SALDRU Welcomes Former Treasury DDG, Andrew Donaldson 15th Dec 201731st Mar 2021Fazila Farouk SALDRU welcomes Andrew Donaldson, former Deputy Director General at the National Treasury, who joins us on a part-time basis as a senior researcher. SALDRU News
What Does Current Research Reveal about Income Inequality in South Africa? 30th Nov 201725th Jan 2018Fazila Farouk In general, the prognosis for reducing income inequality in South Africa is poor, participants at a workshop hosted by REDI3x3 on 13 November 2017 discovered. SALDRU News
New SALDRU Research Quantifies Impact of Apartheid Era Racial Classification on Wages 29th Oct 201726th Feb 2020Fazila Farouk One’s racial classification dominated all aspects of one’s life in apartheid South Africa. In a ground-breaking study, SALDRU’s Vimal Ranchhod attempts to quantify the impact of racial classification on people’s incomes. SALDRU News
SA and Southern African Region have Worst Income Inequality, Murray Leibbrandt Tells LSE’s Atlantic Fellows 29th Sep 201728th Oct 2022Fazila Farouk South Africans live in a society that reproduces itself in such a way that an enormous share of the country’s income accrues to the best-off 10% of the population, Murray Leibbrandt told Atlantic Fellows on a tour of Khayelitsha. SALDRU News
SA and Southern African Region have Worst Income Inequality, Murray Leibbrandt Tells LSE’s Atlantic Fellows 28th Sep 201730th Sep 2021Fazila Farouk By Fazila Farouk Atlantic Fellows who are part of a new global programme grappling with the challenge of inequality visited Khayelitsha on Tuesday, 19 September, as part of an “immersion week” in Cape Town. Whilst there, they listened to SALDRU’s Murray Leibbrandt talk about inequality in South Africa (SA) and the region. SALDRU News
SALDRU Team Spotlights Social Cohesion at International Conference 31st Jul 201726th Feb 2020Fazila Farouk The 4th Dial Development Conference on development economics was held in Paris on 29-30 June 2017. This conference, hosted by the Paris Dauphine University and the French Institute of Research for Development, provided a forum to discuss innovative theoretical and empirical research in development economics. FeaturedSALDRU News
SALDRU’s Stata Course Going Strong for 20 Years! 30th Jul 201725th Jan 2018Fazila Farouk SALDRU concludes its 20th course in the Analysis of Survey Data today. The course usually runs in January every year but had to SALDRU News
SALDRU Supports Work of Free Education Planning Group 28th Jul 201714th Nov 2017Fazila Farouk The Free Education Planning Group is currently undertaking it’s second round of research to explore options for free higher education. Following the Fees Must Fall SALDRU News
