Stefan Dercon
@gamblingondev.bsky.social
Aspiring Economists from Africa:
Graduate scholarships at Oxford
Webinar to explain all - how to apply, what makes strong application, necessary steps to take...
see also csae.ox.ac.uk/scholarships
Graduate scholarships at Oxford
Webinar to explain all - how to apply, what makes strong application, necessary steps to take...
see also csae.ox.ac.uk/scholarships
September 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Aspiring Economists from Africa:
Graduate scholarships at Oxford
Webinar to explain all - how to apply, what makes strong application, necessary steps to take...
see also csae.ox.ac.uk/scholarships
Graduate scholarships at Oxford
Webinar to explain all - how to apply, what makes strong application, necessary steps to take...
see also csae.ox.ac.uk/scholarships
An aspiring scholarly economist from Africa? We have scholarships to study economics at graduate level at Oxford. See below!!!
📣⭐NEW EVENT: Join us for our 2nd CSAE Scholarships Webinar.
With @gamblingondev.bsky.social, @eggerdennis.bsky.social & Karim Boudlal @blavatnikschool.bsky.social @oxfordecondept.bsky.social @queenscollegeox.bsky.social #EconSky
📆06 Oct, 2-3 WAT/4-5 EAT
💻Zoom, register here zoom.us/webinar/regi...
With @gamblingondev.bsky.social, @eggerdennis.bsky.social & Karim Boudlal @blavatnikschool.bsky.social @oxfordecondept.bsky.social @queenscollegeox.bsky.social #EconSky
📆06 Oct, 2-3 WAT/4-5 EAT
💻Zoom, register here zoom.us/webinar/regi...
September 23, 2025 at 12:54 PM
An aspiring scholarly economist from Africa? We have scholarships to study economics at graduate level at Oxford. See below!!!
Are you an African economist living in Africa?
One week left to submit your paper for funding application for the academic CSAE Conference 2026 Oxford UK, and the CSAE Workshop 2025, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Apply by deadline of 03 August 2025 to be considered.
www.csae.ox.ac.uk/csae-confere...
One week left to submit your paper for funding application for the academic CSAE Conference 2026 Oxford UK, and the CSAE Workshop 2025, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Apply by deadline of 03 August 2025 to be considered.
www.csae.ox.ac.uk/csae-confere...
CSAE Conference Funding
CSAE Conference 2026 Funding Information
www.csae.ox.ac.uk
July 27, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Are you an African economist living in Africa?
One week left to submit your paper for funding application for the academic CSAE Conference 2026 Oxford UK, and the CSAE Workshop 2025, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Apply by deadline of 03 August 2025 to be considered.
www.csae.ox.ac.uk/csae-confere...
One week left to submit your paper for funding application for the academic CSAE Conference 2026 Oxford UK, and the CSAE Workshop 2025, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Apply by deadline of 03 August 2025 to be considered.
www.csae.ox.ac.uk/csae-confere...
Join CSAE Director Stefan Dercon for a webinar on CSAE scholarships available to African nationals applying to study on the MPhil and DPhil in Economics programmes at the Dept of Economics, University of Oxford in 2026.
🗓️ Mon 28 July, 2 pm WAT, 4 pm EAT
shorturl.at/zVEfb
🗓️ Mon 28 July, 2 pm WAT, 4 pm EAT
shorturl.at/zVEfb
July 27, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Join CSAE Director Stefan Dercon for a webinar on CSAE scholarships available to African nationals applying to study on the MPhil and DPhil in Economics programmes at the Dept of Economics, University of Oxford in 2026.
🗓️ Mon 28 July, 2 pm WAT, 4 pm EAT
shorturl.at/zVEfb
🗓️ Mon 28 July, 2 pm WAT, 4 pm EAT
shorturl.at/zVEfb
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📣Call for papers OPEN for #OxCSAE2026
The CSAE Conference brings together researchers from across the development economics community to discuss Africa.
🎂A special event for us as we celebrate the CSAE's 40th birthday in 2026!
Deadline: 14 Sept (funding 03 Aug)
www.csae.ox.ac.uk/csae-confere...
The CSAE Conference brings together researchers from across the development economics community to discuss Africa.
🎂A special event for us as we celebrate the CSAE's 40th birthday in 2026!
Deadline: 14 Sept (funding 03 Aug)
www.csae.ox.ac.uk/csae-confere...
