Economic Development in Africa

New Resources

Market Integration and Border Effects in Eastern Africa, CSAE working paper
The economics of the Arab Spring, CSAE working paper
Optimal public investment, growth, and consumption: Evidence from African countries, CSAE working paper
Borders that Divide: Education and Religion in Ghana and Togo since Colonial Times, CSAE working paper
CSAE Newsletter 05, Autumn 2011
Political Origins of Financial Structure, CSAE working paper
Insurance products for the poor should not be poor products, iiG Briefing Paper

This conference will be held on 18th to 20th March 2007, at St Catherine's College.

Papers on any topics related to African economic development, including in a comparative context, are welcome. This conference will largely consist of parallel sessions, with two plenary sessions.

If you are interested in presenting a paper, please upload an abstract by Friday 22 December 2006. Submission is now closed. If accepted for the conference, all authors will need to submit completed papers by Friday 9 March 2007 for inclusion in the final programme.

PhD candidates

Ph.D. candidates must complete the submission form on the conference website and email a full paper to csae.conference@economics.ox.ac.uk. A draft paper or full outline will also be considered.

Participants requesting funding

The Centre hopes to obtain funding for African participants travelling from Africa and presenters from Africa may be eligible for full travel and participation costs. Those wishing to apply for these funds must complete the submission form on the conference website and email a full paper to csae.conference@economics.ox.ac.uk.

Chair of the programme committee: Stefan Dercon.

This conference will follow on from the GPRG conference on 'Livelihoods and well-being in developing countries: Multidisciplinary approaches', taking place on 18 March. Participants are invited to attend this conference as well.

Related link: GPRG Conference 2007

Information and abstract submission for CSAE and GPRG conferences

Information, submission and registration can all be found on the Joint Conference home page

Enquiries

Enquiries should have the mark/subject "CSAE conference 2007" and be addressed to:

e-mail:	csae.conference@economics.ox.ac.uk
fax:	+44 (0)1865 281447
postal address:	CSAE, Dept of Economics, Oxford University, Manor Road Building, Manor Rd, Oxford, OX1 3UQ, UK.

How to get there

St Catherine's College website has travel information and maps.