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Welcome to the Centre for the Study of the Economies of Africa
The Centre for the Study of the Economies of Africa (CSEA) is a non-profit policy research organisation that conducts independent, high quality applied research on economic policy issues in Nigeria and the rest of Africa.
In many instances, development initiatives in Africa suffer from a lack of evidence-based research and analysis. As a result, they fail to consider the costs and benefits of alternative schemes. The goal of CSEA is to advance the development of Africa by providing policy makers with timely and relevant applied research that will inform and enrich their policy decisions.
CSEA is therefore committed to not only conducting high quality research but also communicating its research output to policy-makers in the language and formats that would best meet their needs. CSEA is strategically based in Abuja for proximity to government agencies located in the nation’s capital. From there it reaches out to stakeholders in the private sector, government, national assembly, and civil society to promote policy dialogue.
Abuja, Nigeria. May 18, 2012 - As the monetary policy committee (MPC) holds its third meeting for 2012 the sentiment is that the committee may remain neutral in its interest rate decision despite the rise in headline inflation by 0.8% from 12.1% in March to 12.9% in April.
Abuja, Nigeria. April 25, 2012 - Ibrahim Tajudeen, Ola Iweala and Dr. Ebere Uneze traveled to Istanbul, Turkey to attend the GDN and R4D Workshop where a number of other Think tanks and some leading researchers on public policy issues from different parts of the world were in attendance. The workshop was an opportunity for cross-learning and knowledge-sharing among the 14 participating Think Tanks in the “Strengthening Institutions to Improve Public Expenditure Accountability” Project. Ibrahim Tajudeen, Ola Iweala and Dr. Ebere Uneze presented CSEA’s findings of a Policy Simulation Analysis on selected programs in the Education, water and health sectors in Nigeria.
Abuja, Nigeria. March 26, 2012 - CSEA’s Acting Executive Director, Dr. Ebere Uneze, has joined other African policy makers for the fourteenth AERC senior policy seminar in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. This seminar is specially designed to bring together senior policy makers from sub-Saharan African countries to exchange experiences and deliberate on topical issues pertaining to sustainable development of their economies.
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Our Mission
CSEA has the dual mission of improving public financial management systems in Africa, and improving Africa’s research contribution to international economic policy debates.