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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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📽️💡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…
ora.ox.ac.uk
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
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
www.csae.ox.ac.uk/csae-economi...
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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⏰ 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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November 25, 2025 at 12:23 PM
🎉 We're excited to welcome Sam Bryson to the CSAE as a Predoctoral Fellow at the Department of Economics, University of Oxford.

Sam will be working on a large-scale research project on social protection in East Africa.

We look forward to working with you, Sam.

www.csae.ox.ac.uk/people/samue...
Samuel Bryson
www.csae.ox.ac.uk
November 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
⭐NEW CSAE Working Paper 'New Models for South African Consumption, House Prices, & Mortgage & Non-mortgage Debt'

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

Read it here: ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid...
November 24, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Ahead of the G20 Leaders’ Summit in South Africa this weekend, check out OPHI’s T20 brief highlighting how multidimensional poverty and wellbeing metrics can help accelerate progress towards achieving the SDGs.

Read here: t20southafrica.org/publications...
Advancing Inclusive Sustainable Development by Measuring Poverty and Wellbeing Better
The G20 has emphasised the priority areas of ending poverty and hunger and reducing inequalities, including gender inequality, to achieve the SDGs.
t20southafrica.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
📽️💡NEW VIDEO Can Partnering with Traditional Authorities Improve Tax Enforcement in Sierra Leone?

Latest Key Research Takeaways video features @nmeriggi.bsky.social discussing findings from an experiment on property tax compliance in Kenema City. @logritax.bsky.social

youtube.com/shorts/GYrQZ...
Can Partnering with Traditional Authorities Improve Tax Enforcement in Sierra Leone?
YouTube video by Centre for the Study of African Economies
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November 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Thank you to everyone who joined us online & at @blavatnikschool.bsky.social for the event last night on 'Public Policy & Agent Interests' with Shamsuddeen Usman,
@gamblingondev.bsky.social, Andrew Nevin, & Michael Odijie

📽️Watch the recording here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDOV...
November 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Job opportunity!

ODID and Linacre College seek applications for an Associate Professor of Anthropology and Development.

⏰ Deadline: 11 December

Full information: www.qeh.ox.ac.uk/vacancy/asso...
November 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Join us at 5 pm GMT for the 'Public Policy & Agent Interests' event at @blavatnikschool.bsky.social

Register to join online: www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/events/publi...
November 19, 2025 at 3:23 PM
📣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
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p554...
CSAE Conference 2026 Registration is Open
YouTube video by Centre for the Study of African Economies
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November 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
We're excited to welcome @selimgulesci.bsky.social (@tcdeconomics.bsky.social) to Oxford today for the last CSAE Seminar of term.

📆12:30, Manor Road Building, Oxford

See you there
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 19, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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'Cutting aid in humanitarian settings is not just a policy choice, it is a moral failure' write Madison Bakewell, Vittorio Bruni, and Olivier Sterck
November 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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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
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Can Extreme Weather Affect Support for Democracy in sub-Saharan Africa?
YouTube video by Centre for the Study of African Economies
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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.
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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
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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