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The future of donor agencies in Africa: an open and honest debate
The final plenary at this year’s CSAE conference asked about ‘The future of donor agencies in Africa, and was chaired by Stefan Dercon (CSAE director, University of Oxford). The participants were Lindy Cameron (Director General, DFID), Albert Engel (Internal Director … Continue reading
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Tagged Aid, Climate change, Development, DfID, GIZ, OxCSAE2017, Oxfam
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Does exposure to wartime sexual violence create domestic violence? The latest research on intimate partner violence
In analyses of violence, domestic violence is often neglected, even though it is one of the most common forms of violence, as was argued by Anke Hoeffler earlier on our blog. At the CSAE Conference several papers were presented looking … Continue reading
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What is the value of formalisation? Lessons from the CSAE Conference
Several papers at this year’s CSAE conference examined take-up and effects of formalisation. Michael Koelle, DPhil student at CSAE, takes stock of the lessons we can learn from these papers.
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Time and Risk at #OxCSAE2017: Present bias in the lab, incentives and overoptimism and informal risk-sharing vs. formal insurance
The CSAE Conference finished yesterday. Over the next days our team of student bloggers will present you with a selection of interesting and notable papers. With more than 300 papers presented at the CSAE Conference, we are unfortunately unable to do … Continue reading
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Closing session: The Future of Donor Agencies in Africa
What should be the role of donor agencies in Africa in the coming years? This is the question that is central to this year’s CSAE Conference closing session. Our speakers for this session are Lindy Cameron (DfID), Albert Engel (GIZ) and … Continue reading
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Debunking myths about forced migration
Darfur refugee camp in Chad (Creative Commons Mark Knobil from Pittsburgh, USA) During first plenary session of the CSAE conference (video here), Stefan Dercon, Tuesday Reitano, Isabel Ruiz and Philip Verwimp debunked a series of myths about forced migration. First, they reminded … Continue reading
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Tagged Development, Ethnicity, Household decision-making, Migration, OxCSAE2017
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Watch: our session on African Refugees and Migrants
Migration is one of the topics high on the development agenda. In our first keynote session of the CSAE Conference, Tuesday Reitano (Global Initiative against Transnational Organised Crime), Isabel Ruiz (University of Oxford) and Phillip Verwimp (Université Libre de Bruxelles) … Continue reading
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Ending early marriage in Bangladesh and Uganda
The practice of child marriage adversely affects the lives of millions of girls in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. In Uganda, nearly one in every two girls is married before reaching their 18th birthday. The situation is worse in Bangladesh … Continue reading
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Tagged Development, Mariage, Poverty
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To What Extent Resource Discovery Influences the Politics of Fiscal Decentralization
“North Sea oil and gas reserves are another matter of much dispute. Mr Salmond says an independent Scotland would earmark a tenth of revenues – which the Yes campaign puts at about £1bn a year – to form a Norwegian-style … Continue reading
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Intra-household Resource Allocation and Familial Ties
Households in traditional societies often deviate from the form of the nuclear family household that dominate in developed economies. Grandparents and grandchildren, married siblings, other extended family members, or even unrelated individuals may cohabit, produce and consume together. In sub-Saharan … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, Development, Household decision-making, Labour, Poverty, Risk and insurance, Rural, Social Networks
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