Past Events
Working Group in African Political Economy (WGAPE) Fall 2009
The Working Group in African Political Economy (WGAPE - pronounced "wah-gah-pay") brings together faculty and advanced graduate students in Economics and Political Science who combine field research experience in Africa with training in political economy methods. Since 2002, the group has met...
The UC Berkeley Development Lunch Seminar is held once each week, from 12:30 to 1:30 pm, in 597 Evans Hall. In 2009, it was co-sponsored by CEGA and the Department of Economics. The seminar gives graduate students the opportunity to present their latest work and obtain feedback from both their...
Description This one-day workshop in Mombasa, Kenya provided an introduction to impact assessment methods, including randomization, regression discontinuity, matching and propensity scores, and differences in differences. Participants There were more than 65 participants in the workshop, mostly...
Cross-Country Workshop for Impact Evaluations in Agriculture and Community Driven Development
CEGA partnered with the World Bank to host a workshop on impact evaluation of agriculture and community driven development in Addis Ababa,...
The 2009 Pacific Conference for Development Economics was presented by the Bay Area Development Association in coordination with faculty from UC Davis, UC Berkeley, Stanford University, University of San Francisco, University of Southern California, UC San Diego, Saint Mary's College, Santa Clara...
CEGA collaborated with the World Bank's Africa Region, Human Sciences Research Council,Republic of South Africa, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to host this multi-country HIV/AIDS Impact Evaluation workshop. Held in Cape Town, South Africa, March 9-13, the workshop sought to: build...
This three day workshop included an introduction to the theory and the basics of impact assessment (experimental design, basic statistics, causal inference) as well as analysis of experiments (randomization, differences in different, discontinuity of the regression, the matching score propensity)...
Working Group in African Political Economy (WGAPE) Fall 2008
The Working Group in African Political Economy (WGAPE - pronounced "wah-gah-pay") brings together faculty and advanced graduate students in Economics and Political Science who combine field research experience in Africa with training in political economy methods. Since 2002, the group has met...
Oct 13, 2008 Rm 250 Goldman School of Public Policy 2607 Hearst Ave., UC Berkeley A Discussion on Leadership, Maasai Culture, and Life in Rural Kenya. Topics: Leadership in a changing world Balancing age-old Maasai traditions in a modern context State of education in rural Kenyan...
The curriculum for the workshop featured a strong problem-solving component, with group exercises designed to reinforce concepts delivered through lectures and case studies. At the end of the three-day training, participants formed four small teams that each designed an evaluation for a...
The Working Group in African Political Economy (WGAPE - pronounced "wah-gah-pay") brings together faculty and advanced graduate students in Economics and Political Science who combine field research experience in Africa with training in political economy methods. Since 2002, the group has met...
The Working Group in African Political Economy (WGAPE - pronounced "wah-gah-pay") brings together faculty and advanced graduate students in Economics and Political Science who combine field research experience in Africa with training in political economy methods. Since 2002, the group has met...
