public broadcasting radio). The radio segment discussed South Africa having to reconcile the contrast between the reality of high poverty and inequality, and the promise of what South Africa was expected to become post-1994. In the Media
International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa 29th Jan 202429th Jan 2024Kim Ingle Brendan Maughan-Brown attended the International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA) in December. In his role as behavioural science technical expert, SALDRU News
A note from SALDRU’s new director 29th Jan 202429th Jan 2024Kim Ingle Reza Daniels, SALDRU’s new Director as of January 2024, provides some personal reflections on becoming SALDRU’s Director, outlines his vision for SALDRU going forward, identifies some of the challenges that we face, and discusses our unique position in the global think tank (research unit) space. SALDRU News
South Africa’s higher education funding conundrum: could the current funding system hamper social mobility and university performance? 12th Dec 202312th Dec 2023Kim Ingle By supporting social mobility, higher education can help economies become more socially inclusive. However, South Africa’s generous financial aid scheme for higher education could risk constraining the sector’s social and economic potential. This column explores what evidence is available. In the Media
What has happened to the personal income tax base since 2011? 12th Dec 202312th Dec 2023Kim Ingle Econ3x3 published an article by Andrew Donaldson which provides estimates of the trend in the size and distribution of the personal income tax base over the period of 2011-2023. In the Media
South African Modelling Community of Practice Conference 28th Nov 202328th Nov 2023Kim Ingle Muna Shifa presented at the Presidential Climate Commission's South African Modelling Community of Practice Conference held in October 2023 in Cape Town. SALDRU News
Education in Africa: Insights from Accra and Lagos Visit 28th Nov 202328th Nov 2023Kim Ingle Nicola Branson and Emma Whitelaw recently kickstarted the G2LM|LIC project on the consequences of educational expansion in Ghana with a visit to Prof. Robert Osei, project Co-Principal Investigator, in Accra. Osei, Branson and Whitelaw then headed to Lagos, where they represented ACEIR at the Fourth ARUA International Biennial Conference. SALDRU News
