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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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📣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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📣📣Calling all invited speakers for the CSAE Conference 2026. Don't forget to register by the earlier deadline of ⏰04 January 2026. #OxCSAE2026

💻Register here cvent.me/4mMOvq

@blavatnikschool.bsky.social @oxmartinschool.bsky.social @cepr.org #economics #EconSky #development
December 9, 2025 at 12:25 PM
⭐CSAE’s #JournalofAfricanEconomies November 2025 papers

‘Uncertainty in Preferential Trade Agreements: Impact of the African Growth & Opportunity Act (AGOA) Suspension on Exports'.

🖋️Woubet Kassa, Habtamu Edjigu, @shakobyan.bsky.social

📚 doi.org/10.1093/jae/...
#EconSky
December 9, 2025 at 9:01 AM
📽️Watch the recording of the keynote from 1hr 36 minutes.👇

'Madagascar: Gambling on Development' with @gamblingondev.bsky.social

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December 9, 2025 at 8:35 AM
⭐Event tomorrow

📆09 Dec, 7 am GMT / 10 am EST
CSAE Director Stefan Dercon delivers the keynote at the Madagascar: Gambling on Development Conference. @gamblingondev.bsky.social @blavatnikschool.bsky.social

Watch on the Miarakap YouTube channel:
🎙 Conférence internationale - 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫 : 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐢 𝐝𝐮 𝐝é𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. 🌱
Ouverture officielle | Keynote de Stefan Dercon, Économiste, Professeur à l’Université d’Oxford "Comment faire le pari du développement ? Les 5 facteurs décisifs qui font réussir ou échouer un…
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December 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
'AAU Hosts High-Level Panel on the Future of Higher Education in Africa' article featured on Addis Ababa Universities' website.

This article discusses last week's CSAE Economic Development in African Workshop 2025.

www.aau.edu.et/news/detail?...
December 8, 2025 at 1:43 PM
'Strengthening Ties: AAU and Oxford Host Joint Workshop on African Economic Development' article featured on Addis Ababa Universities' website.

This article discusses last week's CSAE Economic Development in African Workshop 2025.

www.aau.edu.et/news/detail?...
December 8, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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📢 The next online Behind-the-Scenes seminar is on 12 December at 3pm UK time, featuring Abi Adams @abicadams.bsky.social who will present the paper “The Dynamics of Abusive Relationships.” Sign up here: forms.office.com/e/jjv0DJtQMF
December 7, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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👉 How do we scale up interventions without losing effectiveness?

📺 Watch the full keynote panel from the Australasian Aid Conference 2025 featuring our co-founder @noamangrist.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/live/tv-xZJl...

#ImplementationScience #AAC2025
AAC2025 Keynote Panel - The art and science of scale
YouTube video by Development Policy Centre
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December 5, 2025 at 8:20 AM
It's the final day of the CSAE Economic Development in Africa Workshop 2025 at Addis Ababa University.

A busy day of trainings & research proposal sessions!
www.csae.ox.ac.uk/csae-economi...
December 5, 2025 at 9:27 AM
📽️💡NEW VIDEO Impact of English Medium Instruction Policies on Children’s Learning in Ethiopia

Jenn Opare-Kumi shares key findings from a study on how English as a medium of instruction affects learning outcomes. @wwhglobaled.bsky.social @blavatnikschool.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKuG...
Impact of English Medium Instruction Policies on Children’s Learning in Ethiopia
YouTube video by Centre for the Study of African Economies
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December 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Article 'Building Digital Technological Capabilities: A Global South Perspective' by the CSAE's Fandi Achmad ( @odid-qeh.bsky.social) has been published in the Journal of Development Studies.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Building Digital Technological Capabilities: A Global South Perspective
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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December 4, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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'Academic incentives' are often raised as a reason for research not impacting policy - but what actually are they?

Academia remains a black box for most - academics just know how stuff works, and rarely write it down.

So we asked @noamangrist.bsky.social for his thoughts ⤵️
🆕 Academic vs policy incentives: What drives researchers & why it matters

Today on VoxDev, @noamangrist.bsky.social @blavatnikschool.bsky.social outlines the inner workings of the academic ecosystem & explores the different incentives faces by researchers vs policymakers: voxdev.org/topic/instit...
Academic vs policy incentives: What drives researchers, and why it matters for policy
What are academic incentives? How do they compare to incentives for policymakers and practitioners?
voxdev.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Panel Discussion 'The Future of Higher Education in Africa'

📆04 Dec, 13:30 (07:30 local), in person, Addis Ababa University
🗣️Pramila Krishnan (@odid-qeh.bsky.social); Samuel Kifle (AAU); Ruth Yohannis (The Talent Firm); Amen Getahun

As part of the CSAE Workshop www.csae.ox.ac.uk/csae-economi...
December 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Don't forget to join us tomorrow, 3 December, at 2pm GMT/5PM EAT for this important webinar!

