I am pleased to share that the article by Lauren and myself entitled 'Customary courts, state institutions, or opting out: Patterns of forum pluralism in three African countries' is now available online:
https://t.co/98n6HnTVc5
Enjoy the read.
Best,
Patricia.
📰New Working Paper on conflict resolution access in Africa
Using data from the LGPI, the study analyzes 5,000 disputes across Zambia, Malawi & Kenya. Findings show how forum availability, social status & geography shape access to justice.
Full paper: https://t.co/D611OEjviJ
🙌Wonderful days with wonderful people! Thank you to all who came and contributed with great insights, engagement, energy and dance moves. We’re looking forward to keep following all the amazing work you do✨
Was so nice to see an old @BankofZambia colleague @funjipat present her paper (with Chewe Mwila and Patrick Mulenga) on Monetary Policy and Inflation in Zambia. @Oxford_CSAE was a blast.
💥 A glove that converts sign language to Audio!
An inspiring invention by Weluzani Banda, engineer in Zambia, who has the ambition to build a better world for everyone!
Join me in congratulating him... We need more people like this!
#innovation#techforgood#AI
Excited that my manuscript on precolonial ethnic institutions and mobility in Africa, an extract from my PhD thesis, has finally been published by Taylor & Francis in Economic History of Developing Regions and is available at
https://t.co/fNqMP91sFV
Congratulations to 🇿🇲 President @HHichilema & his team on the $1.3 billion IMF program approved by the IMF Board today.
We’re proud to support Zambia’s homegrown reforms and actions to help build a better future for all Zambians. https://t.co/3bVrWF6v3x
Fully endorse! Full disclosure: @funjipat and I contributed a chapter on social mobility and horizontal inequality - our pleasure be a part and get feedback from this all-star group
What advice do you have for girls who wish to become scientists?
@RGisselquist wants to encourage girls to follow their passions, take risks and not to be afraid of making mistakes.
See some of Rachel’s recent work at https://t.co/hSn8I81GlB
#WomenInScience#UNU4SDG5#SDG5
Susan joins us from @MakerereU in Uganda. She's hoping that what she learns in our #summerschool will help her in collecting and analyzing data to produce research that can be published in high ranking journals.
@DPRU_UCT
Meet Patricia a research fellow at the University of Zambia, and a UNU-WIDER PhD fellow alumna.
Through our #SummerSchool Patricia hopes to gain the skills and tools to effectively research #inequality, particularly in rural areas.
https://t.co/BcDKy99NPo
@funjipat@DPRU_UCT
What are the impacts of increased mobile phone use on labour markets and farm productivity in #Tanzania?
Find out in a new working paper from PhD fellow alumni @AimableNsabima1 and @funjipat
https://t.co/aVe5e2neTe
#agriculture#DevEcon
Renowned economist Gary Fields (@cornellilr), with over 40 years experience teaching, joins us again today for another intense and informative #summerschool session @DPRU_UCT on labour market #economics#DevEcon