Department of Economics
Busi Sibeko
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Key information
- Roles
- Department of Economics PhD Student in Economics
- Department
- Department of Economics
- Qualifications
- BS Economics (Duke University), MSc Political Economy of Development (SOAS)
- Email address
- 625170@soas.ac.uk
- Thesis title
- Public sector systems of provision and social reproduction in South Africa.
- Internal Supervisors
- Dr Hannah Bargawi
Biography
Busi Sibeko is an MPhil/PhD student in the SOAS-Wits joint PhD in Applied Development Economics.
She is also a public finance analyst at the Parliamentary Budget Office of South Africa. She was previously at the Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ) where her research focus was macroeconomic policy. During her time at the IEJ, Busi published a number of papers, including The Cost Austerity: Lessons for South Africa and A fiscal stimulus for South Africa. Busi was the co-Chair of the Budget Justice Coalition which is comprised of 14+ civil society organisations. She also provided research support to the labour constituency.
In 2020, Busi was featured in the roundtable series of renowned economists on Rebirthing the Global Economy to Deliver Sustainable Development by the United Nations Secretary-General. She was also part of the UN Women feminist expert panel that informed the “Beyond COVID-19: A feminist plan for sustainability and social justice” published in 2021. She considers herself a feminist political economist in training and is determined to be a part of unwinding structural injustice.
Research interests
- Feminist political economy
- Fiscal policy
- Social reproduction
- Public sector systems of provision
