In case you missed it: Seminar series on African inequalities
Starting in August 2025, ACEIR is hosting a series of hybrid seminars on African inequalities with presentations by members of the ACEIR teams.
The seminars focus on some of the dynamics of inequalities on the African continent and aim to contribute research and policy perspectives on these. Each seminar is informed by chapters that ACEIR researchers published in Inequalities in sub-Saharan Africa: Multidimensional perspectives and future challenges.
This publication spans many dimensions of socio-economic inequalities and includes chapters on policies and ways to address inequalities in the context of Africa. The book aims to shape global discussions and discourses on Africa’s inequality challenges and was published by the World Bank and Agence Française de Développement (AFD) in January 2025. It was edited by the AFD’s Dr Anda David and Dr Rawane Yasser, and ACEIR’s Prof. Murray Leibbrandt and Prof. Vimal Ranchhod (SALDRU, University of Cape Town).
The first seminar in the series focused on inequalities in human capital and labour market outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa. It was presented by Prof. Vimal Ranchhod from ACEIR’s South Africa research node at SALDRU.
The second seminar in the series featured Dr Muna Shifa and Prof. Murray Leibbrandt who discussed migration and social mobility and their implications for inequality in Africa. They are also members of ACEIR's South Africa node.
Next in the series was a presentation on the evidence on gender inequality in education, health, the labour market, unpaid care work, and assets in Africa by Prof. Abena D. Oduro. She is part of the ACEIR Ghana research node that is hosted by the University of Ghana.
Africa’s sustainable growth in the context of climate change, poverty reduction, and inequality is the topic of the final seminar in the series on 3 December.
The seminars are hosted jointly with SALDRU as part of their weekly seminar series.
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