The PII has aimed to make research on poverty and inequality conducted at UCT available and accessible through a curated repository of publications with a searchable database. A pilot programme, developed with the support of the OpenUCT team, showcased the work of several key research units. This body of work was expanded on OpenUCT portal where possible.

PII-associated research publications:

Daily practicers of informality amidst urban poverty [research report]

Grappling with poverty and inequality: A report on the process and findings of the Mandela Initiative [report and toolkit to reading the report]

Social solidarity, human rights, and collective action: considerations in the implementation of the National Health Insurance in South Africa [Health and Human Rights Journal, 2018]

What drives youth unemployment and what interventions help? A systematic overview of the evidence. High-level overview report [2018]

What drives youth unemployment and what interventions help? A systematic overview of the evidence. Executive summary [2018]

The top 1% of incomes are increasing rapidly even with low economic growth [Econ 3x3, working paper, 2018]

Creating jobs, reducing poverty V: Is ‘formalising’ the informal sector the answer? [Econ 3x3, book extract, 2018]

Creating jobs, reducing poverty IV: What policy approach to enable the informal sector? [Econ 3x3, book extract, 2018]

Creating jobs, reducing poverty III: Barriers to entry and growth in the informal sector – and business cycle vulnerabilities [Econ 3x3, book extract, 2018]

Creating jobs, reducing poverty II: The substantial employment performance of the informal sector [Econ 3x3, book extract, 2018]

Creating jobs, reducing poverty I: Why the informal sector should be taken seriously and enabled properly [Econ 3x3, book extract, 2018]

The state of youth well-being in South Africa [SALDRU policy brief, 2018]

Urban food systems governance and poverty in African cities [Routledge, 2018]

Developing prosperous and inclusive cities in Africa – national urban policies to the rescue?

Unpacking the lived realities of Western Cape youth: Exploring the well-being of young people residing in five of the most deprived areas in the Western Cape Province [Western Cape government and SALDRU research report, 2018]

Unpacking the lived realities of Western Cape youth: Exploring the well-being of young people residing in five of the most deprived areas in the Western Cape Province [Western Cape government and SALDRU research report executive summary, 2018]

Defining and measuring social cohesion in South Africa [policy brief 1, 2018]

Seeing the gap: Trends and relationships between social cohesion and inequality in South Africa [policy brief 2, 2018]

Social cohesion and inequality in South Africa [working paper, 2018]

From definition to measurement: constructing a social cohesion index for South Africa [working paper, 2018]

Defining social cohesion [working paper, 2018]

Exploring South Africans’ understanding of social cohesion [working paper, 2018]

The gap between rich and poor: South African society’s biggest divide depends on where you think you fit in [working paper, 2018]

Towards measuring social cohesion in South Africa: Lessons for nation branding developers [Strategic Review for Southern Africa, 2017]

Multidimensional Youth Poverty: Estimating the Youth MPI in South Africa at ward level [SALDRU working paper, 2016]

Measuring multidimensional poverty among youth in South Africa at the sub-national level [SALDRU working paper, 2016]

Youth unemployment: What can we do in the short run? [Econ 3x3 policy brief]

Measuring recent changes in South African inequality and poverty using 1996 and 2001 census data [working paper, 2015]

The policies for reducing income inequality and poverty in South Africa [working paper, 2015]

The sensitivity of estimates of post- apartheid changes in South African poverty and inequality to key data imputationsâ [working paper, 2015]

Income inequality after apartheid [working paper, 2015]

South African Child Gauge 2015: Youth and the intergenerational transmission of poverty [Children’s Institute report, 2015]

A focus on youth: An opportunity to disrupt the intergenerational transmission of poverty [Children's Institute report chapter, 2015]

Youth: An opportunity to interrupt the intergenerational transmission of poverty. [Children’s Institute policy brief, 2015]

Youth: An opportunity to interrupt the intergenerational transmission of poverty. [Children’s Institute poster, 2015]

Youth Matters: What young people need to reach their dreams [Children’s Institute, Poverty & Inequality Initiative and IkamvaYouth, youth bulletin, 2015]