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We're the Centre for the Study of African Economies, a research centre at the University of Oxford. We focus on improving economic and social conditions in developing countries.
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CSAE @oxfordcsae.bsky.social · Nov 19
📣Registration for the CSAE Conference 2026 is now open. cvent.me/4mMOvq

The Conference brings together colleagues from across the #development #economics community to discuss Africa. #OxCSAE2026 #EconSky

📅22-24 March 2026
📍Oxford, UK
⏰ Register by 22 February 2026
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CSAE Conference 2026 Registration is Open
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Paper by the CSAE's @amirleb.bsky.social ( @tidecentre.bsky.social @odid-qeh.bsky.social ) on 'Biodiversity and Productive Development: Extractivist traps and symbiotic innovation ecosystems in Latin America & the Caribbean' 👇
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February 6, 2026 at 11:19 AM
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📣The programme for the CSAE Conference 2026 is now published. cvent.me/eWZ8LP

The Conference brings together colleagues from across the #development #economics community to discuss Africa. #OxCSAE2026 #EconSky

📅22-24 March 2026
📍Oxford, UK
⏰ Register by 22 February 2026
CSAE Conference 2026 programme live graphic with CSAE logo, navy background and world map.
February 5, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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CSAE's Fandi Achmad @odid-qeh.bsky.social, & Monchito Ibrahim, explore how targeted digital adoption incentives, structured knowledge partnerships, & clear data governance can help firms move beyond routine outsourcing into innovation-driven partnerships.👇
Digital Tech Adoption Incentives to Unlock the Next Growth Frontier of the IT-BPM Sector - Tech For Good Institute
The Philippines’ IT-BPM sector is growing strongly, but the next growth frontier will come from innovation enabled by advanced digital technologies, such as cloud, AI, analytics, and secure…
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February 4, 2026 at 11:19 AM
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We're delighted to welcome Lucia Corno to Oxford today for the CSAE Lunchtime Seminar.

Join us at 12:30 in Seminar Room G. See you there.

Details 👇
oxfordcsae.bsky.social CSAE @oxfordcsae.bsky.social · 8d
🎉Next week's CSAE Lunchtime Seminar is with Lucia Corno (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore) on 'Norm Replacement and Information. An Experiment on Ending Female Genital Cutting'

📆Wed 04 Feb, 12:30-2pm
📍Manor Road Building, Oxford
ℹ️https://www.csae.ox.ac.uk/events
CSAE Lunchtime Seminar graphic with photo of Lucia Corno (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore). Topic is 'Norm Replacement and Information. An Experiment on Ending Female Genital Cutting'
February 4, 2026 at 8:54 AM
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Have you registered for the CSAE Conference 2026: Economic Development in Africa?

This year's closing panel will be The Science of Scale & Implementation: New Frontiers for Research.

📆Tues 24 March, 16:30 - 18:00 GMT
Speaker info in 🧵

⏰Register for #OxCSAE2026 by 22 February: cvent.me/4mMOvq
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February 3, 2026 at 10:31 AM
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The CSAE’s #JournalofAfricanEconomies January 2026 issue includes:

'Terrorism and Military Expenditure in Africa: An Analysis of Spillover Effects’

✒️Amadou Boly and Éric N Kéré

📚https://doi.org/10.1093/jae/ejaf007
#JournalofAfricanEconomies January 2026 graphic for paper 'Terrorism and Military Expenditure in Africa: An Analysis of Spillover Effects’. Includes African continent motif, OUP and CSAE logos on grey background. ✒️Amadou Boly and Éric N Kéré
February 3, 2026 at 10:07 AM
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⏰Less than 3 weeks left to register for the CSAE Conference 2026: Economic Development in Africa #OxCSAE2026

Reg deadline: 22 February 2026, 23:59 GMT

This year's keynote speaker is Yaw Nyarko (NYU).
Find out more about the event & register today: cvent.me/4mMOvq
CSAE Conference 2026: Economic Development in Africa graphic wit navy background and photo of this year's keynote speaker is Yaw Nyarko (NYU). Also includes world map and CSAE 40th anniversary logo
February 2, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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🌟New paper by Ricardo Soares de Oliveira (@oxmartinschool.bsky.social African Governance Programme) finds that African offshore finance is increasingly routed through Asian financial centres.
www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/news/africas...
Africa’s offshore ties to Asia are growing, but their consequences…
The Oxford Martin School at the University of Oxford brings together the best minds from different fields to tackle the most pressing issues of the 21st…
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February 2, 2026 at 11:36 AM
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📣⏰CLOSING TODAY

We're #hiring.

