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Why firms under-promote women – and how experimentation can fix it In Bangladesh’s garment sector, firms often under-promote women because of biased beliefs and distorted learning about women’s managerial ability. However, temporary, low-risk trials can correct these...

🆕 Why firms under-promote women – and how experimentation can fix it

Today on VoxDev, Rocco Macchiavello (LSE), @amenzelecon.bsky.social (Padova), @atonurabbani.bsky.social (Dhaka) & Chris Woodruff (Oxford) discuss correcting beliefs on female managers in Bangladesh: voxdev.org/topic/labour...

🆕 What happens when humanitarian #aid is cut or delayed?

New research from a major refugee camp in #Kenya shows sharp impacts on food security, overall welfare, and local markets.

Read more on ‪VoxDev, with Vittorio Bruni & Olivier Sterck (@oliviersterck.bsky.social‬)
🔗 voxdev.org/topic/instit...

Graphic saying: 2026 What Works Hub for Global Education Conference at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford and online. 15–16 September 2026. Save the date

📢 Save the date: the What Works Hub for Global Education Conference 2026 will take place on 15–16 September this year!

📍 The conference will be held at the Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford, UK, & it will be accessible online.

#WWHGEConf26 #ImplementationScience

EVENT: Blavatnik Book Talk: Reform as Process

Civil service reform is vital – and difficult. Join Martin Williams in conversation with Dean Ngaire Woods on his new book, Reform as Process: Implementing Change in Public Bureaucracies.

Register ⬇️
https://ow.ly/GVbU50Yhtw8

We're delighted to welcome @johannesmboehm.bsky.social to Oxford today for the CSAE Lunchtime Seminar (joint with the @oxfordecondept.bsky.social).

Join us at 12:30 today in the Manor Road Building (Room G). 👇

CSAE Conference 2026 CSAE Conference 2026: Economic Development in Africa

Yes, we will be live streaming the panel discussion. We'll post the live stream links on the CSAE website nearer to the event. www.csae.ox.ac.uk/csae-confere...

Speakers:
🔹@stefanocaria.bsky.social
🔹Max Duncan
🔹Pramila Krishnan
🔹Arkebe Oqubay Metiku

Chair: @gamblingondev.bsky.social

#OxCSAE2026 @blavatnikschool.bsky.social @odid-qeh.bsky.social @soasdevelopment.bsky.social
cvent.me/mW25zA

CSAE Conference 2026 graphic for opening panel with photos of speakers and the CSAE 40th logo

⏰Registration closing in 5 days!

Don't miss out, register for the CSAE Conference 2026 today cvent.me/4mMOvq

The opening panel will start with a screening of the film Made in Ethiopia (2024), followed by the discussion 'Made in Africa: An Assessment'

📆22 March, 14:15 onwards
Speaker info in 🧵

YouTube video by Blavatnik School of Government A celebration of the career of Professor Sir Paul Collier

Sir Paul Collier, Professor at the @blavatnikschool.bsky.social & co-founder of the CSAE, is retiring.

This month, BSG hosted a celebratory event to reflect on Paul’s work & explore the issues he has spent his career addressing.

Available to watch online👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMNF...

We’re happy to host Stefano Caria (University of Oxford @oxfordcsae.bsky.social) at Dep of Law at Roma Tre University for a new talk in the Inequality InRome seminar series 🗓️
He'll present: Training to End Poverty?
Join us in person or online 🌍
Info&registration: sites.google.com/view/inequal...

CSAE Lunchtime Seminar graphic with photo of Johannes Boehm and CSAE 40th logo

The next CSAE Lunchtime Seminar is with @johannesmboehm.bsky.social ( @gvagrad.bsky.social ) on 'The Network Origins of Firm Dynamics: Contracting Frictions and Dynamism with Long-Term Relationships'. #EconSky #development

🗓Wed 18 Feb, 12:30
Manor Rd Building, Oxford
www.csae.ox.ac.uk/events

What happens when humanitarian aid is cut or delayed? Humanitarian aid systems are under mounting pressure, with key donors like the US and UK cutting funding despite growing needs. New research in one of the world’s largest refugee camps shows that aid ...

Research in one of the world’s largest refugee camps shows the effects of aid cuts & delays on food consumption & welfare.

@voxdev.bsky.social article by @oliviersterck.bsky.social & Vittorio Bruni @odid-qeh.bsky.social @refugeestudies.bsky.social @iobua.bsky.social 👇
voxdev.org/topic/instit...

YouTube video by Centre for the Study of African Economies What happens when humanitarian aid is cut?

🌟📽️NEW VIDEO

What happens when humanitarian aid is cut?

The CSAE's @oliviersterck.bsky.social (@odid-qeh.bsky.social @refugeestudies.bsky.social @iobua.bsky.social) discusses findings from a study of the effects of aid cuts in Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya.👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=99wS...

We're delighted to welcome Ahmed Elsayed to Oxford today for the CSAE Lunchtime Seminar.

See you at 12:30.
Details 👇

EVENTS

This week's CSAE Lunchtime Seminar is with Ahmed Elsayed (The American University in Cairo) on 'Unbiased and Accurate: Measuring Sensitive Outcomes Through Ballot-Bag Surveys'. #EconSky #development

🗓Wed 11 Feb, 12:30
Manor Rd Building, Oxford
www.csae.ox.ac.uk/events

When do cash transfers empower women? Pairing an aspirations workshop with a cash transfer helped Kenyan women gain control of household resources and reduced intimate partner violence.

Pairing an aspirations workshop with a cash transfer helped Kenyan women gain control of household resources & reduced intimate partner violence.

