CSAE Research Podcasts

Oxford University

A series of conversations between researchers and collaborators about projects taking place at the Centre for the Study of African Economies at the University of Oxford.

  1. FEB 11

    On Track or Not? Projecting the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index

    Can we measure whether countries are on track to halve poverty incidence between 2015 and 2030? This research proposes a framework for modelling projections of multidimensional poverty. It uses recently published repeated observations of multidimensional poverty, based on time-consistent indicators, for 75 countries.
    38 min

  2. JAN 29

    Bargaining through Agents: Experimental Evidence from Mexico's Labour Courts

    Researchers discuss using field experiments with ongoing cases to analyse sources of dysfunction in Mexico's largest labour court.
    41 min

  3. JAN 3

    School leadership Training in Malawi

    Can student progression test scores improve as a result of a custom-designed school leadership training programme? This episode discusses a custom-made training program for school leaders in Malawi's primary schools. Speakers Salman Asim, World Bank; Ravinder Casley Gera, World Bank; Donna Harris, University of Oxford; Grace Milner, Ministry of Education (Malawi).
    23 min

  4. 11/06/2024

    O-Ring Production Networks

    What is the role of international trade in economic development? Using a rich micro-level dataset from Turkey on a wide range of firms, researchers discuss strong assortative matching of skills in the firms' production networks. What is the role of international trade in economic development? Researchers discuss evidence of strong skill matching in Turkish firms' production networks.
    24 min

  5. 09/26/2024

    Cash Transfers and Micro-Enterprise Performance in a Refugee Camp in Kenya

    Researchers discuss the business and price effects of a cash transfer programme delivered to 400,000 refugees in Kenya each month in the form of digital money for buying food at licensed shops. There is mounting empirical evidence around the positive and persistent effects of cash-based assistance on direct recipients but there is limited research on the indirect effects of cash-based assistance on local businesses. This project examines the business and price effects of a cash transfer programme delivered to 400,000 refugees in Kenya. The programme had large impacts on prices and businesses, which can be explained by the presence of market imperfections in the camp.
    37 min

  6. 09/11/2024

    Locked Down and Locked Out: Repurposing Social Assistance in South Africa

    Researchers examine how an established social assistance system - not originally designed to support informal workers - can be re-purposed to provide emergency relief to support workers and their household in South Africa. The COVID-19 pandemic presented a particular challenge to countries with high levels of labour market informality. Informal workers and their households were especially vulnerable to the negative economic consequences of the pandemic and associated lockdown measures, while the very fact of their informality made it difficult for governments to quickly provide targeted economic relief. Using South Africa as a case study, this project examines how an established social assistance system - not originally designed to support informal workers - can be re-purposed to provide emergency relief to these workers and their households.
    41 min

  7. 08/27/2024

    General Equilibrium Effects of Cash Transfers in Kenya (Frisch Medal 2024 Winner)

    Winner of the Frisch Medal 2024, this project examines the impact of a one-time cash transfers to over 10,500 poor households across villages in rural Kenya, on the individual households but also the community at large. How large economic stimuli generate individual and aggregate responses is a central question in economics but has not been studied experimentally. Working with the NGO GiveDirectly, this project examined the impact of a one-time cash transfers of about USD 1000 to over 10,500 poor households across 653 randomised villages in rural Kenya, on the individual households but also the community at large. The research paper produced from this project was published in Econometrica and won the Frisch Medal Award 2024. Speakers: Dennis Egger, Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Oxford, and Stefan Dercon, CSAE Director and Professor of Economic Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government and the Department of Economics, University of Oxford.
    41 min

  8. 02/22/2024

    An Adaptive Targeted Field Experiment: Job Search Assistance for Refugees in Jordan

    How can different kinds of policy help refugees and other displaced populations find work? This project focuses on three interventions designed to improve formal employment outcomes for Syrian refugees and local jobseekers in Jordan.
    31 min
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A series of conversations between researchers and collaborators about projects taking place at the Centre for the Study of African Economies at the University of Oxford.

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  • Creator
    Oxford University
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2025
  • Episodes
    17
  • Rating
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    © Oxford University
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    CSAE Research Podcasts