African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research
@arua-aceir.bsky.social
ACEIR is the first of 13 centres of excellence set up by the African Research Universities Alliance. By producing excellent and innovative policy-relevant research, we aim to lead African research in overcoming inequality & poverty | www.aceir.uct.ac.za
👩🎓What does it take to reach the milestone of full professor in economics, especially as a female? We asked our colleague, Dr Nkechi S. Owoo, who recently was promoted to this academic rank, making her the 1st female to be capped in that capacity at the University of Ghana🎇
🔗https://bit.ly/4oWWzcl
🔗https://bit.ly/4oWWzcl
November 6, 2025 at 1:03 PM
👩🎓What does it take to reach the milestone of full professor in economics, especially as a female? We asked our colleague, Dr Nkechi S. Owoo, who recently was promoted to this academic rank, making her the 1st female to be capped in that capacity at the University of Ghana🎇
🔗https://bit.ly/4oWWzcl
🔗https://bit.ly/4oWWzcl
🪘 This week sees the first hybrid seminar in our series on African inequalities, with @VimalRanchhod discussing inequalities in human capital & labour market outcomes.
📆 Wednesday, 13 Aug.
⏲️ 1-2 pm CAT
✍️🖥️ bit.ly/45HZVZT
Hosted jointly with @saldru.bsky.social at the University of Cape Town
📆 Wednesday, 13 Aug.
⏲️ 1-2 pm CAT
✍️🖥️ bit.ly/45HZVZT
Hosted jointly with @saldru.bsky.social at the University of Cape Town
August 12, 2025 at 1:19 PM
🪘 This week sees the first hybrid seminar in our series on African inequalities, with @VimalRanchhod discussing inequalities in human capital & labour market outcomes.
📆 Wednesday, 13 Aug.
⏲️ 1-2 pm CAT
✍️🖥️ bit.ly/45HZVZT
Hosted jointly with @saldru.bsky.social at the University of Cape Town
📆 Wednesday, 13 Aug.
⏲️ 1-2 pm CAT
✍️🖥️ bit.ly/45HZVZT
Hosted jointly with @saldru.bsky.social at the University of Cape Town
Access to paid leave is crucial for reducing health & economic inequalities, esp. for women & low-income workers. A new paper by ACEIR researchers & associates reveals big gaps in access to paid leave in South Africa.
Presented @ #IPC2025 @iussp.bsky.social
🔗 bit.ly/469AWzr
@saldru.bsky.social
Presented @ #IPC2025 @iussp.bsky.social
🔗 bit.ly/469AWzr
@saldru.bsky.social
July 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Access to paid leave is crucial for reducing health & economic inequalities, esp. for women & low-income workers. A new paper by ACEIR researchers & associates reveals big gaps in access to paid leave in South Africa.
Presented @ #IPC2025 @iussp.bsky.social
🔗 bit.ly/469AWzr
@saldru.bsky.social
Presented @ #IPC2025 @iussp.bsky.social
🔗 bit.ly/469AWzr
@saldru.bsky.social
👇 An exciting call for conference papers on frontier research in applied economics relevant to developing countries!
📊 For presentation to academics, policymakers & subject-matter experts in December
📍 Organised by Economic Research Southern Africa & University of Cape Town's @saldru.bsky.social
📊 For presentation to academics, policymakers & subject-matter experts in December
📍 Organised by Economic Research Southern Africa & University of Cape Town's @saldru.bsky.social
[CALL FOR PAPERS]: SALDRU-ERSA DECEMBER WORKSHOP 2025
Join us in sunny Cape Town on 8-9 December for the 2025 iteration of the annual December Workshop, hosted with Economic Research South Africa!
Keynotes from Joe Kaboski & Taryn Dinkelman.
Submit your papers by 1 September (links in next tweet)
Join us in sunny Cape Town on 8-9 December for the 2025 iteration of the annual December Workshop, hosted with Economic Research South Africa!
Keynotes from Joe Kaboski & Taryn Dinkelman.
Submit your papers by 1 September (links in next tweet)
July 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
👇 An exciting call for conference papers on frontier research in applied economics relevant to developing countries!
📊 For presentation to academics, policymakers & subject-matter experts in December
📍 Organised by Economic Research Southern Africa & University of Cape Town's @saldru.bsky.social
📊 For presentation to academics, policymakers & subject-matter experts in December
📍 Organised by Economic Research Southern Africa & University of Cape Town's @saldru.bsky.social
#WorldPopulationDay
By 2050, Africa will be the only region with a growing working-age population & will need to produce 2 million jobs/month by 2040 to keep up with the increase in working-age people: study by @davidalam.bsky.social & Murray Leibbrandt
🔗https://bit.ly/45ZF7Ob
@saldru.bsky.social
By 2050, Africa will be the only region with a growing working-age population & will need to produce 2 million jobs/month by 2040 to keep up with the increase in working-age people: study by @davidalam.bsky.social & Murray Leibbrandt
🔗https://bit.ly/45ZF7Ob
@saldru.bsky.social
July 11, 2025 at 12:51 PM
#WorldPopulationDay
By 2050, Africa will be the only region with a growing working-age population & will need to produce 2 million jobs/month by 2040 to keep up with the increase in working-age people: study by @davidalam.bsky.social & Murray Leibbrandt
🔗https://bit.ly/45ZF7Ob
@saldru.bsky.social
By 2050, Africa will be the only region with a growing working-age population & will need to produce 2 million jobs/month by 2040 to keep up with the increase in working-age people: study by @davidalam.bsky.social & Murray Leibbrandt
🔗https://bit.ly/45ZF7Ob
@saldru.bsky.social
The growing gap between the rich & poor in especially developing nations impacts development. Join us for a World Bank event where colleague Murray Leibbrandt from SALDRU will input on inequality trends & development policy priorities for sub-Saharan Africa
📅 8 July @ 5 - 6 pm CAT
✍️ bit.ly/44i4Jo7
📅 8 July @ 5 - 6 pm CAT
✍️ bit.ly/44i4Jo7
Sharing Prosperity: Policy Innovations to Tackle Economic Inequality
This event will reflect on the impact economic inequality has on development and development policy, leading into the 11th ECINEQ Meeting.
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July 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The growing gap between the rich & poor in especially developing nations impacts development. Join us for a World Bank event where colleague Murray Leibbrandt from SALDRU will input on inequality trends & development policy priorities for sub-Saharan Africa
📅 8 July @ 5 - 6 pm CAT
✍️ bit.ly/44i4Jo7
📅 8 July @ 5 - 6 pm CAT
✍️ bit.ly/44i4Jo7