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Exhibiting at the World Science Forum 2022

1st Dec 202211th Jan 2023Kim Ingle

SALDRU is one of a handful of UCT units whose work will be displayed at the 2022 World Science Forum. SALDRU’s contribution will mainly focus on the African Centre of Excellence in Inequality Research (ACEIR).

ACEIR delegation attends the conference: Reducing inequality – the great challenge of our time

28th Oct 202231st Oct 2022Kim Ingle

From October 5th to October 7th, ACEIR members attended the conference Reducing inequality – the great challenge of our time, organized by the United

Radio interview: What does it mean to be middle-class in South Africa?

28th Oct 202228th Oct 2022Kim Ingle

Andrew Donaldson was interviewed by Cape Talk’s Lester Kiewit. They discussed some examples of who might be considered middle class in South Africa and the SALDRU income comparison tool.

The 2022 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement

28th Oct 202228th Oct 2022Kim Ingle

A brief commentary on Minister Godongwana’s 2022 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement by Andrew Donaldson.

Activating Social Capital among young people in South Africa

28th Oct 202228th Oct 2022Kim Ingle

This article examines the behavioural and psycho-social impacts of the "Activate! Change Drivers" programme on participants.

Benchmarking a pathway out of learning poverty

28th Sep 202224th Apr 2023Kim Ingle

The Department of Basic Education (DBE) is leading efforts to establish language specific benchmarks for foundational reading skills in all of South Africa’s official languages.

J-PAL Africa’s Evaluating Social Programs course held in Nigeria

31st Aug 2022Kim Ingle

J-PAL Africa ran its annual Evaluating Social Programmes (ESP) course in Abuja, Nigeria, from 25-29 July.

When campuses close: Using institutional data to unpack South African university students’ enrolment and performance during the COVID-19 pandemic

31st Aug 202227th Sep 2023Kim Ingle Nicola Branson & Emma Whitelaw

In this article, Nicola Branson and Emma Whitelaw showcase initial results of their study on the effect of COVID-19 closures on South African undergraduate students’ academic performance.

Colombians have voted for change

27th Jul 202229th Apr 2024Kim Ingle

Development and Cooperation published an article by Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón. The article explains that the presidential elections that took place in Colombia on June 19th 2022 brought a left-wing candidacy to the presidency of the country for the first time in its history.

Why the South African state should not subsidize minibus taxi owners

27th Jul 202227th Jul 2022Kim Ingle

The Conversation published an article by SALDRU associate Andrew Kerr, which explains that currently the only direct subsidy that South African minibus taxi owners receive is a scrapping allowance upon scrapping old taxies. Andrew argues that minibus taxi operators should not be further subsidized because they already receive two substantial implicit subsidies.