CSAE Conference 2026
CSAE Conference 2026: Economic Development in Africa
www.csae.ox.ac.uk
June 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
📣Call for papers OPEN for #OxCSAE2026
The CSAE Conference brings together researchers from across the development economics community to discuss Africa.
🎂A special event for us as we celebrate the CSAE's 40th birthday in 2026!
Deadline: 14 Sept (funding 03 Aug)
www.csae.ox.ac.uk/csae-confere...
The CSAE Conference brings together researchers from across the development economics community to discuss Africa.
🎂A special event for us as we celebrate the CSAE's 40th birthday in 2026!
Deadline: 14 Sept (funding 03 Aug)
www.csae.ox.ac.uk/csae-confere...
Some thoughts on how to have more impact from research.
(And an afterthought: I need a new microphone.)
(And an afterthought: I need a new microphone.)
🌟NEW CSAE Key Research Takeaways Short — Improving Research Impact
CSAE Director Stefan Dercon (@gamblingondev.bsky.social, @oxfordecondept.bsky.social, @blavatnikschool.bsky.social) gives 3 takeaways for academics on how to get their research to have more impact.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYbm...
CSAE Director Stefan Dercon (@gamblingondev.bsky.social, @oxfordecondept.bsky.social, @blavatnikschool.bsky.social) gives 3 takeaways for academics on how to get their research to have more impact.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYbm...
CSAE Key Research Takeaways - Improving Research Impact
YouTube video by Centre for the Study of African Economies
www.youtube.com
June 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Some thoughts on how to have more impact from research.
(And an afterthought: I need a new microphone.)
(And an afterthought: I need a new microphone.)
Reposted by Stefan Dercon
I would rarely do this, but I happen to know Derrick, and even wrote in his support for his applications. So, if you so inclined, this humble, ambitious, widely read, smart young budding African economist will work extremely hard not to disappoint.
shorturl.at/RgOVn
shorturl.at/RgOVn
Donate to Help Derrick Go to Paris school of Economics, organised by Clare Nakimpi
My name is Derrick Ahabyona and I am deeply honored to have been accepted i… Clare Nakimpi needs your support for Help Derrick Go to Paris school of Economics
shorturl.at
May 29, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I would rarely do this, but I happen to know Derrick, and even wrote in his support for his applications. So, if you so inclined, this humble, ambitious, widely read, smart young budding African economist will work extremely hard not to disappoint.
shorturl.at/RgOVn
shorturl.at/RgOVn
I would rarely do this, but I happen to know Derrick, and even wrote in his support for his applications. So, if you so inclined, this humble, ambitious, widely read, smart young budding African economist will work extremely hard not to disappoint.
shorturl.at/RgOVn
shorturl.at/RgOVn
Donate to Help Derrick Go to Paris school of Economics, organised by Clare Nakimpi
My name is Derrick Ahabyona and I am deeply honored to have been accepted i… Clare Nakimpi needs your support for Help Derrick Go to Paris school of Economics
shorturl.at
May 29, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I would rarely do this, but I happen to know Derrick, and even wrote in his support for his applications. So, if you so inclined, this humble, ambitious, widely read, smart young budding African economist will work extremely hard not to disappoint.
shorturl.at/RgOVn
shorturl.at/RgOVn
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How can the CSAE Visiting Fellowship scheme help you with your research?
We asked Nompumelelo Mohohlwane, Researcher at the Department for Basic Education in South Africa, to tell us about how her time as a CSAE Fellow helped with her work for the Ministry.
Watch👇
We asked Nompumelelo Mohohlwane, Researcher at the Department for Basic Education in South Africa, to tell us about how her time as a CSAE Fellow helped with her work for the Ministry.
Watch👇
CSAE Visiting Fellows 2025 - Nompumelelo Nyathi-Mohohlwane
Nompumelelo Nyathi-Mohohlwane (Researcher at the National Department of Basic Education in South Africa) was a CSAE Visiting Fellow in 2025. We talked to Nom...
www.youtube.com
May 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
How can the CSAE Visiting Fellowship scheme help you with your research?
We asked Nompumelelo Mohohlwane, Researcher at the Department for Basic Education in South Africa, to tell us about how her time as a CSAE Fellow helped with her work for the Ministry.
Watch👇
We asked Nompumelelo Mohohlwane, Researcher at the Department for Basic Education in South Africa, to tell us about how her time as a CSAE Fellow helped with her work for the Ministry.
Watch👇
just apply... plenty of info on the web.
