Sanusha Naidu is a research specialist in the Integrated Rural and Regional Development Research Programme and the Southern African Regional Network (SARPN). After completing a BA law degree and an Honours degree in political science at the University of Durban-Westville, she obtained an MA in International Relations from Staffordshire University, England. Prior to joining the HSRC, Sanusha was Senior Africa researcher at the South African Institute of International Affairs. She has published in the areas of African political economy and democratisation. At present she is co-leading a project that tracks South African corporate expansion into Africa. She can be contacted at [email protected]

Benjamin Roberts is a research specialist in the Integrated Rural and Regional Development Research Programme and the Southern African Regional Poverty Network (SARPN). He has a BSc degree in town and regional planning (cum laude) from the University of the Witwatersrand and an MSc degree in urban and regional planning (development)(cum laude) from the University of Natal. Prior to joining the HSRC, he was research fellow in the Population and Poverty Studies Programme at the School of Development Studies at the University of Natal. Benjamin has extensive experience in the micro-econometric analysis of household surveys. His journal publications deal mainly with issues of poverty measurement, especially from a longitudinal perspective. He can be contacted at [email protected].