AERC Stakeholder Engagement Workshop
Theme: Reforming the tax policy and Institutional measures for Kenya
Date: March 8, 2024
Time: 8:00-13:00HRS (GMT +3)
Location: @Mercure Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya
Announcing Webinar Series on Applied Quantitative Analysis
The American Institutes for Research (AIR) Pipeline Partnership program (P3-Africa), in collaboration with the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) is pleased to announce a webinar series on applied quantitative analysis for graduate students in Economics and related disciplines at African universities.
Stakeholders Engagement Workshop
Theme: Reforming the tax policy and institutional measures for Kenya
Date: November 30, 2023
Time: 7.00 – 12:00 HRS(GMT+3)
AERC 59th Biannual Plenary
Theme : Youth, Demographic Dividend, Migration, and Economic Opportunities in African Economies
Date: 26th Nov 2023
The Impact of the War in Ukraine: Food Security and Compounding Development Challenges
- September 19, 2023
- 11:00 am
The event will be held on September 19, 2023, virtually on zoom, to disseminate the key policy findings and implications of the project, among policy experts in the field. The event will be held in English and French interpretation will be provided.
ERF acknowledges the financial support from IDRC and the partnership with the AERC and PEP.
The Debt-Climate Nexus in Africa and Development-Centered Solutions
- September 5, 2023
- 5:30 pm
Sub-Saharan African countries face increasing debt distress and vulnerability, with annual debt servicing costs accounting for 80% of climate finance needs. Multilateral cooperation is needed to focus on debt sustainability and climate goals. The Vulnerable Group of 20 and other developing countries have launched the Emergency Coalition for Debt Sustainability and Climate Prosperity, which will launch at the 2023 IMF/WB Group Annual Meetings. An African Climate Summit side event will discuss climate and development-centered frameworks for debt restructuring.
SDR allocation – Findings from AERC Workshops
- August 31, 2023
- 2:00 pm
The AERC with support from BMFG, is implementing a collaborative research project on “Evidence to drive reforms for Special Drawing Rights (SDR) financing in SSA economic recovery” focusing on countries that have high potential to use SDR allocations for development but currently face serious debt issues. The project focuses on the in-depth analysis of specific SDR financing issues in Ghana, Ethiopia, Senegal and Kenya with the objective to increase evidence and awareness about the role of SDRs as well as produce policy recommendations that are responsive to the specific needs and policy priorities of the four countries and that influence the policymaking process in those countries. Four papers from the following Think Tanks will be presented during the session.
GPIR Ghana Dissemination Workshop
AERC, with funding from NORAD is implementing the country case studies phase of “Re-examining the Growth, Poverty, Inequality and Redistribution Relationships in Africa (GPIR project)’’ that covers 7 African countries: Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Cameroon, Malawi, Togo, and Nigeria. The researchers in the project have completed their papers and are expected to disseminate their findings in a national dissemination workshop.
The paper to be disseminated in Ghana is titled “Examining poverty dynamics in Ghana: evidence from longitudinal and repeated cross-sectional data” by Dede W. Gafa, Bernardin Senadza, and Louis Hodey.
The University of Ghana – Economics Department will convene the workshop on behalf of AERC on 2 August 2023 from 9.00 am at the CEDI Conference Center at the University of Ghana in Accra.
Africa Human Capital Heads of State Summit
The African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) and the African Centre for Economic Transformation (ACET) will be co-hosting a Think Tank knowledge sharing session on 24 July 2023 at the Africa Human Capital Heads of States Summit in in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania at the Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre (JNICC). This summit, hosted by the Government of Tanzania, will focus on accelerating Africa’s economic growth through addressing learning poverty and skill gaps.
Date: July 25th – 26rh, 2023
Location: Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre (JNICC) – Dar es salaam
AERC SESSION : The Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) 11th Annual Africa Evidence Summit
Date: June 19th – 20rh, 2023
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
The 2023 Africa Meeting of the Econometric Society (AFES 2023)
Date: June 1st – 3rd, 2023
Time: 0900Hrs (GMT +3)
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AERC In County Research Dissemination Workshop on Climate Change and Economic Development in Africa (CCEDA)
- May 3, 2023
Topic: Climate change and resilient feeding practices for cattle in Benin
Session I: Dual purpose crops productivity and small-scale dairy farmers’ food security toward climate variability and change in Benin
Session II: How to treat sorghum and maize straws with urea to better feed dairy cattle in dry season?
Practical work session: Straw treatment technique with urea
58th Biannual Plenary Session on African economies
AERC wishes to announce the upcoming 58th Biannual Plenary Session on African Economies: Recovery Agenda from Multiple Shocks. The PlenarySession will bring together world-class development economists and experts on African economies to offer fresh insights and perspectives as well as define new frontiers of research that respond to the pressing needs of policymakers.
Date: Monday, 22nd May 2023
Time: 3:00 pm EAT.
Dissemination workshop on the research report entitled “Determinants of Financial Exclusion in Central African Republic (CAR)”
The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) have set up a research program dedicated to post-conflict countries. This program focuses on the issue of financial inclusion in Africa, targeting nine countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. In 2021 and 2022, several virtual meetings were organised to present the methodological notes and draft reports. In October 2022, a forum for policymakers and researchers was organised in Nairobi, Kenya. In accordance with AERC’s research program management policy, authors are required to organise national research report dissemination workshops. The National Coordination of CERAPE-RCA, in collaboration with the Executive Secretariat of CREA and the Regional Coordination of CERAPE, has decided to organise a dissemination workshop on the research report entitled “Determinants of Financial Exclusion in CAR” on April 14, 2023, in Bangui (CAR).
25th SERIES OF THE AERC SENIOR POLICY SEMINAR (SPS)
The African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) will host the twenty fifth series of the Senior Policy Seminar (SPS XXV) on 29-30, March 2023 in Nairobi, Kenya with a broad theme Human Capital Development in Africa. Four papers will be presented followed by a policy roundtable. The roundtable will be a mix of policy makers, paper presenters, non-state, and private sector actors.
AERC senior policy seminars are forums designed specifically to bring together senior policymakers from Africa to exchange experiences and deliberate on topical issues pertaining to sustainable development of their economies. The exchange involves an intense two-day dialogue among senior policy makers, intellectual leaders, private sector actors, and civil society based on policy-oriented research conducted by AERC network members. The ultimate goal is to promote policy based on rigor and evidence.
Note: The resources are purely for reference purpose only and cannot therefore be cited.
Adam Smith Tercentenary Commemoration
AERC will host a high panel discussion for Adam Smith’s Tercentenary on the side-lines of the AFES 2023 in Nairobi.
Date: June 1st – 3rd, 2023
REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON COVID-19 RESPONSES FOR EQUITY (CORE)
Theme: Covid-19 Responses for Equity
Date: 17th – 19th January 2023,
Location: Dakar, Senegal.
Biannual Research Workshop Plenary Session
Theme: African Economies: Recovery Agenda from Multiple Shocks
Date: Sunday, November 27, 2022
Time: 0900Hrs (GMT +3)
This is the 58th Biannual Plenary Session on “African Economies: Recovery Agenda from Multiple Shocks” on November 27, 2022, in Nairobi, hosted by The African Economic Research Consortium (AERC). The Plenary Session brings together world-class development economists and experts on African economies to offer fresh insights and perspectives and define new research frontiers that respond to policymakers’ pressing needs.
Note: The resources are purely for reference purpose only and cannot therefore be cited.
Book Launch: The Job Ladder
Transforming informal work and livelihoods in developing countries.
Date: Nov 30th 2022
Time: 1600 – 1715hrs EAT
Regional Policy Forum on Inclusive Finance for Fragile and Post-Conflict Contexts/States in Africa
Date: October 27, 2022
Time 8:00-17:00HRS (GMT +3)
Nairobi, Kenya
Monetary Policy Frameworks Since Bretton Woods Seminar
Date: Nov 15th 2022
Time: 1500 – 1600hrs EAT
CMAAE Theses Dissemination Workshop
THEME: Technology and Efficiency for Improved Welfare
Wednesday, 7 September 2022
Sapphire Addis Hotel
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Regional Policy Forum on The Implications of Digitalization and Disruptive Technologies for Sustainable Growth, Poverty, Inequality, Women and the Youth in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Date: September 8, 2022
Time: 0900 – 1700HRS (GMT+3)
A Roundtable discussion: Foresight Modelling on the Republic of Kenya
August 18, 2022
Time: 10am – 5:15pm
Location: Sarova Panafric Nairobi, along Valley Road, Nairobi, Kenya
BMGF-AERC Building Policy Research Institutions to Support Human Capital in Africa ‘Human Capital Development in Africa’ Project.
July 26 – July 28, 2022
CMAAE Activities for the University of Nairobi
Date: 19 July – 22 July 2022
AERC has planned a series of activities for Collaborative Masters in Agricultural and Applied Economics (CMAAE) at the University of Nairobi. There will be Thesis Dissemination on July 19, 2022, Farmer training on July 20-22, 2022 and a monitoring visit on Thursday July 21, 2022.
Virtual Joint Facility for Electives (JFE) 2022
The Africa Economic Research Consortium is pleased to announce the official opening session, briefing and orientation of this year’s Collaborative Masters Programme (CMAP) in Economics for Anglophone Africa (Except Nigeria) and Collaborative PhD Programme (CPP) scholars in Economics for Sub-Saharan Africa.
High Level Dialogue on Gender Inequality and Food Systems in Africa
- July 13, 2022
- 12:00 pm
African Economic Research Consortium AERC in partnership with OXFAM International and AU ECOSOCC will have a side event in collaboration with ECOSOCC (13th July 2022) and a panel session with GIMAC (12th July 2022) during the 4th Mid-Year Coordination Meeting of the African Union. The side event is a High-Level Dialogue on Gender Inequality and Food Systems and is informed This Dialogue is in formed by the outcomes of Gendered Impact of Covid 19 on Livelihoods in Africa study. The GIMAC panel is on Time poverty: Unpaid care and domestic work impact on food production, Nutrition, and women Economic Empowerment. The attached concept note has the registration and other details of the panel discussion for uploading on the website and promotion.
AERC Dissemination: KIPPRA
KIPPRA in collaboration with AERC AFRICA hosted a workshop to disseminate findings from the studies on ” COVID-19; Livelihoods in Africa” “Climate Change and Economic Development in Africa” and “Towards UHC in Kenya”. Present are KIPPRA Executive Director Dr Rose Ngugi, AERC Africa Executive Director Prof Njuguna Ndung’u, representatives from state and non-state actors and KIPPRA staff.
The Biannual Research Workshop Plenary Session 2022
- May 30, 2022
- 3:00 pm
Theme: Poverty, growth, redistribution, and social inclusion in times of Covid-19 pandemic in Africa
African Economic Research Consortium to Host a Virtual Plenary Session on “Poverty, growth, redistribution, and social inclusion in times of Covid-19 pandemic in Africa
- May 30, 2022
Economists, Researchers and Policymakers Examine the Dynamics of Poverty, Growth, Redistribution, and Social Inclusion in the Context COVID-19 Pandemic in Africa.
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