BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:talks.ox.ac.uk BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Blavatnik Bool Talk: Timely Cash: Lessons from 2\,500 Years of Giv ing People Money - Professor Stefan Dercon (Blavatnik School of Government )\, Ugo Gentilini\, Flavia Galvani (Blavatnik School of Government) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250204T161500Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250204T171500Z UID:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/4f208030-6aa6-4b74-86c0-b0792098d580/ DESCRIPTION:\nStatus: This talk has been cancelled\nJoin Professor Stefan Dercon and Dr Flavia Galvani for a talk with Ugo Gentilini about his new b ook\, Timely Cash: Lessons from 2\,500 Years of Giving People Money.\n\nCa sh transfers\, or the provision of money to people by the state\, reach hu ndreds of million people worldwide. But when did they start\, and how did they spread over countries and centuries? How did past practices look like \, and how did they evolve? Why\, despite compelling evidence\, are policy makers sometimes skeptical about cash transfers? Ugo Gentilini ​explores those questions by tracing cash transfers over history\, codifying divers ity in experiences\, and identifying recurrent patterns. In doing so\, the volume helps illuminate the roots of modern cash transfer dilemmas and re veals how the past can offer surprising lessons for contemporary debates.\ n\nThe event is followed by a drinks reception.\nSpeakers:\nProfessor Stef an Dercon (Blavatnik School of Government)\, Ugo Gentilini\, Flavia Galvan i (Blavatnik School of Government) LOCATION:Blavatnik School of Government\, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter OX 2 6GG TZID:Europe/London URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/4f208030-6aa6-4b74-86c0-b0792098d580/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Blavatnik Bool Talk: Timely Cash: Lessons from 2\,500 Yea rs of Giving People Money - Professor Stefan Dercon (Blavatnik School of G overnment)\, Ugo Gentilini\, Flavia Galvani (Blavatnik School of Governmen t) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The UK’s development strategy and the new economic and geopoliti cal challenges - Andrew Mitchell (Minister of State in the Foreign\, Commo nwealth & Development Office (FCDO))\, Professor Stefan Dercon (Blavatnik School of Government)\, Dr Emily Jones (Blavatnik School of Government\, O xford)\, Prof Ricardo Soares de Oliveira (Department of Politics and Inter national Relations) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240306T170000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240306T181500Z UID:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/21a5aca9-ea36-4f8f-b995-cdc0e4ae6e8a/ DESCRIPTION:The UK launched an international development White Paper in No vember 2023\, setting out seven areas for action across a broad range of d evelopment themes and policy areas.\n\nThe White Paper recognises the incr easingly contested world we face\, with a more complicated and fractured g eopolitical environment. As the UK moves into implementing this vision\, i t will need to navigate this.\n\nThe Minister for Development and Africa\, Andrew Mitchell MP\, will join us to discuss how to address these challen ges as well as seize new opportunities.\n\nThe panel will consider how to mobilise additional resources for genuine impact when fiscal and political conditions in the UK and traditional donor partners are unfavourable\; ho w to work with new and emerging donors and balance the imperative for more funds against the UK’s commitment to its values\; how to manoeuvre in t he context of the wide choices of finance available to recipient countries \, often with different terms and conditions\; and how to balance a focus on climate mitigation\, primarily in middle income countries\, with financ e to tackle extreme poverty and climate adaptation\, primarily in the leas t developed countries.\n\nTo register to watch live online on Crowdcast: h ttps://www.crowdcast.io/c/uks-development-strategy\nSpeakers:\nAndrew Mitc hell (Minister of State in the Foreign\, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO))\, Professor Stefan Dercon (Blavatnik School of Government)\, Dr E mily Jones (Blavatnik School of Government\, Oxford)\, Prof Ricardo Soares de Oliveira (Department of Politics and International Relations) LOCATION:Lecture Theatre (and online) TZID:Europe/London URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/21a5aca9-ea36-4f8f-b995-cdc0e4ae6e8a/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:The UK’s development strategy and the new economic and geopolitical challenges - Andrew Mitchell (Minister of State in the Foreig n\, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO))\, Professor Stefan Dercon (B lavatnik School of Government)\, Dr Emily Jones (Blavatnik School of Gover nment\, Oxford)\, Prof Ricardo Soares de Oliveira (Department of Politics and International Relations) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:OPEN Masterclass: How to maximize the impact of policy advice? - M r. Lai Yahaya (Former Special Advisor to the Chief of Staff to the Preside nt\, Nigeria)\, Professor Stefan Dercon (Blavatnik School of Government)\, Adeyemi Dipeolu (Special Adviser to the Coalition for Dialogue on Africa. )\, Shaheen Naseer (University of Oxford) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240222T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240222T163000Z