Africa | The Impact Initiative

Improving research infrastructure on social assistance

Principal Investigator: Armando Barrientos. Lead Organisation: University of Manchester

Mobile payment systems to reduce rural water risks in Africa

Principal Investigator: Robert Adrian Hope. Lead Organisation: University of Oxford

Vukani Primary School, Cape Town, South Africa.

Succeeding against the odds: understanding resilience and exceptionalism in high-functioning township and rural primary schools in South Africa

Principal Investigator: Servaas Van Der Berg. Lead Organisation: Stellenbosch University

Co-investigators: Nicholas Andrew Spaull; Ursula Kate Hoadley; Jaamia Galant; Nicholas Christopher Taylor

Bridging the gap: examining disability and development in four African countries

This research examines common systemic barriers disabled people encounter when accessing services, and the lack of information and inclusion in national level poverty reduction strategies.

Insuring against Rural Water Risk in Africa

Principal Investigator: Robert Adrian Hope. Lead Organisation: University of Oxford

Co-investigators: Peter Harvey; Timothy Ross Foster

Photograph of a woman in Hargeisa, Somaliland

Political Settlement in Somaliland: a gendered perspective

Recent research recognises the importance of political settlements in determining the equitability of development and societal stability. This research on political settlements analyses the different roles that women and men play in determining a given settlement.

Female Labour Supply and the Escape from Poverty: New evidence from household data

This study utilizes household survey data from four African and Asian countries to examine in depth, and on a comparable basis, the evolving nature of female labour supply in low income countries over the past two to three decades, and to analyse the links with poverty reduction.

Governing Food Systems to Alleviate Poverty in Secondary Cities in Africa

Principal investigators: Vanessa Watson. Lead Organisation: University of Cape Town

Co-investigators: Jane Battersby; Susan Marion Parnell; Warren Michael Smit; Jonathan Crush

At the end of the feeder road: assessing the impact of track construction for motorbike taxis on agrarian development in Liberia

This study aims to understand the impact that motorbike navigable track/trail construction from farmstead to village/road/market has on lifting smallholder farmers out of poverty by reducing costs to produce for markets.

Understanding the political and institutional conditions for effective poverty reduction for persons with disabilities in Liberia

What political and institutional conditions are associated with effective poverty reduction and development in Liberia post-conflict, and what can domestic and external actors do to promote them?

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