Research
This section gives information about the Centre for the Study of African Economies involvement in various larger-scale research activities. Typically these research activities will take place over a period of several years and have a number of different intermediate outputs.
Improving Institutions for Growth
CSAE Programmes (with contact name)
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An experimental analysis of network and group formation for collective action (Marcel Fafchamps, Abigail Barr)
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Breaking-in and moving-up: New industrial challenges for the bottom billion and the middle-income countries (Paul Collier)
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Coping with Agricultural Reforms in the 90s:The case of cocoa farmers in Ghana (Marcela Vigneri)
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Does investing in education reduce poverty? Evidence from Ghana, Uganda and South Africa (Francis Teal)
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Finance and formalisation as mechanisms for poverty reduction in Africa (Justin Sandefur, Francis Teal)
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Harnessing sectoral information for improved aggregate inflation forecasts (Janine Aron, John Muellbauer)
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Managing Macroeconomic Risks in Developing Countries: Policies and Institutions (Chris Adam)
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Natural Resource Charter (Paul Collier)
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RECOUP - Research Consortium on Educational Outcomes and Poverty (Geeta Kingdon)
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Risk and insurance in Ugandan coffee farms (Ruth Hill)
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South African Macroeconomic Research Programme (Janine Aron)
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South African manufactured exports (Neal Rankin)
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State failure and conflict recurrence (Paul Collier, Anke Hoeffler)
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Status and egalitarianism in traditional communities (Abigail Barr, Mattea Stein)
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The effect of entrepreneur training on the growth of small and medium enterprises (Marcel Fafchamps)
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The effects of microfinance on the productivity of Ghanaian cocoa farmers (Francis Teal, Andrew Zeitlin)
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The Evaluation of Network Brokerage Initiatives (Abigail Barr)
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Unemployment in South Africa: a microeconomic approach (Geeta Kingdon)