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The African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) was established in 1988 as a public not-for-profit organization devoted to the advancement of economic policy research and training in Africa. The Consortium’s mandate and strategic intent is built on the basis that sustained development in sub-Saharan Africa requires well-trained, locally based professional economists. AERC agitates the provision of capacity building in economic policy in Francophone and Anglophone African countries through provision of support in the areas of policy research and graduate training.
How to Apply
About African Economic Research Consortium (AERC)
The launch of AERC goes back to the late 1980s, when a small group of Africanists and African scholars began to recognize the disconnect between economic policy making and economic research in sub-Saharan Africa. Available research results, applied to other economies, did not always seem appropriate to the African context. And where such results were available, they were too often not put to use. Their concern swelled into a full-fledged idea; they had a discussion about a vehicle for pooling their expertise and applying it to the development of economic policy capacity in sub-Saharan Afric… continue reading
African Economic Research Consortium (AERC)
AERC PhD Fellowships
Application Deadline 31 Aug 2024
Type PhD
Sponsor African Economic Research Consortium (AERC)
Gender Men and Women
Requirements for AERC PhD Fellowships Qualification
To qualify, an applicant must:
Have applied and been admitted to any one of the listed CPP universities;
Have attained at least a Second Class Honours (Upper Division) or equivalent in Economics, Agricultural Economics, or related field from an accredited university;
Have a Masters degree (with coursework and thesis component) in Economics, Agricultural Economics, or related fields from a recognized University. The coursework should have covered microeconomics, macroeconomics, quantitative methods and econometrics;
Possession of at least 1 relevant publication in a refereed journal will be an added advantage;
Evidence of engagement in economic management, research, and/or training in the public sector will be an added advantage; and
Female and applicants from post-conflict and fragile states are encouraged to apply.
Interview date, Process and Venue for AERC PhD Fellowships
AERC wishes to announce the 2024/2025 Ph.D. scholarships for applicants from Francophone and Anglophone sub-Saharan African countries admitted into any of the following AERC Collaborative PhD Programme (CPP) in Economics degree-awarding universities:
University of Cape Town, South Africa University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin
University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania University of Benin, Nigeria
Félix Houphouet-Boigny University, Côte d’Ivoire University Cheikh Anta Diop in Dakar, Senegal
University of Ibadan, Nigeria University of Nairobi, Kenya
University of Yaoundé II, Cameroon University of Pretoria
University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
Application Deadline: August 31, 2024
How to Apply
Interested and qualified? Go to African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) on training.aercafrica.org to apply
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