➡️ Register: buff.ly/diATPKu

Learn more about our new Implementation Research at the Middle Tier initiative: buff.ly/qhaUjzX

#FoundationalLearning #ImplementationResearch
⏰ Join us on 3 Dec for a webinar on the middle tier of govt, which plays a crucial role in implementation of #FoundationalLearning reforms.

You'll hear insights from Dept of Basic Education, South Africa; FHI 360; Language & Learning Foundation; Meerkat Learning & VVOB.

➡️ Register: buff.ly/diATPKu
The Middle tier Initiative Webinar · Zoom · Luma
Theme: Bringing the Middle Tier into Focus: implementation research to enable system change. Join our upcoming webinar to learn more about our mission to…
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December 2, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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🆕 Academic vs policy incentives: What drives researchers & why it matters

Today on VoxDev, @noamangrist.bsky.social @blavatnikschool.bsky.social outlines the inner workings of the academic ecosystem & explores the different incentives faces by researchers vs policymakers: voxdev.org/topic/instit...
Academic vs policy incentives: What drives researchers, and why it matters for policy
What are academic incentives? How do they compare to incentives for policymakers and practitioners?
voxdev.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Starting soon! CSAE Director Stefan Dercon will give a public lecture on 'How to Support Economic Reform & Progress from the Outside'. @blavatnikschool.bsky.social @oxfordecondept.bsky.social

📆Today, 16:30, Hilton Hotel Addis Ababa
Public Lecture: How to Support Economic Reform & Progress from the Outside with @gamblingondev.bsky.social (@blavatnikschool.bsky.social)

📆Tues 02 Dec, 16:30
📍In person, Hilton Addis Ababa

This event is part of the CSAE Economic Development in Africa Workshop 2025
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December 2, 2025 at 1:12 PM
⭐CSAE’s #JournalofAfricanEconomies November 2025 papers

‘Legal Reform Versus Private Action: Experimental Evidence on Attitudes Toward Gender Equal Inheritance From Tunisia'.

🖋️ @christinasarah.bsky.social

📚https://doi.org/10.1093/jae/ejaf004
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December 2, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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🌟🇬🇳 New MPP scholarship for Guinean Students

We are pleased to share that a new scholarship is being funded to support one student from Guinea to study for the Master of Public Policy.

Apply by 2 December 25!👇
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New MPP scholarship for Guinean students
We are delighted to announce that the Simandou Academy will fund a new scholarship supporting one student from Guinea to pursue the Master of Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Day 2 of the CSAE Economic Development in Africa Workshop 2025

Delegate presentations continue & we close with a lecture by CSAE Director @gamblingondev.bsky.social (@blavatnikschool.bsky.social) on 'How to Support Economic Reform & Progress from the Outside'.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:22 AM
⭐The CSAE Economic Development in Africa Workshop 2025, hosted by Addis Ababa University, has started today.

Welcome to all of our delegates. We're excited for the week ahead! #OxCSAE2026
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December 1, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Funded MPP scholarships for Zimbabwean leaders at @blavatnikschool.bsky.social

⏰️ Apply by 02 December
Find out more: www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/study/mpp
November 28, 2025 at 8:34 AM
📽️💡NEW VIDEO Is Demand for Migrant Labour Constrained? A Firm's Perspective in India

In the latest Key Research Takeaways video
@anvitaramachandran.bsky.social explores a firm's perspective on the constraints of migrant labour. @odid-qeh.bsky.social #EconJobMarket
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9uX...
Is Demand for Migrant Labour Constrained? A Firm's Perspective in India
YouTube video by Centre for the Study of African Economies
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November 27, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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New models for South African consumption, house prices, and mortgage and non-mortgage debt: Insights for financial stability and monetary transmission
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@oxfordcsae.bsky.social working paper by Janine Aron & @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Fellow John Muellbauer
New models for South African consumption, house prices, and mortgage and non-mortgage debt - ORA - Oxford University Research Archive
Aggregate consumption typically exceeds 60 per cent of GDP and should be pivotal in central bank policy models. Most use semi-structural macro-models, yet consumption is usually inadequately…
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November 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🎉 We're delighted to welcome Omnia Elnoamany to the CSAE as our Research Projects Officer based in the Department of Economics, University of Oxford @oxfordecondept.bsky.social

www.csae.ox.ac.uk/people/omnia...

We look forward to working with you, Omnia.
Omnia Elnoamany
Omnia is responsible for:
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November 26, 2025 at 11:19 AM
📚The CSAE’s #JournalofAfricanEconomies November 2025 issue's editor’s choice is: ‘The Impacts of Unconditional Cash Transfers on Schooling in Adolescence & Young Adulthood: Evidence from South Africa'. #openaccess

🖋️Neryvia Pillay

📖https://doi.org/10.1093/jae/ejaf003
#EconSky
November 26, 2025 at 10:09 AM