📣4 days left to apply to be a CSAE Visiting Fellow in 2026!
Not sure if you want to apply? Listen to interviews with former fellows to hear about their experiences.
Bezawit Bahru (Postdoctoral Researcher @unihohenheim.bsky.social) talks about her time at the CSAE.👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5E4...
Not sure if you want to apply? Listen to interviews with former fellows to hear about their experiences.
Bezawit Bahru (Postdoctoral Researcher @unihohenheim.bsky.social) talks about her time at the CSAE.👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5E4...
CSAE Visiting Fellows 2025 - Bezawit Bahru
YouTube video by Centre for the Study of African Economies
www.youtube.com
May 28, 2025 at 8:53 AM
just apply... plenty of info on the web.
Reposted by Stefan Dercon
📣4 days left to apply to be a CSAE Visiting Fellow in 2026!
Not sure if you want to apply? Listen to interviews with former fellows to hear about their experiences.
Bezawit Bahru (Postdoctoral Researcher @unihohenheim.bsky.social) talks about her time at the CSAE.👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5E4...
Not sure if you want to apply? Listen to interviews with former fellows to hear about their experiences.
Bezawit Bahru (Postdoctoral Researcher @unihohenheim.bsky.social) talks about her time at the CSAE.👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5E4...
CSAE Visiting Fellows 2025 - Bezawit Bahru
YouTube video by Centre for the Study of African Economies
www.youtube.com
May 27, 2025 at 8:14 AM
📣4 days left to apply to be a CSAE Visiting Fellow in 2026!
Not sure if you want to apply? Listen to interviews with former fellows to hear about their experiences.
Bezawit Bahru (Postdoctoral Researcher @unihohenheim.bsky.social) talks about her time at the CSAE.👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5E4...
Not sure if you want to apply? Listen to interviews with former fellows to hear about their experiences.
Bezawit Bahru (Postdoctoral Researcher @unihohenheim.bsky.social) talks about her time at the CSAE.👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5E4...
just apply. more info including Q&A podcast on it on the web.
📣🎉Applications are open for the CSAE Visiting Fellowships Scheme 2026.
The scheme supports African scholars pursuing a career in economics (with a doctorate). Candidates must apply online by 31 May 2025 to be considered.
💻 www.csae.ox.ac.uk/visiting-fel...
📃 www.csae.ox.ac.uk/csae-visitin...
The scheme supports African scholars pursuing a career in economics (with a doctorate). Candidates must apply online by 31 May 2025 to be considered.
💻 www.csae.ox.ac.uk/visiting-fel...
📃 www.csae.ox.ac.uk/csae-visitin...
May 28, 2025 at 8:48 AM
just apply. more info including Q&A podcast on it on the web.
Worth connecting if you want to join us in Oxford as CSAE Visiting Fellow!
TODAY CSAE Visiting Fellowships Webinar at 🕙 10 am WAT, 🕚 11 am SAST, 🕛 12 pm EAT
Join Stefan Dercon & Christian Meyer to find out more about the CSAE Fellowships. Also joining is Eleni Yitbarek who will talk about her experience being a CSAE Fellow in 2025.
Register now zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join Stefan Dercon & Christian Meyer to find out more about the CSAE Fellowships. Also joining is Eleni Yitbarek who will talk about her experience being a CSAE Fellow in 2025.
Register now zoom.us/webinar/regi...
May 12, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Worth connecting if you want to join us in Oxford as CSAE Visiting Fellow!
Reposted by Stefan Dercon
¿Por qué hay países que prosperan mientras otros quedan atrapados en caminos que no conducen al desarrollo?: 'Apostar por el desarrollo. Por qué unos países ganan y otros pierden', de Stefan Dercon @gamblingondev.bsky.social. #Novedad buff.ly/Ex0Clky
May 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
¿Por qué hay países que prosperan mientras otros quedan atrapados en caminos que no conducen al desarrollo?: 'Apostar por el desarrollo. Por qué unos países ganan y otros pierden', de Stefan Dercon @gamblingondev.bsky.social. #Novedad buff.ly/Ex0Clky
Reposted by Stefan Dercon
Important insight from Stefan Dercon (@gamblingondev.bsky.social): "design interventions that maximise the policy makers’ objective function given their constraints". Economics meets Political Science.
🆕 Best buys meet political realities: The political economy of education research
Stefan Dercon (@gamblingondev.bsky.social @blavatnikschool.bsky.social @oxfordcsae.bsky.social) explores why policymakers choose education reforms that aren’t supported by evidence: voxdev.org/topic/educat...
