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A contentious grant for the post-SRD era

30th Nov 202130th Nov 2021Kim Ingle Maya Goldman

A SALDRU team funded by UNU-WIDER and in collaboration with National Treasury, has written a Working Paper modelling various options for replacement grants when the Special COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant expires. The project has resulted in controversy.

COVID-19 Vaccine Survey (CVACS)

28th Oct 202129th Apr 2022Kim Ingle

SALDRU is implementing the COVID-19 Vaccine Survey (CVACS), which aims to collect high quality, timely information to inform the development of campaigns and programmes to improve COVID-19 vaccination uptake in South Africa.

How can we address the interlinked challenges of poverty, inequality and growth in Africa after 2021?

28th Oct 20211st Dec 2022Kim Ingle

Several members of SALDRU, ACEIR and our colleagues from DPRU have recently engaged to discuss how we can understand the relationship between growth, poverty and inequality as the basis for actions to ensure inclusive development and the achievement of the SDG goals 1 (ending poverty) and 10 (reducing inequality) in Africa.

Contributing to the SDGs Africa Summit 2021

30th Sep 202128th Oct 2021Kim Ingle

UCT and partners hosted an international summit on the SDGs in Africa. Leading the summit’s thematic track workshops on Poverty and Inequality were The director of SALDRU, Prof. Murray Leibbrandt, and Prof. Haroon Bhorat, director of the Development Policy Research Unit.

Gender, ethnicity, place, and poverty: intersectional inequality in educational outcomes in Ethiopia

29th Sep 202130th Mar 2022Kim Ingle

There has been little empirical research analysing the extent to which inequalities in educational outcomes changed over time and across population groups in Ethiopia. Muna Shifa examines the levels and trends of educational inequality in Ethiopia, as well as whether gender interacts with other social categories such as ethnicity, location, and socioeconomic status in determining educational outcomes.

From Now On: A video-based intervention to promote HIV treatment among men

30th Aug 202131st Aug 2021Kim Ingle

SALDRU researcher Brendan Maughan-Brown completed the development of a video-based intervention titled From Now On, which aims to encourage South African men living with HIV to start, and to stay on, HIV treatment

NIDS-CRAM, a uniquely collaborative national survey to meet the needs of the moment

28th Jul 202130th Nov 2021Kim Ingle Kim Ingle and Tim Brophy

In late March 2020, the idea for a rapid survey to assess the impact of COVID-19 on South Africa was first conceived by Dr Nic Spaull of Stellenbosch University, together with several researchers from across the country. SALDRU quickly became involved in helping to make this happen and NIDS-CRAM was born.

Inventories and the outlook for 2021 GDP growth

30th Jun 202130th Jun 2021Kim Ingle

The quarterly change in inventories is a key indicator, both of the impact of lockdown in 2020, and of the recovery path ahead. The national accounts have now recorded six consecutive quarters of inventory destocking.

COVID-19 learning losses: early grade reading in South Africa

30th Jun 202124th Apr 2023Kim 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.

“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.