🎉We're delighted to welcome Douglas Scott to the CSAE as our Events Coordinator. Welcome to the team, Dougie! www.csae.ox.ac.uk/people/dougl...

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There's still time to sign up for the Oxford Development Economics Summer School running 7-11 Sept 2026. Explore the central ideas & evidence that economists use to understand global poverty & sustainable development. Course tutor: @stefanocaria.bsky.social www.economics.ox.ac.uk/development-...

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⭐ NEW 'Health Financing in Nigeria' is the latest publication in the Open PEA Product Series. ✒️ Prince Agwu & Peter J Evans. openpea.csae.ox.ac.uk/articles/hea... 🧵1/3⬇️

Health financing in Nigeria

It’s often said that Nigeria has a health financing gap, but poor outcomes also reflect ineffective use of existing funds. Improving health’s background plumbing, recognising the huge scale of out-of-...

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The 2026 What Works Hub for Global Education Conference programme is now live! 🎉 Explore the full schedule, speaker lineup and session details on our conference page! 🔗 www.wwhge.org/events/2026-...

⏰Less than 2 weeks left to apply for CSAE Conference funding. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJEC... Are you an African national working on African economies? Apply to be a funded CSAE Conference 2027 speaker by 09 August. www.csae.ox.ac.uk/csae-confere... #OxCSAE2027

Interview with CSAE Conference Funded Participant 2026

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Great work! The CSAE's 40th anniversary features on pages 30 & 31. You can also view our 40th anniversary publication here: csae.web.ox.ac.uk/sitefiles/cs...

Blavatnik School of Government@blavatnikschool.bsky.social · 3w ago

💫 We are pleased to share our 2025-2026 Annual Report, capturing highlights across the School’s research, teaching and engagement. Read here 👇 https://ow.ly/22qM50ZlYza

📢 Exciting Opportunity! Young Lives is recruiting a Quantitative Research Officer This is an exciting time to join one of the world's leading longitudinal studies of childhood poverty & development! Find out more & apply: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... Deadline: noon, 24 July '26 #job #researcher

Congratulations to Professor @alexanderbetts.bsky.social, Associate Professor Naohiko Omata, Dr Jade Siu and Associate Professor @oliviersterck.bsky.social on the publication of their new open access book! The Refugee Trap: The Economics of Displacement www.cambridge.org/core/element...

📣WE'RE HIRING a Predoctoral Research Fellow Join @roccozizzamia.bsky.social & @gamblingondev.bsky.social on a research project evaluating the impact & cost-effectiveness of anticipatory cash transfers in response to flooding in Bangladesh. ⏰Apply by 19 July 2026 ℹ️ www.csae.ox.ac.uk/vacancies

📣 Mobile Money has been transformational -- what about *Mobile Education*? Check out Jenny Aker and my new JPAL evidence synthesis. We cover 3 areas: ➡️ Student instruction ➡️ Teacher behavior & education monitoring systems ➡️ Engageing parents www.povertyactionlab.org/policy-insig...

⭐NEW article in the Financial Times by the CSAE's Stephen Paduano asks why do countries that need to restructure their debt refuse to do so? giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... @blavatnikschool.bsky.social

Why poor countries won’t restructure

Low-income countries are facing deeper shocks, but are refusing to restructure. Why?

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You can also watch Romu discussing key takeaways from this work in Côte d'Ivoire, in 60 seconds! ⏩👇 www.youtube.com/shorts/qCXkd...

Public Sector Versus Private Sector Hiring in Côte d'Ivoire

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VoxDev@voxdev.bsky.social · last mo.

🆕 Why graduates prefer public sector jobs – and what it costs firms Today on VoxDev, Esther Mirjam Girsberger (University of Technology Sydney) & Romuald Méango (Department of Economics, University of Oxford) outline research on Côte d'Ivoire: https://ow.ly/OItg50ZfzAo

⭐NEW @voxdev.bsky.social article 'Why graduates prefer public sector jobs – & what it costs firms' by the CSAE's Romuald Méango, & Esther Mirjam Girsberger. Does the public sector compete with firms for talent in ways that raise labour costs & limit private-sector growth? voxdev.org/topic/labour...

Why graduates prefer public sector jobs – and what it costs firms

In Côte d'Ivoire, public sector jobs attract highly skilled graduates not primarily through wages but through non-wage amenities such as job security, lower stress, and predictable working conditions....

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⭐NEW article 'The Messenger Matters: Behavioral Responses to Sex Education in a Cluster Randomized Trial' by the CSAE's @noamangrist.bsky.social & Gabriel Anabwani published in PNAS Nexus. #openaccess @wwhglobaled.bsky.social @blavatnikschool.bsky.social academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...

The messenger matters: Behavioral responses to sex education in a cluster randomized trial

Abstract. This article estimates the effect of sex education in a large-scale cluster randomized trial covering a third of Botswana that varied both the me

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📢 Deadline extended! Submit your paper to #LSEEnvironmentWeek2026 by 5 July 2026. We welcome submissions across #environment, energy & climate #economics and related fields. ✈️ Travel & accommodation funding available for presenters. 📄Submit here: lse-environment-week.com/environment-...

