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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 Lunchtime Seminars are back this week!
www.csae.ox.ac.uk/events

🗣️Great list of speakers:
@stefanocaria.bsky.social, @saralowes.bsky.social, Simon Franklin, Madeline McKelway & @selimgulesci.bsky.social

📆Every Wednesday, 12:30 - 2 pm in Manor Road Building, Oxford.
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🚨 New postdoc opportunity!

CEGA is hiring a Postdoctoral Scholar to support a multi-year research initiative on copper mining in Zambia.

🔗 Learn more and apply here: go.cega.org/pds-mining
November 17, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Join us Wed 19 Nov, 5pm (ODID, Oxford) for a Public Seminar with Larissa Fast, Professor of Humanitarian and Conflict Studies, University of Manchester.

Attacking health: Understanding the dynamics and broader impacts of violence against healthcare.

More info: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/events
November 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
⭐NEW CSAE Working Paper 'The Governance of Macroprudential Policy'

By Janine Aron @inetoxford.bsky.social, Greg Farrell & John Muellbauer @nuffieldlibrary.bsky.social

Read it here: ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid...
November 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM
This week's CSAE Lunchtime Seminar is
💡'Gender-Based Violence in Schools & Girls' Education: Experimental Evidence from Mozambique'
🗣️ @selimgulesci.bsky.social (@tcdeconomics.bsky.social)
📆Wed 19 Nov, 12:30 - 14:00
📍In person only, Manor Road Building,
ℹ️https://www.csae.ox.ac.uk/events
November 17, 2025 at 8:19 AM
📽️💡NEW VIDEO Can Extreme Weather Affect Support for Democracy in sub-Saharan Africa?

Latest Key Research Takeaways video features Nicolas Cerkez on how droughts affect support for democracy across 16 countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
@odid-qeh.bsky.social
youtube.com/shorts/6jeUy...
Can Extreme Weather Affect Support for Democracy in sub-Saharan Africa?
YouTube video by Centre for the Study of African Economies
youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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“Humanitarian responses should not last forever.” Global funding cuts – and the international humanitarian system's response to them – are a pivotal moment for emergency aid. How it’s unfolding in Cameroon: ⬇️
Aid cuts and elections: How the humanitarian rollback has caused “chaos” in Cameroon
With 800,000 fewer people already targeted for assistance, aid workers warn the longer-term impact could be the worsening of the separatist conflict.
buff.ly
October 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Why it’s a bad idea to triage refugee food aid when everyone's hungry

@oliviersterck.bsky.social writes in @newhumanitarian.bsky.social about effects of cuts to food assistance in Kakuma Refugee Camp.
@odid-qeh.bsky.social @refugeestudies.bsky.social
Why it’s a bad idea to triage refugee food aid when everyone's hungry
Blanket food assistance was stopped in Kenya’s Kakuma refugee camp in August. The impact has been immediate.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org
November 12, 2025 at 11:19 AM
🎓Applying for graduate study in Economics at Oxford? Get advice from @gamblingondev.bsky.social & @eggerdennis.bsky.social about what to focus on in your application.

This 📽️ brings together key insights from our 2 recent webinars on applications & scholarships.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9j5...
Graduate Study in Economics at Oxford: Scholarship Application Advice from CSAE Professors
YouTube video by Centre for the Study of African Economies
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:45 AM
We're delighted to Welcome Madeline McKelway to Oxford today to present at the CSAE Lunchtime Seminar.

Everyone welcome, see you at 12:30 in the Manor Road Building.👇
This week's CSAE Lunchtime Seminar is
💡 'The Power of Persuasion: Causal Effects of Household Communication on Women’s Employment'
🗣️ Madeline McKelway (Dartmouth College)
📆Wed 12 Nov, 12:30 - 14:00
📍In person only, Manor Road Building,
ℹ️https://www.csae.ox.ac.uk/events
November 12, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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⏰ We are hiring on the junior market! ⏰

Multiple open positions at the Oxford Department of Economics:
econjobmarket.org/positions?sh...

2 positions associate professor open field, 1 position development econ.

cc @oxfordecondept.bsky.social
EJM - Econ Job Market
The automated language-translation service on econjobmarlet.org is provided free by Google Translate, a third party service. Google is wholly responsible for the translation service. Econ Job…
econjobmarket.org
November 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Tutoring school children is effective, but hard to scale. Researchers @noamangrist.bsky.social, @ccullen.bsky.social, & @janicalapati.bsky.social used a novel A/B testing approach to enhance cost-effectiveness and scalability of a program in Botswana. 🔗 Read the new paper: https://bit.ly/3WYniJn
Cheaper (and more effective) by the dozen: Evidence from 12 randomised A/B tests optimising tutoring for scale - What Works Hub for Global Education
This paper presents iterative randomised A/B tests of a mobile phone numeracy tutoring programme to optimise efficiency and scalability.
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October 31, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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The governance of macroprudential policy in South Africa
ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid...
@oxfordcsae.bsky.social working paper by Associate Member Janine Aron, Greg Farrell and @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow John Muellbauer
The governance of macroprudential policy - ORA - Oxford University Research Archive
South Africa’s experience developing a macroprudential role for its central bank could yield lessons for emerging market central banks. An explicit mandate to maintain and enhance financial stability…
ora.ox.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This week's CSAE Lunchtime Seminar is
💡 'The Power of Persuasion: Causal Effects of Household Communication on Women’s Employment'
🗣️ Madeline McKelway (Dartmouth College)
📆Wed 12 Nov, 12:30 - 14:00
📍In person only, Manor Road Building,
ℹ️https://www.csae.ox.ac.uk/events
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
⭐️NEW November 2025 issue of the #JournalofAfricanEconomies!

