Title:
Social science shows it can contribute to COVID-19 policy-making
Authors:
Nico Cloete, Murray Leibbrandt & Francois van Schalkwyk
Published:
University World News, 21 May 2020
https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20200520144250507
From the article:
"The work of a group of economists attached to an expert academic research unit at the University of Cape Town, which led to the introduction of a child grant to relieve social distress caused by the COVID-19 lockdown in South Africa, shows that Africa has the research capacity to influence evidence-based policy-making. The bigger issue is how to expand this capacity."