CSAE's Kate Orkin @blavatnikschool.bsky.social explores when cash transfers empower women in this @voxdev.bsky.social article

Legacy Is Not Destiny: Historical Ethno-Linguistic Diversity and Contemporary Deforestation across Africa Abstract. A vast literature on the effects of contemporary population diversity, frequently defined in terms of measures with ethnic and linguistic compone

This #JournalofAfricanEconomies paper advances the argument that a historical perspective can illuminate the underlying drivers of deforestation. This study focuses on Africa due to its unprecedented deforestation and high population diversity.https://doi.org/10.1093/jae/ejaf008

Graphic for JournalofAfricanEconomies January 2026 paper 'Legacy Is Not Destiny: Historical Ethno-Linguistic Diversity and Contemporary Deforestation across Africa’. Includes African continent motif, OUP and CSAE logos on a grey background.

The CSAE’s #JournalofAfricanEconomies January 2026 issue includes:

'Legacy Is Not Destiny: Historical Ethno-Linguistic Diversity and Contemporary Deforestation across Africa’ & it's #openaccess. #EconSky

✒️Iva Mihaylova

📚https://doi.org/10.1093/jae/ejaf008

Global poverty trends through a new lens Global poverty trends look radically different depending on the poverty line used. A new measure that doesn’t depend on ‘lines’ – the average time needed to earn a dollar – shows that global poverty…

Has global poverty fallen since 1990? Depending on which poverty line you use, the answer ranges from “we’ve made huge progress” to “nothing has changed”

CSAE's @oliviersterck.bsky.social explores global poverty trends in this @voxdev.bsky.social article.

Paper by the CSAE's @amirleb.bsky.social ( @tidecentre.bsky.social @odid-qeh.bsky.social ) on 'Biodiversity and Productive Development: Extractivist traps and symbiotic innovation ecosystems in Latin America & the Caribbean' 👇

@blavatnikschool.bsky.social @j-pal.bsky.social @voxdev.bsky.social @cepr.org @refugeestudies.bsky.social @odid-qeh.bsky.social @oxmartinschool.bsky.social @developmentuea.bsky.social @lseid.bsky.social @soasdevelopment.bsky.social @cega-uc.bsky.social @theigc.bsky.social @wwhglobaled.bsky.social

CSAE Conference 2026 programme live graphic with CSAE logo, navy background and world map.

📣The programme for the CSAE Conference 2026 is now published. cvent.me/eWZ8LP

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

Digital Tech Adoption Incentives to Unlock the Next Growth Frontier of the IT-BPM Sector - Tech For Good Institute The Philippines’ IT-BPM sector is growing strongly, but the next growth frontier will come from innovation enabled by advanced digital technologies, such as cloud, AI, analytics, and secure…

CSAE's Fandi Achmad @odid-qeh.bsky.social, & Monchito Ibrahim, explore how targeted digital adoption incentives, structured knowledge partnerships, & clear data governance can help firms move beyond routine outsourcing into innovation-driven partnerships.👇

We're delighted to welcome Lucia Corno to Oxford today for the CSAE Lunchtime Seminar.

Join us at 12:30 in Seminar Room G. See you there.

Details 👇

Graphic for CSAE Conference 2026 closing panel with CSAE logo, navy background and world map

Speakers:
🔹James Habyarimana (Georgetown University)
🔹Dean Karlan (Northwestern University)
🔹Nompumelelo Nyathi-Mohohlwane (National Department of Basic Education, South Africa)
Chair: @noamangrist.bsky.social (University of Oxford)

#OxCSAE2026 @wwhglobaled.bsky.social @blavatnikschool.bsky.social

Graphic for CSAE Conference 2026 closing panel with CSAE logo, navy background and world map.

Have you registered for the CSAE Conference 2026: Economic Development in Africa?

This year's closing panel will be The Science of Scale & Implementation: New Frontiers for Research.

📆Tues 24 March, 16:30 - 18:00 GMT
Speaker info in 🧵

⏰Register for #OxCSAE2026 by 22 February: cvent.me/4mMOvq

Terrorism and Military Expenditure in Africa: An Analysis of Spillover Effects Abstract. This paper uses a Dynamic Spatial Durbin Model (DSDM) to study the potential spatial spillover effects of terrorism on military spending decision

This #JournalofAfricanEconomies paper uses a Dynamic Spatial Durbin Model (DSDM) to study the potential spatial spillover effects of terrorism on military spending decisions in Africa.
doi.org/10.1093/jae/...

#JournalofAfricanEconomies January 2026 graphic for paper 'Terrorism and Military Expenditure in Africa: An Analysis of Spillover Effects’. Includes African continent motif, OUP and CSAE logos on grey background. ✒️Amadou Boly and Éric N Kéré

The CSAE’s #JournalofAfricanEconomies January 2026 issue includes:

'Terrorism and Military Expenditure in Africa: An Analysis of Spillover Effects’

✒️Amadou Boly and Éric N Kéré

📚https://doi.org/10.1093/jae/ejaf007

CSAE Conference 2026: Economic Development in Africa graphic wit navy background and photo of this year's keynote speaker is Yaw Nyarko (NYU). Also includes world map and CSAE 40th anniversary logo

⏰Less than 3 weeks left to register for the CSAE Conference 2026: Economic Development in Africa #OxCSAE2026

Reg deadline: 22 February 2026, 23:59 GMT

This year's keynote speaker is Yaw Nyarko (NYU).
Find out more about the event & register today: cvent.me/4mMOvq

Africa’s offshore ties to Asia are growing, but their consequences… The Oxford Martin School at the University of Oxford brings together the best minds from different fields to tackle the most pressing issues of the 21st…

🌟New paper by Ricardo Soares de Oliveira (@oxmartinschool.bsky.social African Governance Programme) finds that African offshore finance is increasingly routed through Asian financial centres.
www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/news/africas...