This page lists selected recent edited books and book chapters on African poverty and inequalities by individual members of the ACEIR research teams.
2025
David, A., Leibbrandt, M., Ranchhod, V., Yasser, R. Eds. 2025. Inequalities in sub-Saharan Africa: Multidimensional perspectives and future challenges. Africa Development Forum series. World Bank. doi:10.1596/978-1-4648-2150-9.
Shifa, M., Atta-Ankomah, R., & Kipruto, S. 2025. Measurement of inequality. In: David, A., Leibbrandt, M., Ranchhod, V., Yasser, R. Eds. Inequalities in sub-Saharan Africa: Multidimensional perspectives and future challenges. Africa Development Forum series. World Bank.
Lambon-Quayefio, M., Ranchhod, V., Owoo, N., Muriithi, M., Zanfini, L., Mutegi, R., & Mwabu, G. 2025. Inequalities in education and health. In: David, A., Leibbrandt, M., Ranchhod, V., Yasser, R. Eds. Inequalities in sub-Saharan Africa: Multidimensional perspectives and future challenges. Africa Development Forum series. World Bank.
Ranchhod, V., David, A., Manda, D.K., Poggi, C., Zanuso, C., & Yasser, R. 2025. Labor market inequalities. In: David, A., Leibbrandt, M., Ranchhod, V., Yasser, R. Eds. Inequalities in sub-Saharan Africa: Multidimensional perspectives and future challenges. Africa Development Forum series. World Bank.
Oduro, A.D., Rabier, S., Mosomi, J., & Yasser, R. 2025. Gender inequalities. In: David, A., Leibbrandt, M., Ranchhod, V., Yasser, R. Eds. Inequalities in sub-Saharan Africa: Multidimensional perspectives and future challenges. Africa Development Forum series. World Bank.
Owoo, N., Shifa, S., Ranchhod, V., & Zhang, M. 2025. Spatial inequality – Multidimensional inequalities across space. In: David, A., Leibbrandt, M., Ranchhod, V., Yasser, R. Eds. Inequalities in sub-Saharan Africa: Multidimensional perspectives and future challenges. Africa Development Forum series. World Bank.
David, D., Zizzamia, R., Leibbrandt, M., Yasser, R., & Ranchhod, V. 2025. Overview of inequalities in Africa. 2025. In: David, A., Leibbrandt, M., Ranchhod, V., Yasser, R. Eds. Inequalities in sub-Saharan Africa: Multidimensional perspectives and future challenges. Africa Development Forum series. World Bank.
David, D., Leibbrandt, M., Shifa, M., & Yasser, R. 2025. Migration and inequality. In: David, A., Leibbrandt, M., Ranchhod, V., Yasser, R. Eds. Inequalities in sub-Saharan Africa: Multidimensional perspectives and future challenges. Africa Development Forum series. World Bank.
Leibbrandt, M., Yasser, R., Osei, R., & Savage, M. 2025. Social mobility and the persistence of inequality. In: David, A., Leibbrandt, M., Ranchhod, V., Yasser, R. Eds. Inequalities in sub-Saharan Africa: Multidimensional perspectives and future challenges. Africa Development Forum series. World Bank.
Andrés Díaz Pabón, F., Oppel, A., Leibbrandt, M., Savage, S., & David, A. 2025. Policies to tackle inequality in Africa. In: David, A., Leibbrandt, M., Ranchhod, V., Yasser, R. Eds. Inequalities in sub-Saharan Africa: Multidimensional perspectives and future challenges. Africa Development Forum series. World Bank.
David, A., Leibbrandt, M., Djoufelkit, H., & Yasser, R. 2025. Climate change, poverty reduction, and inequality between and within countries. In: David, A., Leibbrandt, M., Ranchhod, V., Yasser, R. Eds. Inequalities in sub-Saharan Africa: Multidimensional perspectives and future challenges. Africa Development Forum series. World Bank.
Yasser, R, Leibbrandt, M., David, A., Andrés Díaz Pabón, F., & Djoufelkit, H. 2025. Sustainability and patterns of economic growth. In: David, A., Leibbrandt, M., Ranchhod, V., Yasser, R. Eds. Inequalities in sub-Saharan Africa: Multidimensional perspectives and future challenges. Africa Development Forum series. World Bank.
2024
Wakibi, S. & Oleche, M. Eds. 2024. A study on women in labour force in Kenya: A focus on employment and entrepreneurship 2007 – 2020. University of Nairobi.
Oleche, M., & Beverlyne, O. 2024. Women in employment in Kenya. In: Wakibi, S. & Oleche, M. Eds. A study on women in labour force in Kenya: A focus on employment and entrepreneurship 2007 – 2020. (1st ed., pp. 23–42). University of Nairobi.
Oduro, A. D. & Swaminathan, H. 2024. Individualising wealth and asset measures in the global south: Challenges and new directions for research. In: Bennet, F., Avram, S., & Austen, S. Eds. A research agenda for financial resources within the household. Edward Elgar.
2022
Arndt, C., Gabriel, S., Hartley, F., Strzepek, K.M, & Thomas, T. 2022. Climate change and the green transition in South Africa. In: Oqubay, A., Tregenna, F., & Valodia, I. Eds. The Oxford Handbook of the South African Economy. OUP.
Bhorat, H., Stanwix, B, & Thornton, A. 2022. Changing dynamics in the South African labour market. In: Oqubay, A., Tregenna, F., & Valodia, I. Eds. The Oxford Handbook of the South African Economy. OUP.
Leibbrandt, M., & Andrés Díaz Pabón, F. 2022. Inequality in South Africa. In: Oqubay, A., Tregenna, F., & Valodia, I. Eds. The Oxford Handbook of the South African Economy. OUP.
2021
Deere, C. D., & Oduro, A. D. 2021. Assets, wealth, and property rights in the Global South. In: Berik, G., & Kongar, E. Eds. The Routledge Handbook of Feminist Economics. Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group.