Institute for Social and Economic Research

A dynamic analysis of tenure status in Africa’s urban housing markets

There is a widespread narrative on the global housing crisis. To contribute to our collective understanding, this paper analyses housing outcomes in four urban centres in Ghana and Tanzania. We consider how outcomes change across five age cohorts differentiated by gender. We show...

Longitudinal Evaluation of Public Health Surveillance Methodologies in Nigeria: A Time-Series Forecasting Model for Risk Reduction, 2000–2026

{ "background": "Public health surveillance systems in Nigeria have historically relied on lagged, aggregate data, limiting proactive risk management. A critical methodological gap exists in evaluating these systems' predictive performance for forecasting disease burdens and meas...

Longitudinal Evaluation of Public Health Surveillance Methodologies in Nigeria: A Time-Series Forecasting Model for Risk Reduction, 2000–2026

{ "background": "Public health surveillance systems in Nigeria have historically relied on lagged, aggregate data, limiting proactive risk management. A critical methodological gap exists in evaluating these systems' predictive performance for forecasting disease burdens and meas...

SOCIETAL AGEING: WHAT IS HAPPENING IN MALAYSIA AND WHAT SHOULD BE DONE

Abstract Malaysia is a rapidly ageing country. Relative to the United Kingdom, its social protection systems are underdeveloped. What is more, its political structure and social practices are different from those of the United Kingdom. Accordingly, the political economy of ageing...