Apply to be a Senior Research Associate on the PROSPER programme at the CSAE & @blavatnikschool.bsky.social

⏰Deadline: 02 February 2026, 12:00 GMT
ℹ️https://www.csae.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
#EconSky
We're hiring a Senior Research Associate on the PROSPER programme at the CSAE & BSG. ⏰Deadline: 02 February 2026, 12:00 GMT ℹ️https://www.csae.ox.ac.uk/vacancies Grey background with 40th logo and navy deadline circle.
February 2, 2026 at 8:54 AM
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🎉Next week's CSAE Lunchtime Seminar is with Lucia Corno (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore) on 'Norm Replacement and Information. An Experiment on Ending Female Genital Cutting'

📆Wed 04 Feb, 12:30-2pm
📍Manor Road Building, Oxford
ℹ️https://www.csae.ox.ac.uk/events
CSAE Lunchtime Seminar graphic with photo of Lucia Corno (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore). Topic is 'Norm Replacement and Information. An Experiment on Ending Female Genital Cutting'
January 30, 2026 at 11:19 AM
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📉 Has global poverty really fallen since 1990?
It depends on how we measure it!

New VoxDev article 👉

@voxdev.bsky.social @iobua.bsky.social @odid-qeh.bsky.social @oxfordcsae.bsky.social @maxroser.bsky.social @ourworldindata.org
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Global poverty trends through a new lens
Global poverty trends look radically different depending on the poverty line used. A new measure that doesn’t depend on ‘lines’ – the average time needed to earn a dollar – shows that global poverty h...
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January 28, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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📢 New free virtual course (PEDL x STEG)

Private Enterprises, Productivity, and Economic Growth - starting 6 Feb 2026

When: Fridays, 15:30–17:00 (London time)
Format: Virtual + recordings available

🔗 More info: grp.cepr.org/node/231
📝 Register here: cepr.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?...
January 29, 2026 at 11:35 AM
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🌟📽️NEW VIDEO

The CSAE's @jblabonne.bsky.social (@blavatnikschool.bsky.social) discusses a field experiment in the Philippines on how sharing candidate policies affects voter behaviour before elections.👇
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Do Campaign Promises Really Impact Voters?
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January 29, 2026 at 11:22 AM
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We're delighted to welcome @andrewzeitlin.io to Oxford today for our CSAE Lunchtime Seminar.

Join us at 12:30 in Seminar Room G, Manor Road, OX1 3UQ. All are welcome.

Details 👇
oxfordcsae.bsky.social CSAE @oxfordcsae.bsky.social · 11d
🎉The CSAE Lunchtime Seminars are back!

This week's seminar is with @andrewzeitlin.io (Georgetown University) on 'Scaling Teacher Performance Contracts: An Adaptive, Experimental Study in the Rwandan Imihigo System'

📆28 Jan, 12:30-2pm
📍Manor Road Building, Oxford
ℹ️https://www.csae.ox.ac.uk/events
Graphic for CSAE Lunchtime seminars with blue and red background. This week's seminar is with Andrew Zeitlin (Georgetown University) on 'Scaling Teacher Performance Contracts: An Adaptive, Experimental Study in the Rwandan Imihigo System' 📆28 Jan, 12:30-2pm 📍Manor Road Building, Oxford Includes photo of Andrew Zeitlin
January 28, 2026 at 9:41 AM
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EVENT: A celebration of the career of Professor Paul Collier

📆 5th February, 5:30pm GMT

Join us to reflect upon Paul’s body of work, and to explore the issues he has spent his career addressing.👇
https://ow.ly/sJTi50XKl37
A celebration of the career of Professor Paul Collier
Sir Paul Collier is a leading British economist known for his research on development, poverty, and the political economy of low-income countries. This event brings together friends, colleagues and former students to reflect upon Paul’s body of work, and to explore the issues he has spent his career addressing.
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January 20, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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Research associate: www.povertyactionlab.org/careers/fiel...

Research intern: www.povertyactionlab.org/careers/field-based-research-intern-democratic-republic-congo-job-105468
Field-Based Research Associate or Research Manager – Democratic Republic of Congo | The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
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January 26, 2026 at 1:48 PM
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An opportunity to join @zparolin.bsky.social's growing #Inequality team @inetoxford.bsky.social @dspi-oxford.bsky.social ➸ Apply by 6 February ➸ www.inet.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
January 27, 2026 at 2:55 PM
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🎉The CSAE Lunchtime Seminars are back!

