NRF/DST SARChI Applied Poverty Reduction Assessment

The SARChI in Applied Poverty Reduction Assessment is an active programme offering various job posts and academic bursaries throughout the year. Kindly click on the News Blog link (see above) for up to date information on the programme. The latest news items include the following job posts and academic bursaries below. Please be sure to read…

The SARChI is composed of the following team of staff members, post-doctoral, PhD and Master’s students, and part-time graduate student assistants. The team is working towards meeting the aims and objectives around applied poverty reduction assessment which fall under its current research themes. First team meeting for SARChI (2016)…

The SARChI produces ongoing working papers, journal articles and book chapters related to the topic of Applied Poverty Reduction Assessment. Moreover, the SARChI team is represented at various local, national and international workshops and conferences through their ongoing research work. The work below has been supported through…

Poverty Reduction Objective: to establish what still needs to be measured and why. Rationale: there is a need to think about what type of numbers generate social change and what type of ones do not; about where measuring something leads to outcomes that have traction in public policy, and again, lead to social change…

South Africa Research Chair Initiative (SARChI) in Applied Poverty Reduction Assessment The SARChI was established in 2006 by South Africa’s National Research Foundation (NRF) and the Department of Science and Technology (DST). The SARChI in applied poverty reduction assessment is administered by the University of KwaZulu-Natal…