Stefan Dercon (@gamblingondev.bsky.social @blavatnikschool.bsky.social @oxfordcsae.bsky.social) explores why policymakers choose education reforms that aren’t supported by evidence: voxdev.org/topic/educat...
Best buys meet political realities: The political economy of education research
Why do policymakers choose education reforms that aren’t supported by evidence? And how can researchers work with them to implement interventions with better outcomes? These are thorny questions often...
voxdev.org
April 22, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Important insight from Stefan Dercon (@gamblingondev.bsky.social): "design interventions that maximise the policy makers’ objective function given their constraints". Economics meets Political Science.
Reposted by Stefan Dercon
¿Por qué hay países que prosperan mientras otros quedan atrapados en caminos que no conducen al desarrollo?: 'Apostar por el desarrollo. Por qué unos países ganan y otros pierden', de Stefan Dercon @gamblingondev.bsky.social. #Novedad #PróximamenteEnTuLibrería buff.ly/Ex0Clky
April 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
¿Por qué hay países que prosperan mientras otros quedan atrapados en caminos que no conducen al desarrollo?: 'Apostar por el desarrollo. Por qué unos países ganan y otros pierden', de Stefan Dercon @gamblingondev.bsky.social. #Novedad #PróximamenteEnTuLibrería buff.ly/Ex0Clky
Reposted by Stefan Dercon
🆕 Best buys meet political realities: The political economy of education research
Stefan Dercon (@gamblingondev.bsky.social @blavatnikschool.bsky.social @oxfordcsae.bsky.social) explores why policymakers choose education reforms that aren’t supported by evidence: voxdev.org/topic/educat...
Stefan Dercon (@gamblingondev.bsky.social @blavatnikschool.bsky.social @oxfordcsae.bsky.social) explores why policymakers choose education reforms that aren’t supported by evidence: voxdev.org/topic/educat...
Best buys meet political realities: The political economy of education research
Why do policymakers choose education reforms that aren’t supported by evidence? And how can researchers work with them to implement interventions with better outcomes? These are thorny questions often...
voxdev.org
April 22, 2025 at 8:49 AM
🆕 Best buys meet political realities: The political economy of education research
Stefan Dercon (@gamblingondev.bsky.social @blavatnikschool.bsky.social @oxfordcsae.bsky.social) explores why policymakers choose education reforms that aren’t supported by evidence: voxdev.org/topic/educat...
Stefan Dercon (@gamblingondev.bsky.social @blavatnikschool.bsky.social @oxfordcsae.bsky.social) explores why policymakers choose education reforms that aren’t supported by evidence: voxdev.org/topic/educat...
Reposted by Stefan Dercon
Excited to announce
the Spanish translation of Gambling on Development
Apostar por el desarrollo
out with Catarata 28 April 2025
for example see:
librerialorcacuenca.com/es/libro/apo...
the Spanish translation of Gambling on Development
Apostar por el desarrollo
out with Catarata 28 April 2025
for example see:
librerialorcacuenca.com/es/libro/apo...
April 8, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Excited to announce
the Spanish translation of Gambling on Development
Apostar por el desarrollo
out with Catarata 28 April 2025
for example see:
librerialorcacuenca.com/es/libro/apo...
the Spanish translation of Gambling on Development
Apostar por el desarrollo
out with Catarata 28 April 2025
for example see:
librerialorcacuenca.com/es/libro/apo...
Reposted by Stefan Dercon
¿Por qué hay países prosperan mientras otros quedan atrapados en caminos que no conducen al desarrollo?: 'Apostar por el desarrollo. Por qué unos países ganan y otros pierden', de Stefan Dercon @gamblingondev.bsky.social. #Novedad #PróximamenteEnTuLibrería buff.ly/Ex0Clky
April 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
¿Por qué hay países prosperan mientras otros quedan atrapados en caminos que no conducen al desarrollo?: 'Apostar por el desarrollo. Por qué unos países ganan y otros pierden', de Stefan Dercon @gamblingondev.bsky.social. #Novedad #PróximamenteEnTuLibrería buff.ly/Ex0Clky
Reposted by Stefan Dercon
¿Por qué hay países prosperan mientras otros quedan atrapados en caminos que no conducen al desarrollo?: 'Apostar por el desarrollo. Por qué unos países ganan y otros pierden', de Stefan Dercon @gamblingondev.bsky.social. #Novedad #PróximamenteEnTuLibrería buff.ly/Ex0Clky
April 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM
¿Por qué hay países prosperan mientras otros quedan atrapados en caminos que no conducen al desarrollo?: 'Apostar por el desarrollo. Por qué unos países ganan y otros pierden', de Stefan Dercon @gamblingondev.bsky.social. #Novedad #PróximamenteEnTuLibrería buff.ly/Ex0Clky
Reposted by Stefan Dercon
Excellent book, good to have it in Spanish.
