2023–2027 STRATEGY

The IEJ 2023–2027 Strategy transitions the organisation from a 'start-up' to a 'consolidation' and 'growth' phase. It aims to challenge neoliberal economic orthodoxies through a research-policy-advocacy nexus, promoting heterodox and feminist economic analysis. The strategy identifies five key objectives: advancing inclusive macroeconomic frameworks, growing communities of practice for progressive economic thinking, supporting just transitions in response to the climate crisis and changing work, popularising economic justice policies, and strengthening internal organisational capacity.

• The IEJ identifies a series of interlocking crises affecting the Global South, including a climate crisis that necessitates accelerated CO2 emission reductions in South Africa, which is the "world’s 13th largest per capita carbon emitter".
• The organisation critiques the dominant response to global crises as "inclusive neoliberalism" or the "Wall Street Consensus", where public services and developmental priorities are shifted to the private sector through "derisking" instruments like blended finance and public private partnerships.
• A central goal of the IEJ is to contest "market fundamentalism" and neoclassical paradigms by promoting heterodox economic analysis, specifically feminist economics, to empower progressive social forces.
• The IEJ seeks to support a just transition to a low-carbon, climate-resilient economy that prioritises the voices of workers and women and addresses the gendered impacts of climate change across sectors such as energy, agriculture, transport, and water.
• The strategy emphasises the need to democratise economic decision-making by contesting the power of "conservative centres of power, such as national treasuries" and international financial institutions like the IMF in Africa.
• The IEJ's theory of change posits that conducting rigorous research and providing alternative policy proposals will empower progressive social forces to shift policy discourses, leading to the "irreversible systematic transformation of the economy and society".

APA

Institute for Economic Justice (2023). 2023–2027 STRATEGY. https://iej.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/iej_strategy-2023-2027_february-2023.pdf

Chicago

Institute for Economic Justice. 2023–2027 STRATEGY. 2023. https://iej.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/iej_strategy-2023-2027_february-2023.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{instituteforeconomicjustice202320232027, author = {{Institute for Economic Justice}}, title = {{2023–2027 STRATEGY}}, institution = {Institute for Economic Justice}, year = {2023}, url = {https://iej.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/iej_strategy-2023-2027_february-2023.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }