Structured online and in-person programmes designed for policy officers, economists, finance professionals, and researchers working in and on African economies.
This course is designed to provide a comprehensive review of the economic questions relevant to social protection in low- and middle-income countries. Throughout the twelve-lecture series, we will delve into diverse topics such as identifying program beneficiaries, the different forms programs can take, measuring long-run impacts, the role of digital technology, and spillovers and general equilibrium effects, among others.
It examines how institutions, property rights, governance, political systems, transaction costs, and organizational structures shape economic behavior, development, markets, cooperation, and long-run economic performance, using theoretical and empirical methods.
Political economy provides a powerful set of tools for understanding economic development. Addressing many of the world’s most important challenges - from reducing poverty and preventing conflict, to tackling climate change - requires understanding political power, how that power is constrained, how states acquire the capacity to implement policy, and how citizens hold governments accountable.
It Examine the economic causes and consequences of climate change and the sustainable management of natural resources, focusing on carbon emissions, climate risks, resource scarcity, environmental externalities, conservation, adaptation and mitigation, resource governance, and the links between environmental sustainability, economic growth, and development.
Advanced Health Economics examines the application of economic theory and empirical methods to health care, health systems, financing, policy, and resource allocation. It focuses on health production, economic evaluation, health financing, policy design, health inequalities, behavioural decisions, and the relationship between health and economic development.
Advanced Macroeconomics examines theories and empirical methods for understanding economic growth, business cycles, monetary and fiscal policy, international macroeconomics, and macroeconomic dynamics. It focuses on: Long-run economic growth and development Business cycles and economic fluctuations Monetary policy, inflation, and unemployment Fiscal policy and public debt Exchange rates and international financial markets Dynamic and intertemporal economic decisions Macroeconometric analysis and forecasting DSGE modelling and macroeconomic policy analysis Application of advanced macroeconomic theory to real-world economic problems
This course is organized into four complementary modules. Module I: Cross-Sectional Econometrics covers OLS, heteroskedasticity, instrumental variables and 2SLS, Probit, Logit, and Tobit models. Module II: Panel Data Econometrics focuses on fixed effects, random effects, first differences, Hausman-Taylor estimation, dynamic panel models, GMM, and nonlinear panel models. Module III: Time Series Econometrics introduces ARMA and ARIMA models, unit-root testing, VAR and SVAR models, cointegration, VECM, ARDL, and GARCH models. Module IV: Causal Inference and Impact Evaluation develops students’ understanding of randomization, Difference-in-Differences (DiD), Propensity Score Matching (PSM), and Regression Discontinuity (RD) designs for identifying causal effects and evaluating policies and interventions.
Government Economics is the study of how governments make decisions about taxation, public spending, regulation, public goods, and redistribution, and how these decisions affect the economy and society.
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