This study is one of several pilots of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in different countries to develop comprehensive and integrated policy frameworks to reduce and prevent inequities in the workplace.
The research builds on ACEIR’s series of inequality diagnostics by undertaking a comprehensive analysis of the different dimensions of inequalities in Namibia – one of the most unequal societies in the world alongside South Africa. The study highlights the key drivers of inequality in that country and reviews implemented policies to address such inequalities. The analysis has a special focus on inequalities in the world of work, and how these inequalities relate to other aspects of inequality and drivers outside of the world of work.
The team comprises researchers from ACEIR’s South Africa node, ILO experts and local researchers. An important output of this project is the development of a draft strategy to reduce inequality in Namibia.
By providing data to inform policy and programme design to address the structural challenges to jobs and social protection in the Namibian economy, the research will link to the roll-out of the Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions that was launched by the UN Secretary-General in in 2021.