This week's seminar is with @andrewzeitlin.io (Georgetown University) on 'Scaling Teacher Performance Contracts: An Adaptive, Experimental Study in the Rwandan Imihigo System'

📆28 Jan, 12:30-2pm
📍Manor Road Building, Oxford
ℹ️https://www.csae.ox.ac.uk/events
Graphic for CSAE Lunchtime seminars with blue and red background. This week's seminar is with Andrew Zeitlin (Georgetown University) on 'Scaling Teacher Performance Contracts: An Adaptive, Experimental Study in the Rwandan Imihigo System' 📆28 Jan, 12:30-2pm 📍Manor Road Building, Oxford Includes photo of Andrew Zeitlin
January 27, 2026 at 1:32 PM
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🆕 Global poverty trends from a new lens

Today on VoxDev, Olivier Sterck (IOB - Institute of Development Policy, ODID, University of Oxford) discusses a new measure of global poverty that doesn't depend on 'lines', showing that poverty has fallen sharply: https://ow.ly/VoPr50Y3Bsr
Global poverty trends from a new lens
Global poverty trends look radically different depending on the poverty line used. A new measure that doesn’t depend on ‘lines’ – the average time needed to earn a dollar – shows that global poverty has fallen sharply, by about 55% since 1990. This was driven mainly by income growth in East Asia.
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January 26, 2026 at 9:46 AM
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🌍 Big news: STEG, PEDL & ReCIPE are now together under the Growth Research Platform (GRP) — a CEPR-led initiative funded by the UK FCDO.

Same programmes, now in one place: publications, projects, events & calls.

Explore the new site: grp.cepr.org

#DevelopmentEconomics #Research #Policy
January 26, 2026 at 10:49 AM
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✍️ Only one week left: Join the Alfred Landecker Memorial Lecture with @anneapplebaum.bsky.social at @blavatnikschool.bsky.social on January 27. Be part of the discussion on how democracies can respond to autocratic threats.

Register to watch online: www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/events/alfre...
January 20, 2026 at 8:32 AM
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🎉 Welcome to @sarobidyrakoto.bsky.social , a CSAE Visiting Fellow 2026!

Sarobidy is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Antananarivo and founder of Mitsilo, a lab advancing social-science-led, interdisciplinary research in Madagascar.
Sarobidy Rakotonarivo
Sarobidy Rakotonarivo is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Antananarivo and founder of Mitsilo, a lab advancing social-science-led, interdisciplinary research in Madagascar. She holds a…
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January 26, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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🎉 Welcome to Dambala Gelo Kutela, a CSAE Visiting Fellow 2026!

Dambala is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of the Witwatersrand. His research sits at the intersection of behavioural economics, institutional analysis, & development microeconomics.
Dambala Gelo Kutela
Dambala is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), Johannesburg.He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Pretoria and an MSc in Economics from the…
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January 26, 2026 at 1:13 PM
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🎉 Welcome to Abiodun Adetokunbo, a CSAE Visiting Fellow 2026!

Abiodun is an economist & Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics at Augustine University, Nigeria. He is a development & applied macroeconomist with a regional focus on sub-Saharan Africa.
Abiodun Adetokunbo
Abiodun Adetokunbo is an economist and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics at Augustine University, Lagos, Nigeria. He is a development and applied macroeconomist with a regional focus on…
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January 26, 2026 at 11:19 AM
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How does growth fit with #development policies?

📽️Watch the panel from the @cepr.org Paris Symposium at Sciences Po in December 2025

🎤CSAE's Doug Gollin, Megan O’Donnell (Gates Foundation)
@dennisnovy.bsky.social (UK FCDO)
@justsand.bsky.social (Open Philanthropy)

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Panel: How does growth fit with development policies?
Recorded at the CEPR Paris Symposium at Sciences Po on Tuesday 9th December 2025. Panel: How does growth fit with development policies? Moderated by Doug Gollin (Tufts University and CEPR) Panellists: Megan O’Donnell (Gates Foundation) Dennis Novy (Chief Economist, UK FCDO, University of Warwick and CEPR) Justin Sandefur (Open Philanthropy)
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January 26, 2026 at 9:56 AM