UID:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/cbfe67f9-d16b-441c-a351-5b3d7cfbe800/ DESCRIPTION:The Oxford Policy Engagement Network (OPEN) and the Centre for Study of African Economies (CSAE) are pleased to invite you to this maste rclass\, in which we will explore the critical question of how those aimin g to advise policymakers can enhance the impact of their recommendations i n the face of complex political dynamics. Dr. Shaheen Naseer will moderate a conversation between Professor Stefan Dercon\, Director of CSAE\, and Professor of Economic Policy with Lai Yahaia\, former Special Advisor to t he Chief of Staff to the President of Nigeria\, and Adeyemi Dipeolu\, Spec ial Adviser to the Coalition for Dialogue on Africa\, to address the chall enges in the traditional approach to policy advice. They will discuss how standard recommendations often overlook the intricate political constraint s faced by leaders in developing countries.\n\nThrough compelling examples from the context of Nigeria and other African countries\, the event will showcase how a nuanced understanding of local political conditions can pav e the way for developmentally impactful and politically viable policy reco mmendations.\n \nSpeakers:\nProfessor Stefan Dercon. Director\, CSAE\, and Professor of Economic Policy.\nMr. Lai Yahaya. Former Special Advisor to the Chief of Staff to the President\, Nigeria.\nAdeyemi Dipeolu. Special A dviser to the Coalition for Dialogue on Africa. Adjunct Professor at the N elson Mandela School of Governance of the University of Cape Town and Fell ow of the Development Leadership Dialogue Institute of SOAS\, University o f London.\n\nModerator: \nDr. Shaheen Naseer. Postdoctoral researcher for the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Development at the Oxford Ma rtin School\, University of Oxford.\nSpeakers:\nMr. Lai Yahaya (Former Spe cial Advisor to the Chief of Staff to the President\, Nigeria)\, Professor Stefan Dercon (Blavatnik School of Government)\, Adeyemi Dipeolu (Special Adviser to the Coalition for Dialogue on Africa.)\, Shaheen Naseer (Unive rsity of Oxford) LOCATION:Blavatnik School of Government\, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter OX 2 6GG TZID:Europe/London URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/cbfe67f9-d16b-441c-a351-5b3d7cfbe800/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:OPEN Masterclass: How to maximize the impact of policy ad vice? - Mr. Lai Yahaya (Former Special Advisor to the Chief of Staff to th e President\, Nigeria)\, Professor Stefan Dercon (Blavatnik School of Gove rnment)\, Adeyemi Dipeolu (Special Adviser to the Coalition for Dialogue o n Africa.)\, Shaheen Naseer (University of Oxford) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Book talk: ‘Why do some countries gamble on development\, and ot hers don’t?’ - Professor Stefan Dercon (Blavatnik School of Government )\, Prof Ricardo Soares de Oliveira (Department of Politics and Internatio nal Relations)\, David Pilling (Financial Times)\, Melinda Bohannon (Direc tor of Strategy at FCDO) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20220503T170000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20220503T183000 UID:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/354484e8-3517-4d49-9cb1-106164656fe9/ DESCRIPTION:In the last thirty years\, the developing world has undergone tremendous changes. Overall\, poverty has fallen\, people live longer and healthier lives\, and economies have been transformed.\n\nAnd yet many cou ntries have simply missed the boat. Oxford’s Stefan Dercon’s new book\ , “Gambling on Development: Why some countries win and others lose”\, asks why it is that some of the previously poorest countries have prospere d\, while others have failed.\n\nStefan argues that the answer lies not in a specific set of policies\, but rather in a key ‘development bargain ’\, whereby a country’s elites shift from protecting their own positio ns to gambling on a growth-based future. Despite the imperfections of such bargains\, China is among the most striking recent success stories\, alon g with Indonesia and more unlikely places\, such as Bangladesh\, Ghana and \, tentatively\, Ethiopia. Gambling on Development is about these winning efforts\, in contrast to countries stuck in elite bargains leading nowhere .\n\nAt the talk\, he is joined by David Pilling (Financial Times)\, Melin da Bohannon\, (Director of Strategy at FCDO) and Ricardo Soares de Oliveir a (Oxford University).\n\nThe event will debate some of the themes of the book: how economics and politics are deeply connected\, how naïve policy prescriptions distract\, how international policies and aid can help or di stort\, but also the remarkable role played in some countries by leading g roups and individuals to drive progress\, and the failures of local elites elsewhere.\n\nThis talk is in conjunction with the Oxford Martin Programm e on African Governance\n\nThis talk is live in-person and online\n\nTo re gister to attend this talk in-person at the Oxford Martin School\, please use the registration form at: https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/events/gam bling-on-development/\n\nTo watch this talk live online register on crowdc ast here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/gambling-on-development\nSpeakers:\nP rofessor Stefan Dercon (Blavatnik School of Government)\, Prof Ricardo Soa res de Oliveira (Department of Politics and International Relations)\, Dav id Pilling (Financial Times)\, Melinda Bohannon (Director of Strategy at F CDO) LOCATION:Oxford Martin School (In-person and online)\, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD TZID:Europe/London URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/354484e8-3517-4d49-9cb1-106164656fe9/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Book talk: ‘Why do some countries gamble on development \, and others don’t?’ - Professor Stefan Dercon (Blavatnik School of G overnment)\, Prof Ricardo Soares de Oliveira (Department of Politics and I nternational Relations)\, David Pilling (Financial Times)\, Melinda Bohann on (Director of Strategy at FCDO) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Gambling on Development: Why some countries lose and others win - Professor Stefan Dercon (Blavatnik School of Government)\, Dr Kate Orkin ( Blavatnik School of Government) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20220428T173000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20220428T183000 UID:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/7ed2754c-6ee7-4b88-b30f-9b6617f07a94/ DESCRIPTION:In the last thirty years\, the developing world has undergone tremendous changes. Overall\, poverty has fallen\, people live longer and healthier lives\, and economies have been transformed. And yet many countr ies have simply missed the boat. Why have some countries prospered\, while others have failed? Stefan Dercon argues that the answer lies not in a sp ecific set of policies\, but rather in a key ‘development bargain’\, w hereby a country’s elites shift from protecting their own positions to g ambling on a growth-based future. Despite the imperfections of such bargai ns\, China is among the most striking recent success stories\, along with Indonesia and more unlikely places\, such as Bangladesh\, Ghana and\, tent atively Ethiopia.\n\nGambling on Development is about these winning effort s\, in contrast to countries stuck in elite bargains leading nowhere. Buil ding on three decades’ experience across forty-odd countries\, Dercon wi nds his narrative through Ebola in Sierra Leone\, scandals in Malawi\, bee r factories in the DRC\, mobile phone licences in Mozambique\, and relief programmes behind enemy lines in South Sudan. Weaving together conversatio ns with prime ministers\, civil servants and ordinary people\, this is a p robing look at how development has been achieved across the world\, and ho w to assist such successes.\nSpeakers:\nProfessor Stefan Dercon (Blavatnik School of Government)\, Dr Kate Orkin (Blavatnik School of Government) LOCATION:Blavatnik School of Government (Blavatnik School of Government an d Zoom)\, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter OX2 6GG TZID:Europe/London URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/7ed2754c-6ee7-4b88-b30f-9b6617f07a94/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Gambling on Development: Why some countries lose and othe rs win - Professor Stefan Dercon (Blavatnik School of Government)\, Dr Kat e Orkin (Blavatnik School of Government) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Ukraine: the economic impact - Professor Ngaire Woods (Dean\, Blav atnik School of Government)\, Beata Javorcik (Chief Economist at the Europ ean Bank for Reconstruction and Development)\, Dan Baer (Europe Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)\, Professor Stefan Dercon (Blavatnik School of Government) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20220324T170000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20220324T180000Z UID:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/dede65a2-c50a-4e89-8d60-12ca19adf087/ DESCRIPTION:The next in the Blavatnik School's series exploring the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine will bring together Dr Beata Javorick\ , Dan Baer and Professor Stefan Dercon to examine the economic consequence s of the war. The panel will be moderated by Professor Ngaire Woods.\nSpea kers:\nProfessor Ngaire Woods (Dean\, Blavatnik School of Government)\, Be ata Javorcik (Chief Economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development)\, Dan Baer (Europe Program at the Carnegie Endowment for Inte rnational Peace)\, Professor Stefan Dercon (Blavatnik School of Government ) LOCATION:Blavatnik School of Government (Blavatnik School of Government an d Zoom)\, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter OX2 6GG TZID:Europe/London URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/dede65a2-c50a-4e89-8d60-12ca19adf087/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Ukraine: the economic impact - Professor Ngaire Woods (De an\, Blavatnik School of Government)\, Beata Javorcik (Chief Economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development)\, Dan Baer (Europe P rogram at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)\, Professor Stef an Dercon (Blavatnik School of Government) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY: "On hippos\, tigers\, pancakes and soufflés: trends and challeng es for African governance" with Prof Stefan Dercon\, Great Transitions: na vigating 21st century challenges - Professor Stefan Dercon (Blavatnik Scho ol of Government) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20171026T170000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20171026T180000 UID:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/b6daec31-755f-422a-a4dd-577d59e9cb7d/ DESCRIPTION:In this talk Professor Stefan Dercon\, Co-Director of the new Oxford Martin Programme on African Governance\, will discuss some of the r ecent demographic\, economic and political trends across Africa\, and how regional challenges are being handled. Is Africa rising to these challeng es?