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"The future of Africa" at the Oxford Literary Festival 2015
30 Mar 15 in Videos
Three authors with recent books on Africa discuss the future of the continent and answer questions from the audience under the watchful eye of the director of the Oxford Martin School, Professor Ian Goldin.
Martin Meredith, Jonny Steinberg and Tom Burgis will discuss what the future holds for African states. How can the continent deal with failing government and corruption...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/videos/the-future-of-africa-at-the-oxford-literary-festival-2015
Prof Chris Adam & Prof Cameron Hepburn in conversation: "After the lockdown: macroeconomic adjustment to the Covid-19 pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa"
30 Jul 20 in Videos
In this talk, Professor Chris Adam, Professor of Development Economics & Oxford Martin Fellow on the Oxford Martin Programme on African Governance, looks beyond the public health aspects of the pandemic to examine the medium-term macroeconomic adjustment challenge confronting domestic policy-makers and international donors.
He will discuss epidemiological and macroeconomic models to calibrate the scale of the combined shock to a...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/videos/after-the-lockdown-macroeconomic-adjustment-to-the-covid-19-pandemic-in-sub-saharan-africa
Prof Benno Ndulu, Prof Stefan Dercon & Prof Ricardo Soares de Oliveira in conversation: “COVID-19 in Africa: crisis and opportunity?”
18 Sept 20 in Videos
Lack of systemic resilience to shocks has exposed Africa’s vulnerability to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Years of underinvestment has left the health system incapable of handling needed testing, emergencies and care. Also a significant proportion (45%) of the region’s population live a hand-to-mouth existence (IGC 2020) which means there is a lack of personal cautionary savings; functional credit system; curtailed household survival...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/videos/covid-19-in-africa