This issue explores education, gender equality, trade, technology, and conflict impacts across African economies. Includes #openaccess article.

📖Read here: academic.oup.com/jae/issue/34/5
@hoddinott.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 9:10 AM
📽️💡NEW VIDEO Raising Aspirations to Improve Economic Outcomes in Ethiopia and Kenya

Latest Key Research Takeaways features Kate Orkin on how aspirational videos with successful role models can improve economic outcomes.
@blavatnikschool.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UIT...
Raising Aspirations to Improve Economic Outcomes in Ethiopia and Kenya
YouTube video by Centre for the Study of African Economies
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November 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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What have we learned about training entrepreneurs?

Issue 4 of our VoxDevLit on Training Entrepreneurs by @dmckenzie.bsky.social, Christopher Woodruff & Co-Editors is out now!➡️ voxdev.org/voxdevlit/tr...

Today's podcast covers the update➡️ voxdev.org/topic/firms/...
November 5, 2025 at 11:15 AM
We're delighted to welcome Simon Franklin to Oxford today for the CSAE Lunchtime Seminar.

🕧12:30, Skills Lab, Manor Road Building, Oxford
www.csae.ox.ac.uk/events

All welcome!
This week's CSAE Lunchtime Seminar is
💡 'No Place Like Home? The Causal Effect of Forced Relocation from Central Addis Ababa'
🗣️ Simon Franklin (@qmul.bsky.social)
📆Wed 05 Nov, 12:30 - 14:00
📍In person only, Manor Road Building,
ℹ️https://www.csae.ox.ac.uk/events
November 5, 2025 at 8:36 AM
⭐NEW EVENT Public Policy & Agent Interests
Join leading economist & reformer Dr Shamsuddeen Usman as he presents his latest work.

🗣️Andrew Nevin, @gamblingondev.bsky.social & Michael Odijie
📆19 Nov, 5-6:30pm GMT
📍Online & at @blavatnikschool.bsky.social.
💻Register: www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/events/publi...
November 4, 2025 at 2:37 PM
📆ONLINE EVENT 07 Nov, 2pm GMT

Join to discover fully funded postgrad scholarship opportunities for talented African students passionate about leadership & community impact. #EconSky #funding

Suitable for MSc in Economics for Development @odid-qeh.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/postgradua...?
Postgraduate Scholarships Virtual Information Session
Join representatives from the University of Oxford, Sciences Po, University of Edinburgh, and University of Cambridge
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Stefan Dercon gives a talk on his book 'Gambling on Development: Why Some Countries Win and Others Lose' at the Sustainable Peru Summit in October 2025.👇 @gamblingondev.bsky.social @blavatnikschool.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXG6...
Plenaria Personas | Cumbre Perú Sostenible 🇵🇪
YouTube video by Perú Sostenible
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November 4, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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📢 Partnering for Social Development: Evidence-Based Solutions for Inclusive Work and Refugee Inclusion

Researchers from the Oxford Martin School’s Future of Development Programme join IPA, the World Bank & LSE for a virtual Solution Session at the World Summit for Social Development.
One week out!

Don't miss unpacking the first experimental evidence on large-scale refugee integration programs in Ethiopia.

Hear from IPA, University of Oxford, World Bank, and policymakers on what actually works for dignified work at scale.

📅Nov 4, 9AM ET

Register now: bit.ly/494XQJB
November 4, 2025 at 9:02 AM
This week's CSAE Lunchtime Seminar is
💡 'No Place Like Home? The Causal Effect of Forced Relocation from Central Addis Ababa'
🗣️ Simon Franklin (@qmul.bsky.social)
📆Wed 05 Nov, 12:30 - 14:00
📍In person only, Manor Road Building,
ℹ️https://www.csae.ox.ac.uk/events
November 4, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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Job opportunity! ODID and @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social seek applications for an Associate Professor in Development Economics.

⏰ Deadline: 8 December

Full information: www.qeh.ox.ac.uk/vacancy/asso...
October 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Come and join the team! 🚀
We’re hiring a Communications and Media Assistant to help share the Oxford Martin School’s groundbreaking research far and wide.
Apply by 12pm, Fri 28 Nov 2025: https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/about/vacancies
#jobs #vacancies #hiring #oxfordjobs
October 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Reminder: Submit EOI by November 14, 2025

We're seeking proposals for new research on how soft skills drive entrepreneurship, employment, and workforce development.

Full proposals due: January 30, 2026

Learn more and apply: poverty-action.org/soft-skills-...
Request for Proposals | IPA Soft Skills Research Fund
IPA's Entrepreneurship and Private Sector Development Program has launched a call for research proposals at the intersection of soft skills and economic empowerment in low and middle-income countries.
poverty-action.org
October 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM