A Care Approach to Achieving Gender Justice in Southern African Food Systems in the Context of Climate Change
Care is the missing link in food system reform—placing women and ecology at the heart of a climate-resilient, just future.
A call to action: Moving towards holistic climate-responsive budgeting
Track every climate rand?align finance with justice, transparency, and real impact on people and the planet.
Submission to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights’ Roadmap for Eradicating Poverty Beyond Growth
IEJ outlines a visionary roadmap for economic justice in South Africa, advocating for universal income support and progressive fiscal reforms beyond growth.
Designing human rights-aligned reforms for debt restructurings
This paper outlines how human rights principles can drive fairer, more effective sovereign debt restructurings—centering dignity, development, and justice.
A Coherent Framework for Sovereign Debt and Economic Transformation: Towards a Global South Debtors’s Coalition
This working paper calls for a Global South Debtors’ Coalition to drive structural transformation through coordinated action on debt, food, energy, and industry.
Diverting Development: The G20 and External Debt Service Burden in Africa
Africa's debt crisis is derailing development. A new report calls on the G20 to deliver real debt relief and reform the failing Common Framework.
SRD Grant Exclusion in South Africa
Millions of working-age South Africans qualify for the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant, yet less than half receive it, worsening poverty. The IEJ's research uncovers the reasons and proposes urgent reforms.
The scaling up of development finance institutions in climate finance provision to support localisation and worker transitions
Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) play a critical role in scaling climate finance to support South Africa's Just Energy Transition. Learn how reforms in governance, lending, and capitalisation can drive inclusive and sustainable growth.
Assertive Fiscal Policy in an Equitable and Worker-Centric Climate Response
South Africa's worker-centric climate response focuses on equitable fiscal policies, state-led financing, and a climate response fund to ensure a just transition, addressing both climate challenges and socio-economic equity.
Leveraging Monetary Policy to Support the Transitional Needs of South African Workers
South Africa's Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) must prioritise just transition finance to support renewable manufacturing, affordable housing, and adaptation infrastructure, ensuring a fair and sustainable transition for workers.