Inequalities in Sub-Saharan Africa: Multidimensional Perspectives and Future Challenges

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This episode explores how transformative policies can address deep-rooted inequalities in Sub-Saharan Africa.

How can transformative policies effectively address deep-rooted inequalities in Africa while ensuring sustainable development? In this episode of Grandes Lignes we dive into the complex web of inequalities shaping income, education, healthcare, migration and climate resilience across Africa with the insights from Murray Leibbrandt , Chair of poverty & inequality research at the University of Cape Town & Director of the African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research (ACEIR) , Anda David , AFD Senior Economist in charge of research programs on inequality, poverty & international migration and Rawane Yasser , AFD researcher on these issues. Our three guests contributed to "Inequalities in Sub-Saharan Africa: Multidimensional Perspectives and Future Challenges" , a new title in the Africa Development Forum series jointly published by AFD and the World Bank Group. In 2025, we celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Africa Development Forum series . With a focus on issues of significant relevance to Sub-Saharan Africa’s social and economic development, titles in the series aim to both to record the state of the art on a specific topic and to contribute to ongoing local…

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Guests: Murray Leibbrandt, Anda David, Rawane Yasser

Topics covered

• inequality
• sustainable development
• Sub-Saharan Africa
• poverty
• migration
• climate resilience

Keywords

• inequalities
• Africa
• economic development
• education
• healthcare
• climate change
• migration

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Organizations: University of Cape Town, African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research (ACEIR), AFD, World Bank Group, Africa Development Forum

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