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My op-ed on the aid cuts in the US, the UK and Europe in The Independent: Foreign aid is how countries show their national character to the world www.independent.co.uk/voices/musk-...

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"Aid is likely to become more transactional." Professor Stefan Dercon comments on the future of aid in this latest piece in @financialtimes.com 👇 www.ft.com/content/b366... #GlobalAid #Trump #USAID @gamblingondev.bsky.social

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Scholarships for African Students - deadline coming up - see below. Note that GRE test at a good level is required. Competitive students who can only take it in coming weeks can submit application by the deadline, and add GRE later. They better let me know by DM!!!!

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I had to sign this letter to the UK PM on the aid cuts. National Security is a public good: people rightly expect the state to provide it. How to fund it is a key public finance decision. Sensible public financial management is all about trade-offs. This was the wrong one.

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Was glad to contribute to this important letter.

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csae.ox.ac.uk/scholarships final application date CSAE scholarships for African economics graduate students at Oxford is 4 March

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Centre for the Study of African Economies at University of Oxford will automatically consider all applicants from Africa for full funding for the MPhil in Economics - we have new scholarships for eligible students. How? Just apply asap: deadline 4th March (extended deadline): see below

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Aspiring economists from Africa: Extended deadline 4 March Oxford's CSAE offers full scholarships >3 year for African students How? Apply for grad studies in Econ = 2 yr Master's course w/ progress to PhD We automatically consider all applicants www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/g...

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🆕 Development Dialogues w/ @yaleegc.bsky.social: The future of evidence-based policymaking & international development 🔊 Stefan Dercon @blavatnikschool.bsky.social @gamblingondev.bsky.social, Trudi Makhaya & Rory Stewart discuss how to ensure that evidence still matters: voxdev.org/topic/instit...

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“Don’t try to give the perfect technocratic solution. Think about what’s the best I can do that’s as evidence-based as possible, given the political reality.” @gamblingondev.bsky.social

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🔊 PODCAST: The future of evidence-based policymaking & international development A #DevelopmentDialogue collab w/ @voxdev.bsky.social Guests @gamblingondev.bsky.social (@blavatnikschool.bsky.social) Trudi Makhaya & @rory-stewart.bsky.social (@yale.edu) LISTEN: egc.yale.edu/news/250224/... #EconSky

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In an age of populism, how can we ensure that facts & evidence still matter in policymaking & international development? CSAE Director @gamblingondev.bsky.social joins Trudi Makhaya & @rory-stewart.bsky.social to discuss this in @voxdev.bsky.social's Development Dialogues voxdev.org/topic/instit...

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A new paper, just to provoke - on the political economy of economic policy advice - just out in Journal of African Economies. tinyurl.com/2sx7tda3

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70% off audiobook… www.audiobooks.co.uk/promotions/p...

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We are growing, we are hiring - 6 new positions in development economics One Ass. Professor Three Post-Docs One Pre-doc One Research Manager www.csae.ox.ac.uk/vacancies

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let's start with some publicity: the audio version of my book is now 70% off £8.29 in the UK. www.audiobooks.co.uk/promotions/p...

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Only 3 weeks left to register for the ESRA & CSAE public lecture by CSAE Director Stefan Dercon on 'South Africa’s Gamble on Economic Development and Inclusion, Then & Now'. 📆04 Dec, 6 PM (GMT+2), 4 PM (GMT) 🏢University of Pretoria & Online Register: econrsa.org/events/publi...

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I had to move...

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