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Dealing with global health challenges in #Africa ➡️ #poverty & #inequality contributed greatly to #COVID19 vulnerabilities, says ACEIR researcher Muna Shifa at the ARUA conference which started today: bit.ly/ARUA-2021 SALDRU 1/2

This new piece by Muna Shifa & Murray Leibbrandt on "Spatial inequality in sub-Saharan Africa" is a must-read for all. Read, share, and cite!! #Africa @ganorvi POLLEN American Association of Geographers tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Happy to share the news that my book, Everyday Practices of #StateBuilding in #Ethiopia, is out today with Oxford University Press global.oup.com/academic/produ…

New publication from SALDRU, BPI & Oxford School of Global & Area Studies on Socioeconomic-Related Inequalities in COVID-19 Vulnerability in South Africa. Great timing - the BPI Director & Manager are currently in Cape Town meeting with colleagues and delivering research training. mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/1…

Wonderful ARUA ACEIR and SALDRU training on multidimensional poverty measurement and spatial modelling from the Bristol Poverty Institute. Thank you Dave Gordon and Rich Harris!

Researchers analyzed socioeconomic-related inequalities in COVID-19 vulnerability in South Africa. Results showed that people’s health, socioeconomic, and living circumstances play a crucial role. Muna Shifa #Covid Access for Free: mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/1…

Just finished a talk and discussion of global inequality at the Bangladesh Institute for Development Studies in Dhaka. Great advantage of Zoom: one can easily communicate with different parts of the world while sitting at home. Thanks to Binayak Sen for invitation.

Our colleague, Dr Muna Shifa, explains in this The Conversation Africa article why data and research on #spatial #inequality are important as she shares highlights from a study on such #inequalities in sub-Saharan Africa countries: theconversation.com/inequality-in-… #researchinequalities SALDRU

The Director of the ARUA ACEIR team, Prof. Murray Leibbrandt, discussed their capacity building activities through the UKRI grant, including those with partnership from DataFirst, Bristol Poverty Institute, and AFD.

A session featuring ARUA and its Centre of Excellence on Inequalities (ACEIR) has taken place today at the ongoing conference of the African Econometric Society in Nairobi. Ernest Aryeetey, Murray Leibbrandt, Nkechi Onuoha, Damiano Manda and Carlos Gradin spoke at hybrid event.

Care work is a major barrier (unable to take research sabbaticals, conference attendance, etc) to academic work for female economists points out Daniela Casale @iaffe #WomenInLeadership #IAFFE2023

And... It's a wrap! #IAFFE2023 would not have been possible without these UCT student volunteers (not all in the pic 😔), International Association for Feminist Economics & ARUA ACEIR conference planning teams, & an excellent conference chair, our colleague Prof. Abena Oduro from Inst. of Statistical, Social & Economic Research University of Ghana 🙏🙏 Thank you!! 👏🏼👏🏼

Our team is presenting on combining geocoded extreme weather-related disaster data with social survey microdata, based on TSITICA research by: David Gordon, Nkechi S. Owoo Murray Leibbrandt Muna Shifa, Mary Zhang, Damiano Manda Bristol Poverty Institute (BPI) Inst. of Statistical, Social & Economic Research SALDRU Economics UON

On 27 October DataFirst & the School of Economics hosted a conference to honour the lifetime contributions of Prof Martin Wittenberg to economics, & more broadly to quantitative social science, in South Africa. Read the article: datafirst.uct.ac.za/about-us/lates… UCT UCT Commerce

Climate shocks affect children’s access to basic needs, such as food, housing, education, health, water and sanitation. Find out how the impacts of climate change drive families and children into poverty: uni.cf/3T60V49

A wealth of knowledge, expertise & experience are exchanged this week at this summer school on the roots of inequality, poverty & deprivation in Africa It's the 1st of many planned by the new Africa-Europe Cluster of Research Excellence in Inequalities, Poverty, and Deprivation!

He will be remembered for his dedication to rigour & his integrity as a researcher; the quality & depth of his mentorship of grad students; his frankness & honesty; & his commitment to building public goods enabling others to do better & more reliable research of their own.

AFD_en 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 Murray Leibbrandt Vimal Ranchhod Rawane yasser SALDRU Inst. of Statistical, Social & Economic Research Economics UON UCTSchoolofEconomics UCT Research University of Nairobi University of Ghana 👏 Chapter authors from ACEIR include Murray Leibbrandt Vimal Ranchhod Muna Shifa Fabio Andres Diaz Monica Lambon- Quayefio Nkechi S. Owoo @Rdosei1970 & many others 🙏 Some ACEIR associates also contributed to this new book: Mike Savage LSE Inequalities Rocco Zizzamia University of Oxford

👏 Authors incl. 14 researchers from our country nodes SALDRU UCTSchoolofEconomics Inst. of Statistical, Social & Economic Research University of Ghana Economics UON University of Nairobi Among them are Murray Leibbrandt Vimal Ranchhod Robert Darko Osei Nkechi S. Owoo Monica Lambon- Quayefio Fabio Andres Diaz Muna Shifa & associates Rocco Zizzamia Mike Savage

🪘 An excellent opportunity for many in our network! SALDRU International Association for Feminist Economics Inst. of Statistical, Social & Economic Research Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU) Nkechi S. Owoo Monica Lambon- Quayefio Muna Shifa Emma Whitelaw Southern Centre for Inequality Studies ECA UN Women Africa African Economic Research Consortium Bristol Poverty Institute (BPI) LSE Inequalities University of Ghana