
Stefan Dercon
Professor of Economic Policy, Blavatnik School of Government and Economics Department, University of Oxford
Stefan Dercon is an economist working on the economies of developing countries, and a Professorial Fellow at Jesus College. He has served for 6 years as Chief Economist at DFID, the UK government department in charge of UK's international development efforts. His research interests concern what keeps some people and countries poor: the failures of markets, governments and politics, mainly in Africa, and how to change this. Current work focuses on the psychological challenges of poverty, the political economy of development, the challenges of industrialisation in Africa, and how to prepare for and finance responses to natural disasters and protracted humanitarian crises.
Recent work by Stefan Dercon
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Is aid effective?
In political environments with limited data, how can we ensure that aid has impact?
Audio : Institutions & Political Economy
Published 15.08.18
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Evidence to practice: Being open minded and adapting evidence fragments
Stefan Dercon, former Chief Economist at DFID, on the importance of being receptive to new ideas and how to use bits of evidence to inform a decision...
Audio : Institutions & Political Economy
Published 03.06.18
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Public servants and political bias: Evidence from the UK civil service and the World Bank
An experiment shows that public servants make errors when interpreting data, incorrectly concluding that it aligns with their ideological preferences
Articles : Institutions & Political Economy
Published 11.01.18