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SEI and SweDev dialogue with Stefan Dercon on Gambling on Development

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Jun 8

SEI and SweDev dialogue with Stefan Dercon on Gambling on Development

SEI and SweDev are proud to present Stefan Dercon as the keynote speaker for this dialogue on development research.

By Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)

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Date and time

Wed, 8 Jun 2022 04:00 - 05:00 PDT

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Online

About this event

Stefan Dercon on Gambling on Development

SEI’s Development and Aid Policy Team and the Swedish Development Research Network (SweDev) are proud to present Professor Stefan Dercon as the keynote speaker for the SEI and SweDev dialogue on development research, held in close connection to the UN high-level meeting Stockholm+50.

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New book: Gambling on Development

Stefan Dercon is a Professor of Economic Policy and Director of the Centre for the Study of African Economies at the University of Oxford. His latest book “Gambling on Development: Why some countries win and others lose,” by Hurst Publishers will be discussed during this dialogue.

The book draws on his academic research and his policy experience across three decades and 40-odd countries, exploring why some countries have managed to settle on elite bargains favouring growth and development, and others did not.

Agenda 8 June

13.00 Welcome remarks

  • Janet Vähämäki, Director of SweDev and Development and Aid Policy team leader at SEI

13.05 Introduction

  • George Marbuah, Research Fellow, SEI

13.10 Keynote: Gambling on Development: Why some countries win and others lose

  • Stefan Dercon, Professor of Economic Policy; Director of the Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford

13.40 Audience questions to the keynote speaker, moderated by

  • George Marbuah, Research Fellow, SEI
  • Ylva Rylander, Communications Officer, SEI for SweDev

13.55 Concluding remarks

About Stefan Dercon

Stefan Dercon is Professor of Economic Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government and the Economics Department at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Jesus College. He is also Director of the Centre for the Study of African Economies. Professor Dercon combines his academic career with work as a policy advisor, providing strategic economic and development advice, and promoting the use of evidence in decision making.

Between 2011 and 2017, he was Chief Economist of the Department of International Development (DFID), the government department in charge with the UK’s aid policy and spending. Since 2020, he has been the Development Policy Advisor to successive Foreign Secretaries at the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

More about Stefan Dercon

Read more and by the book by Hurst Publishers

Dialogue series on development research

The dialogue series on development research is organized by the Swedish Development Research Network (SweDev) and the Development and Aid Policy team at Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI).

The aim of the Dialogues on Development Research is to spread findings of development research by creating a learning space where researchers can share their work in an informal and easily accessed setting. The dialogue series are targeting researchers, practitioners and policymakers within the development research area.

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  • #africa
  • #development
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Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)

Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) is an international non-profit research and policy organization that tackles environment and development challenges.

We connect science and decision-making to develop solutions for a sustainable future for all.

Our work spans climate, water, air and land-use issues, governance, the economy, gender and health. Stakeholder involvement is at the heart of our efforts to build capacity, strengthen institutions and equip partners for long-term change.

Our knowledge and findings are accessible to decision-makers and civil society: as our own open access material, in leading academic journals, and repackaged for effective decision support.

To promote debate and share knowledge we convene decision-makers, academics and practitioners and engage with policy processes, development action and business practice worldwide.

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