Excited to announce
the Spanish translation of Gambling on Development
Apostar por el desarrollo
out with Catarata 28 April 2025
for example see:
librerialorcacuenca.com/es/libro/apo...
the Spanish translation of Gambling on Development
Apostar por el desarrollo
out with Catarata 28 April 2025
for example see:
librerialorcacuenca.com/es/libro/apo...
April 8, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Excellent book, good to have it in Spanish.
Excited to announce
the Spanish translation of Gambling on Development
Apostar por el desarrollo
out with Catarata 28 April 2025
for example see:
librerialorcacuenca.com/es/libro/apo...
the Spanish translation of Gambling on Development
Apostar por el desarrollo
out with Catarata 28 April 2025
for example see:
librerialorcacuenca.com/es/libro/apo...
April 8, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Excited to announce
the Spanish translation of Gambling on Development
Apostar por el desarrollo
out with Catarata 28 April 2025
for example see:
librerialorcacuenca.com/es/libro/apo...
the Spanish translation of Gambling on Development
Apostar por el desarrollo
out with Catarata 28 April 2025
for example see:
librerialorcacuenca.com/es/libro/apo...
Reposted by Stefan Dercon
James Robinson (Nobel Prize winner 2024) & Stefan Dercon (CSAE Director) in conversation at the CSAE Conference about 'Wealth in People'.
@blavatnikschool.bsky.social @gamblingondev.bsky.social @oxfordecondept.bsky.social
📺Watch via the CSAE YouTube channel 👇
@blavatnikschool.bsky.social @gamblingondev.bsky.social @oxfordecondept.bsky.social
📺Watch via the CSAE YouTube channel 👇
James Robinson and Stefan Dercon in Conversation
CSAE Director Stefan Dercon talks to James Robinson (Nobel Prize winner 2024) about the topic of his keynote speech at the CSAE Conference 2025, 'Wealth in P...
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April 4, 2025 at 12:32 PM
James Robinson (Nobel Prize winner 2024) & Stefan Dercon (CSAE Director) in conversation at the CSAE Conference about 'Wealth in People'.
@blavatnikschool.bsky.social @gamblingondev.bsky.social @oxfordecondept.bsky.social
📺Watch via the CSAE YouTube channel 👇
@blavatnikschool.bsky.social @gamblingondev.bsky.social @oxfordecondept.bsky.social
📺Watch via the CSAE YouTube channel 👇
Making cup cakes and vanilla coffees great again.
2nd top tariff (47%) on Madagascar ( extreme poverty 80%)
to punish them for selling vanilla (production 3000 tons, top export to US).
instead of hockey mums buying from US producers (production 0.2 tons).
2nd top tariff (47%) on Madagascar ( extreme poverty 80%)
to punish them for selling vanilla (production 3000 tons, top export to US).
instead of hockey mums buying from US producers (production 0.2 tons).
April 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Making cup cakes and vanilla coffees great again.
2nd top tariff (47%) on Madagascar ( extreme poverty 80%)
to punish them for selling vanilla (production 3000 tons, top export to US).
instead of hockey mums buying from US producers (production 0.2 tons).
2nd top tariff (47%) on Madagascar ( extreme poverty 80%)
to punish them for selling vanilla (production 3000 tons, top export to US).
instead of hockey mums buying from US producers (production 0.2 tons).
We have just opened the 2026 CSAE Fellowship scheme. We host and support rising African scholars for 3 months at Oxford. This year we had five scholars visiting. See the application process here www.csae.ox.ac.uk/visiting-fel....
CSAE VISITING FELLOWSHIPS
CSAE Visiting Fellowships
www.csae.ox.ac.uk
March 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
We have just opened the 2026 CSAE Fellowship scheme. We host and support rising African scholars for 3 months at Oxford. This year we had five scholars visiting. See the application process here www.csae.ox.ac.uk/visiting-fel....