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Stefan Dercon

@gamblingondev.bsky.social

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Stefan Dercon@gamblingondev.bsky.social · last yr.

An aspiring scholarly economist from Africa? We have scholarships to study economics at graduate level at Oxford. See below!!!

CSAE@oxfordcsae.bsky.social · last yr.

📣⭐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...

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Stefan Dercon@gamblingondev.bsky.social · last yr.

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

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

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Stefan Dercon@gamblingondev.bsky.social · last yr.

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

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

CSAE@oxfordcsae.bsky.social · last yr.

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👇

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...

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Thiago Scarelli@tscarelli.bsky.social · last yr.

Important insight from Stefan Dercon (@gamblingondev.bsky.social): "design interventions that maximise the policy makers’ objective function given their constraints". Economics meets Political Science.

VoxDev@voxdev.bsky.social · last yr.

🆕 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...

VoxDev@voxdev.bsky.social · last yr.

🆕 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...

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...

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CSAE@oxfordcsae.bsky.social · last yr.

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 👇

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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Stefan Dercon@gamblingondev.bsky.social · last yr.

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).

Stefan Dercon@gamblingondev.bsky.social · 2y ago

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

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Stefan Dercon@gamblingondev.bsky.social · 2y ago

final session at our ⁦‪@Oxford_CSAE‬⁩ conference. 500+ participants. Hundreds of papers. Record representation of rising African scholars. #OxCSAEConference

Stefan Dercon@gamblingondev.bsky.social · 2y ago

My op-ed on the aid cuts in the US, the UK and Europe in The Independent: Foreign aid is how countries show their national character to the world www.independent.co.uk/voices/musk-...

Musk is wrong – foreign aid is how countries show their character to the world

The evidence shows international aid – when spent correctly – can bring tremendous benefits and save millions of lives, writes expert and author Stefan Dercon. But if helping people cope with deprivat...

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