Winnie Sambu

African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), Nairobi (Kenya) – Ph.D. candidate at the School of Economics at the University of Cape Town. She holds a master’s degree in Economics (Development) from the University of the Western Cape (South Africa) and a master’s degree in Develop_x0002_ment Management from Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Germany/South Africa). She has over 7 years’ experience in research on socio-economic issues affect_x0002_ing households, including poverty, inequality, and food security. Winnie pre_x0002_viously worked with the African Economic Research Consortium as a Knowl_x0002_edge Management Consultant, with the Children’s Institute at the University of Cape Town as a researcher and has consulted for various organisations on a range of research projects that have focused on socio-economic issues af_x0002_fecting individuals and their households.