We're #hiring! Only 2 days left to apply to be the CSAE Events Coordinator. If you're passionate about delivering impactful events, global collaboration, & working at the intersection of research & policy, then apply today. ⏰Deadline: 19 June, 12 noon BST ℹ️https://www.csae.ox.ac.uk/vacancies

Did you miss the CSAE 40th Anniversary event held earlier this month in Oxford? You can now watch the recording of @gamblingondev.bsky.social's introduction to the event online👇 More videos coming soon... www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKTB...

CSAE 40th Anniversary Introduction - Forty Years of Research

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🎊 The CSAE Conference 2027 call for papers is open! www.csae.ox.ac.uk/csae-confere... The CSAE Conference brings together colleagues from across the #development #economics community to discuss Africa. 📅 21-23 March 2027, Oxford, UK. ⏰ Deadlines: funding: 09 August, general: 13 September.

🌍OUCAN 2026 Annual Conference | 23 June, Oxford The Oxford University China Africa Network presents 'Economic Transformation, Industrial Policy & the Green Transition in Sino-African Relations' Open to researchers, students & practitioners Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1990582870... #OUCAN2026

Oxford University China Africa Network (OUCAN) Annual Conference 2026

One-day conference on African economic transformation, industrial policy, energy transitions and sino-African relation.

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📣The June 2026 issue of the #JournalofAfricanEconomies is out now! academic.oup.com/jae/issue/35/3 #EconSky #Economics #Development

🥳 We're celebrating our 40th anniversary this weekend. Watch the event live at @blavatnikschool.bsky.social on Saturday 06 June from 09:30 to 18:00 (BST) www.youtube.com/live/BecQerg... 👀 View the programme: csae.web.ox.ac.uk/sitefiles/cs... 📽️ Watch live: www.youtube.com/live/BecQerg...

CSAE 40th Anniversary

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We're delighted to welcome Joris Mueller (National University of Singapore) to Oxford today to present at the CSAE Lunchtime Seminar. 'Political Accountability and the Returns to Peace' 🕧12:30 - 2 pm 📍Skills Lab, Manor Rd, Oxford www.csae.ox.ac.uk/events

The CSAE's @nmeriggi.bsky.social, alongside Maarten Voors & Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak are hiring a full-time Research Assistant in Sierra Leone. ⏰ Deadline: 30 June 2026 ℹ️ Details on how to apply in the PDF csae.web.ox.ac.uk/sitefiles/jo...

🎉 We're excited to launch the new website for the Open Political Economy Analysis Programme (Open PEA) openpea.csae.ox.ac.uk "Our goal is get politics out of the shadows and into the mainstream of growth and development" Open PEA is a join initiative between CSAE & @blavatnikschool.bsky.social

⭐We're delighted to welcome David Lagakos to Oxford today for our CSAE Lunchtime Seminar 'The Spatial Distribution of Income in Cities: New Global Evidence and Theory'. 📆Join us at 12:30 in the Skills Lab, Manor Road Building, Oxford. www.csae.ox.ac.uk/events

CLOSING TODAY at 12 noon BST Last chance to apply to join the CSAE team at @blavatnikschool.bsky.social as a Projects Officer. Working with the Economic Policy Network, Open PEA programme, and on various CSAE projects www.csae.ox.ac.uk/vacancies

CSAE@oxfordcsae.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We're #hiring a CSAE Projects Officer Provide financial & administrative support for the Economic Policy Network & Open Political Economy Anaylysis Programme, & other CSAE projects all at the @blavatnikschool.bsky.social ⏰Deadline: 20 May 2026, 12:00 BST ℹ️https://www.csae.ox.ac.uk/vacancies

📢 Call for Papers Join us for the Firms, Trade, & Development conference at Yale Uni (10–11 Sept 2026), co-hosted by the IGC & @yaleegc.bsky.social. We welcome submissions on firms, trade & development — w/ special focus on climate, energy & environment. www.theigc.org/call-papers-...

Call for papers: IGC/EGC Conference on Firms, Trade, and Development 2026

Join leading economists at the IGC/EGC Conference on Firms, Trade, and Development, held at Yale University on 10-11 September 2026.

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We are excited about the discussion of Associate Professor Catherine Briddick's book – Violence against Women and Regimes of Exception 📍Oxford Department for International Development  📅 5pm-6pm, 20 May  Registration not required More info: https://bit.ly/4nATOhb  @catbriddick.bsky.social

➡️ Our panel now online: "The Science of Scale and Implementation: New Frontiers for Research" @oxfordcsae.bsky.social conference @deankarlan.bsky.social @gamblingondev.bsky.social @wwhglobaled.bsky.social @blavatnikschool.bsky.social @youthimpactorg.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-5H...

'The Science of Scale and Implementation: New Frontiers for Research' at the CSAE Conference 2026

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CLOSING TODAY It's your last chance to apply to be a CSAE Visiting Fellow in 2027. Deadline: 15 May 2026 Details here 👇

CSAE@oxfordcsae.bsky.social · 4mo ago

📣Apply to be a CSAE Visiting Fellow in 2027 Our fellowships scheme supports a residency in Oxford from Jan-Mar, includ. ✈️flights, 🏨accommodation, & a small stipend. Open to African scholars currently pursuing a career in economics. ⏰Apply by 15 May 2026. www.csae.ox.ac.uk/visiting-fel...