Six Years of the African Scholars Program: Advancing Experimental Research Capacity Across Africa
J-PAL Africa’s African Scholars Program was born out of a need to address disparities in access to research funding, mentorship, training opportunities, and global academic networks that have limited African economics researchers.
A message from departing SALDRU Director Reza Daniels
After twenty-two months as Executive Director of SALDRU, Reza Daniels will be stepping down from the role. In this farewell message Reza reflects on the SALDRU's accomplishments and achievements over the period.
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SALDRU-ERSA December Workshop 2025
The Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU) and Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) are pleased to invite you to the 2025 December Workshop on Frontiers in Applied Economics for Developing Countries.
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Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunity: Public employment and the social value of work
The University of Cape Town invites applications for a postdoctoral fellowship position funded through the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) and National Research Foundation's (NRF) South African Research Chair Initiative (SARChI).
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Challenging inequalities through policy relevant academic research.
SALDRU and IIASA Launch New Fellowship Programme in Demography, Human Capital, and Sustainable Development
SALDRU has entered into an exciting three-year collaboration with the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) to support the next generation of African researchers working at the intersection of education and demography
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Is Multidimensional Poverty being measured correctly?
The lead article this month highlights research being done within the African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research, which interrogates measurement issues in multidimensional poverty frameworks in African countries.
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SA Youth Ecosystem Campaign
Youth development actors of the National Pathway Management Network (NPMN) have launched the SA Youth Ecosystem Campaign to unite the diverse players in the youth development ecosystem. SALDRU leads sub-committee 2 of the NPMN.
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Siyaphambili interactive website
An interactive website to track and monitor qualification attainment and related information in South Africa
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OpenSALDRU
The SALDRU repository contains publications from research conducted within the research unit. Select a collection to browse its contents.
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SALDRU launches interactive online platform The Community Explorer
Effective community-level development requires granular insights into well-being disparities. The Community Explorer is an interactive online platform designed to map, analyse, and visualise community-level well-being data in South Africa
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