Leading Africa in overcoming inequality and poverty
The African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research is a leader in the study of inequality in Africa. By producing excellent and innovative policy-relevant research, we aspire to lead African research in overcoming inequality.
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Our model of collaboration
The Centre uses a hub-and-spoke model. The University of Cape Town hosts the hub and the South Africa node. The Ghana node is convened by the University of Ghana and the Kenya node by the University of Nairobi.
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Contributing to policy debates
ACEIR researchers often work with national statistical offices, government departments of different African countries and international development agencies to profile, map, and analyse multidimensional inequalities and their interactions.
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Our team
The ACEIR team comprises researchers from the universities of Ghana, Kenya and Cape Town and a small project management and communications team. The hub and nodes are led by researchers who are well established locally and internationally.
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Our centres
Ghana node Kenya node South Africa node
Our research themes
Growth, poverty, and inequality Drivers of inequality Social mobility and inequality Climate change and inequality
In the news | New book on African inequalities challenges policy makers
A new book in the African Development Forum series of the World Bank and French Development Agency calls for progressive policies that can reduce inequalities in Africa to speed up poverty reduction and economic growth on the continent.
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Workshop to consult on inequality in the Namibian labour market
An ACEIR team presented findings from a new inequality diagnostic report to key government, business, trade union and civil society stakeholders at a consultative workshop co-hosted with the International Labour Organization in Windhoek.
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Now online | New book on inequalities in sub-Saharan Africa
'Inequalities in Sub-Saharan Africa: Multidimensional Perspectives and Future Challenges' draws on ACEIR research. It is the 15th title in the Africa Development Forum series of the Agence Française de Développement and the World Bank.
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“We roll up our sleeves and we do our work for a better country”
The contributions to poverty and inequality scholarship by ACEIR’s director, Prof. Murray Leibbrandt, were recognised in two significant ways this year: an honorary PhD, and election to the Council of South Africa's science academy.
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