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Stefan Dercon

Series featuring Stefan Dercon

  • Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative
  • Centre for the Study of African Economies Conference
  • Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars
  • CSAE Research Podcasts
# Episode Title Description People Date
7 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. Dennis Egger, Stefan Dercon 27 Aug 2024
6 The UK’s development strategy and the new economic and geopolitical challenges The Minister for Development and Africa, Andrew Mitchell MP, will join us to discuss how to address these challenges as well as seize new opportunities. Andrew Mitchell, Stefan Dercon, Emily Jones, Ricardo Soares de Oliveira 30 May 2024
5 Cash Transfer Grants in South Africa during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Work Behind the ESRC Outstanding Public Policy Impact Award 2023 The CSAE's Kate Orkin has won the ESRC award for Outstanding Public Policy Impact 2023. Stefan Dercon talks to Kate about the work behind the cash grant programme in South Africa during the Covid-19 pandemic that reached an extra 26.2 million people. Stefan Dercon, Kate Orkin 28 Nov 2023
4 Creative Commons Anticipatory Cash Transfers in Climate Disaster Response Billions of dollars are spent annually on humanitarian support to households in crisis. Researchers discuss a large-scale evaluation that tests the impact of anticipatory cash transfers in response to floods in Bangladesh. Ben Brunckhorst, Stefan Dercon, Ruth Hill, Ashley Pople 02 Jun 2023
3 Book talk: ‘Why do some countries gamble on development, and others don’t?’ Stefan Dercon talks about his new book, with further discussion from David Pilling (Financial Times) and Melinda Bohannon (FCDO) Stefan Dercon, David Pilling, Melinda Bohannon, Ricardo Soares de Oliveira 27 May 2022
2 CSAE Conference 2016 - Interview with Stefan Dercon Stefan Dercon, CSAE Director, provides a short overview of the Centre for the Study of African Economies Stefan Dercon 07 Jun 2016
1 Weaknesses of the Current System Second panel discussion on 'Economics and the Idea of Justice'. Discussing questions such as do we need a new economic framework? And should economics change fundamentally in light of the financial crisis? Ngaire Woods, John Broome, Stefan Dercon, James Purnell 03 Dec 2009