Nobel in Africa is a STIAS Initiative in partnership with Stellenbosch University, under the auspices of the Nobel Foundation and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences with funding from the Knut & Alice Wallenberg Foundation. The following public events are organised as part of the Outreach Programme of the 2024 Nobel Symposium in Economic Sciences.
11 March, 11:30 – 14:15, University of Cape Town (click here to read more and RSVP)
- Stefan Dercon, University of Oxford, South Africa and the elite bargain for development
- Dean Karlan, Northwestern University, Empowering the Unempowered: Cash and Cash-Plus Approaches to Extreme Poverty
11 March, 12:00 – 14:00, University of the Western Cape (click here to read more and RSVP)
- Karen Macours, Paris School of Economics, Long-term impacts of cash transfer programmes
11 March, 13:00 – 14:30, Stellenbosch University (click here to read more and RSVP)
- Pascaline Dupas, Princeton University, The first- and second-generation effects of free secondary education: Experimental Evidence from Ghana
- Germano Mwabu, University of Nairobi, Human Capital Development in Africa: Addressing Learning and Skills Gaps
12 March, 09:00 – 11:00, Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (click here to read more and RSVP)
- Opening session: Nobel Symposium in Economic Sciences
12 March, 18:00 – 19:15, Stellenbosch University (click here to read more and RSVP)
- Abhijit Banerjee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology & Esther Duflo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Poor Economics (almost) 15 years later
Download the full Outreach Programme here.
Please find more information on the Nobel in Africa 2024 Nobel Symposium in Economic Sciences here.