The Care Economy Africa

Our project, an international collaboration led by the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) and various academic and economic partners, aims to transform care systems in Africa over a period of three to five years. We are focusing on early childhood care (ECC) and long-term care (LTC) for the elderly, in response to the social and economic impacts exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our aim is to develop innovative local solutions to improve care infrastructures, reduce inequalities and strengthen the resilience of African communities, drawing on the continent’s values and strengths.

The Care Economy Africa

Our project, an international collaboration led by the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) and various academic and economic partners, aims to transform care systems in Africa over a period of three to five years. We are focusing on early childhood care (ECC) and long-term care (LTC) for the elderly, in response to the social and economic impacts exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our aim is to develop innovative local solutions to improve care infrastructures, reduce inequalities and strengthen the resilience of African communities, drawing on the continent’s values and strengths.

Our Aims

Our Aims

Basis Of Our Programme

We build on the Care Work and the Economy project (2017-2021), which assessed the economic and social impacts of existing care arrangements in South Korea and developed innovative gender-sensitive tools for policy analysis. In addition, we are leveraging APHRC’s engagement at the continental level to address missing care and life chances in the pursuit of a demographic dividend in Africa.

Basis Of Our Programme

We build on the Care Work and the Economy project (2017-2021), which assessed the economic and social impacts of existing care arrangements in South Korea and developed innovative gender-sensitive tools for policy analysis. In addition, we are leveraging APHRC’s engagement at the continental level to address missing care and life chances in the pursuit of a demographic dividend in Africa.

Our Research

We intend to achieve our goals through a holistic approach that involves four interactive sets of activities or work packages (WP)

WP1

A comprehensive empirical investigation of present contexts, norms, arrangements, experiences and impacts of ECC and LTC provision and receipt.

WP2

Gender-sensitive, care embedded macroeconomic modelling for policy analysis

WP3

Strategic policy and stakeholder engagement within the Africa region

WP4

Connecting, and enabling joint, comparative analyses, between, our Africa-focused work and that of other regional and country teams in the ‘Care Economies in Context’.

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