The task now is to turn the reactive response to the health and economic emergencies into a proactive set of policies and actions.
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In Morocco, the COVID-19 pandemic has burdened women with more housework and duties at home, and violence against them has risen.
Early in the pandemic, countries had to address several questions as the virus spread and lockdowns became inevitable.
Companies being required to go public with information about executive and workers pay packets is increasingly becoming the norm.
Gender pay gap reporting was made mandatory in 2016. Could the same be done for tracking salaries by race?
When policymakers reduce electricity scarcity to a few factors like theft and vandalism, to be solved with technology and stiff penalties, they miss other factors that contribute to electricity theft.
Rob Davies is critical of economic policy, starting with the Mandela administration. He reserves particular criticism for its macroeconomic policy framework introduced in 1996.
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More needs to be done to support South Africa's township communities.
President Biden has proposed spending $45 billion to replace every lead water pipe and service line in the nation. A public health expert explains why he sees this as a worthwhile investment.
Far too often it is still an education for some and not for everybody.
President Biden wants to raise the capital gains tax that wealthy people pay and use the extra revenue to fund new social spending on children and education.
Many studies conducted in recent years tie lower poverty rates for children to better health and higher pay when they grow up.
The growing defence of South Africa’s beleaguered constitutional democracy is bolstered by African thinker Mahmood Mamdani’s latest book.
Indonesia’s system of identity document ownership is rife with systemic problems.
The devastating effect COVID-19 has had on disabled people globally goes far beyond health issues
Differences between regions has been a major political theme in recent years and it shows in the polling.
Our research shows that COVID-19 is disproportionately affecting Black and Asian people, and racism is part of the explanation why.
COVID-19 has underscored the value of parks and public spaces. A new survey shows that US mayors have gotten the message, but post-pandemic plans for public spaces remain largely undefined.
Findings show that income transfer programmes must operate in deliberate coordination with ancillary social service institutions to deliver the maximum benefits for women’s empowerment.
The International Public Policy Observatory (IPPO) seeks to mitigate the social impacts of COVID-19.
Top contributors
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Pro Vice-Chancellor, Climate, Sustainability and Inequality and Director, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Social Development Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Professorial Fellow, Jumbunna IHL, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Senior Researcher, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Visiting Senior Fellow in History, UNSW
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Part-Time Professor of Economics, The New School
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Emeritus Professor, Department of Political Economy, University of Sydney
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Distinguished Reserach Professor, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Program Director, Housing and Economic Security, Grattan Institute
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Associate Professor of Family Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
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Senior lecturer, University of Edinburgh
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Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography, University of Oxford