This policy brief examines the role of DFIs in climate finance mobilisation, focusing on localisation and worker transitions. Using South Africa's IDC as a case study, it highlights challenges and proposes reforms for equitable green transitions.
South Africa must adopt an assertive fiscal policy to address climate change, mobilising domestic resources for renewable energy, carbon pricing, and a climate response fund to ensure equity and worker-centric transitions.
South Africa's Just Energy Transition requires monetary policy reforms to unlock R600 billion for sustainable growth, job creation, and worker-focused economic diversification.
The IEJ is reshaping development finance to ensure transparency, sustainability, and justice. Explore our work on IFI lending, climate finance, and debt justice.
South Africa's debt crisis stems from high borrowing costs, not debt size. Rigid fiscal rules may worsen the situation. This brief explores alternatives for sustainable fiscal management.
In 2024, the IEJ drove transformative change in economic justice, climate finance, feminist economics, and basic income. Through research, advocacy, and global engagement, we shaped policies for equity, sustainability, and rights-based development. Discover our impact in advancing a just society.
Public concern about fraud in South Africa’s social grant system has grown sharply in recent years. In response, the government has introduced stricter surveillance, biometric checks and large-scale verification processes aimed at rooting out fraud. However, these measures often misidentify…
Discover how narrow poverty targeting in South Africa's SRD grant system causes high exclusion rates and affects vulnerable groups.
South Africa faces a food insecurity crisis driven by income poverty. A Universal Basic Income Grant can transform access to nutrition, break poverty cycles, and boost local economies.
A Universal Basic Income Guarantee (UBIG) can cushion communities from disruptions during South Africa's Just Energy Transition, ensuring fairness and resilience.