\n\nBy no means conclusive\, the talk aims to give a flavour of the ris ks and opportunities for change across the continent\, exploring some of t he key research and policy questions at stake. \n\nJoin in on Twitter #oxm artintalks\n\n\nAbout the speaker\n\nProfessor Stefan DerconStefan Dercon is Co-Director of the Oxford Martin Programme on African Governance\; Prof essor of Economic Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government and the Eco nomics Department\, and a Fellow of Jesus College. He is also Director of the Centre for the Study of African Economics.\n\nSince 2011 he has been C hief Economist of the Department for International Development (DFID)\, th e government department in charge with the UK’s aid policy and spending. While he returned to Oxford in 2015 to teach and conduct research\, he co ntinues with his role at DFID on a part-time basis.\n\nStefan is a develop ment economist\, applying economic analysis and statistics to understand t he causes and consequences of poverty and the key economic development cha llenges of developing countries. He has worked extensively in Ethiopia and Tanzania\, as well as in India\, Peru\, Vietnam\, Kenya and other countri es. One specific area of interest is the study of the consequences of clim atic\, health and other risks faced by poor populations\, their impact on poverty and the quest for appropriate public policy responses. His book\, Dull Disasters: How Planning Ahead Will Make A Difference\, co-authored w ith Daniel Clarke\, was published in 2016 by Oxford University Press.\n\nS peakers:\nProfessor Stefan Dercon (Blavatnik School of Government) LOCATION:Oxford Martin School (Lecture Theatre)\, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD TZID:Europe/London URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/b6daec31-755f-422a-a4dd-577d59e9cb7d/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk: "On hippos\, tigers\, pancakes and soufflés: trends and challenges for African governance" with Prof Stefan Dercon\, Great Transi tions: navigating 21st century challenges - Professor Stefan Dercon (Blava tnik School of Government) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:On hippos\, tigers\, pancakes and soufflés: trends and challenges for African governance - Professor Stefan Dercon (Blavatnik School of Gov ernment) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20171026T170000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20171026T180000 UID:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/83e9dee1-6f87-44a8-9409-478031ee159b/ DESCRIPTION:In this talk Professor Stefan Dercon\, Co-Director of the Oxfo rd Martin Programme on African Governance\, will discuss some of the recen t and likely demographic\, economics and political trends across Africa\, as well as how across countries challenges are being handled. Is Africa ri sing to the challenges?\n\nBy no means conclusive\, the talk aims to give a flavour where the risks and opportunities for change are visible across the continent and of some of the key research and policy questions debate d or to be debated. \nSpeakers:\nProfessor Stefan Dercon (Blavatnik School of Government) LOCATION:Oxford Martin School (Corner of Catte and Holywell Streets)\, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD TZID:Europe/London URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/83e9dee1-6f87-44a8-9409-478031ee159b/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:On hippos\, tigers\, pancakes and soufflés: trends and c hallenges for African governance - Professor Stefan Dercon (Blavatnik Scho ol of Government) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Inequality\, poverty and global development - Professor Stefan Der con (Blavatnik School of Government) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20161110T170000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20161110T183000Z UID:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/476f3236-38a1-4ac4-a963-04e0a1ac1855/ DESCRIPTION:Across the developing world\, poverty has been decreasing\, bu t unevenly\, and inequality is increasingly identified as a serious burden on development. In recent years\, leading economists have contributed to big picture views on what is behind development and poverty reduction: inf luential popular books have been produced by thinkers such as Amartya Sen\ , Bill Easterly\, Paul Collier\, Jeffrey Sachs\, Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson\, Joseph Stiglitz\, Angus Deaton and others.\n\nIn this lecture\, Stefan Dercon will reflect on these contrasting views: how they view the causes of poverty\, what to do about it and how inequality fits into these views. In particular\, he will explore the role of inequality as a cause of poverty persistence\, and how to overcome this. The implications for de velopment thinking and policy will be discussed too.\nSpeakers:\nProfessor Stefan Dercon (Blavatnik School of Government) LOCATION:Corner of Catte and Holywell Streets TZID:Europe/London URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/476f3236-38a1-4ac4-a963-04e0a1ac1855/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Inequality\, poverty and global development - Professor S tefan Dercon (Blavatnik School of Government) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR