Research Centres
Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE)
The Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE) is an economic research centre within the Department of Economics at Oxford University.
CSAE carries out economic research with a particular focus on Africa. Its aim is to improve economic and social conditions in the poorest societies. CSAE research often use unique data which gives them unrivalled insight into the underlying issues. The resulting policy recommendations address questions in the economic and political spheres as well as in civil society in developing countries.
These recommendations based on quantitative analysis are the distinctive feature of the CSAE's work and set it apart from many other research institutions.
CSAE research is funded by the UNIDO, the World Bank, the ESRC, the Department for International Development (DFID), and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Improving Institutions for Growth (iiG)
Improving Institutions for Growth (iiG) is a Research Programme Consortium focusing on pro-poor growth and poverty reduction in Africa and South Asia. iiG was established in 2007 and is an international network of applied research institutes across Africa, Asia, the USA and Europe to generate new insights about institutions' influence on pro-poor growth through an innovative programme of research, capacity building, and dissemination.
iiG is generating research addressing a wide array of institutional constraints on achieving pro-poor growth in Africa and South Asia. It strives for evidence-based policy change, based on economic and political analysis, using statistical techniques applied to macro-level and micro-level data and contextual qualitative analysis. Its selection of themes and projects is driven by a dual objective: creating high quality academic research but with a direct relevance for policy.
Oxford Centre for the Analysis of Resource-Rich Economies (OxCarre)
OxCarre was established in October 2007 to become a global centre of excellence to analyse the economics of resource rich countries.
Oxford-Man Institute of Quantitative Finance
Founded in 2007, the Oxford-Man Institute of Quantitative Finance is an interdisciplinary research centre with a particular focus on alternative investments. The Institute draws researchers and students from a number of Departments at Oxford, including Economics. For further details, please see www.oxford-man.ox.ac.uk