Funding
CSEA Projects Update
The Centre for the Study of the Economies of Africa (CSEA) is a non-profit think tank that conducts independent and evidence-based research on economic policy issues in Nigeria and the rest of Africa.
From 2009 until 2019, the Centre’s core-funding was provided by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada, through the Think Tank Initiative (TTI) Institutional Grant of CAD 702,682 for the period: 2014-2019.
As the funding came to an end, CSEA developed a fundraising strategy to sustain its activities and continue to achieve its objectives as a research think tank. To improve the resilience of the Centre’s funding structure, CSEA has continued to actively seek more stable funding sources in addition to project funds.
The Centre currently benefits from research grants/project funding from international organisations including Master Card Foundation, the World Bank, Development Gateway, Cancer Research UK, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Southern Voice Network, Brookings Institution, Global Development Network, among others.
On the national and continental level, CSEA has been engaged by organisations such as the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF), IPAR Senegal, Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation, Nigerian Export-Import Bank, and Centre for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), among others.
The table below highlights the Centre’s ongoing projects and recently completed projects for the period 2020-2024.
CSEA Projects Update
| Finance for Development Lab (FDL) | Is Debt Sustainability Analysis still suited for the challenge? | $15,000 | April 2024 | Ongoing |
| International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD) | Understanding tax compliance behaviour among high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) in Nigeria | £42,847.00 | February 2024 | Ongoing |
| Development Gateway | Tobacco Control Data Initiative (TCDI) 2.0 | $1,700,000 | December 2023 | Ongoing |
| IDRC | Extension of a comparative study of Accelerated Education programs and Girls Focused Education Models in Ghana, Nigeria, and SierraLeone | CAD 250,000 | December 2023 | Ongoing |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) & Oxford Policy Management (OPM) | BMGF Macro fiscal brief project A5267 – (2023) | $15,000 | August 2023 | Ongoing |
| Hewlett Foundation | Digitization and Data Governance in the context of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) | USD $350,000 | May 2023 | Ongoing |
| Mastercard Education | Education System Analysis | USD $73,967.10 | May 2023 | Ongoing |
| Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) | Modelling the Potential Fiscal and Public Health Effects of Sugar-sweetened Beverage Tax in Nigeria. | N8,000,843 | May 2023 | Ongoing |
| Southern Voice and Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE) | “E-Tech initiative: Where are we and how can research help learning in the developing world?” | USD $50,000 | January 2023 | Ongoing |
| Southern Voice, Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE) | SDG Regional Consultation | USD $10,000 | April 2022 | Ongoing |
| MacArthur Foundation | Public Procurement and Good Governance in Nigeria | USD $120,000 | December 2022 | Ongoing |
| Southern Voice, Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE) | State of SDGS (SVSS II) | USD $90,000 | June 2022 | Ongoing |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) & Oxford Policy Management (OPM) | 2022 BMGF Macro fiscal brief project A5267 | USD $47,998 | October 2022 | Completed |
| Initiative Prospective Agricole et Rural | Gender and Digitalization | XOF 21,726,350 | 06.06.2022 | Ongoing |
| IDRC | Towards reconciling economic and debt management policies with climate and development objectives in Nigeria. | USD $95,000 | 06.01.2022 | Completed |
| Cancer Research UK | Capacity building for policymakers and dissemination of policy research findings | GBP £48,940.18 | 05.10.2022 | Ongoing |
| Brookings Institute Folder | Industry Without Smokestack (IWOSS) | USD $60,000 | 01.08.2022 | Completed |
| IDRC | A comparative study of Accelerated Education programs and Girls Focused Education Models in Ghana, Nigeria, and SeirraLeone. | CAD $233,134 | 01.06.2022 | Completed |
| Africa Practice | Foundational Literacy and Numeracy in Nigeria (Kaduna, Edo & Anambra) | USD $17,898 | Aug-22 | Completed |
| Mastercard Foundation | Education IPO | USD $35,024 | Aug-22 | Completed |
| The African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) | Local Partner Identification Project (LPIP) | USD $32,000 | Jun-22 | Completed |
| IDRC | Towards reconciling economic and debt management policies with climate and development objectives in Nigeria | USD $95,000 | Jan-22 | Ongoing |
| Global Development Network (GDN | Impact of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on the promotion of biodiversity in Africa | USD $5,000 | Jan-22 | Completed |
| Center for International Private Enterprise Nigeria (CIPE) | Trade in Services | USD $7,189.38 | Oct-21 | Completed |
| NEXIM Bank | A Study on The Non-Oil Nigerian Export Sector | NGN 11,414,214.78 | Sep-21 | Completed |
| BMGF | BMGF Macro fiscal brief project 2631 | USD 47,987.50 | Aug-21 | Completed |
| Heinrich Böll Stiftung | Developing elements of a comprehensive Presentation on debt relief for a green and inclusive recovery in Nigeria | NGN500,000 | Jul-21 | Completed |
| Southern Voice and Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE) | SDG Regional Consultation | USD $10,000 | Apr-21 | Completed |
| The African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) | Effectiveness of a robust cigarette pack labelling policy in Nigeria | USD $15,604 | Apr-21 | Completed |
| Energy for Growth Hub | Memos on Nigeria’s Energy Sector | USD 20,000 | Mar-21 | Completed |
| IDRC-SAIIA | Covid-19 Macroeconomic Policy Responses in Africa (COMPRA) | USD$280,989 | October 2020 | Completed |
| Overseas Development Institute (ODI) | Poverty Dynamics and Social Protection in Nigeria | USD 15,694.80 | Dec-20 | Completed |
| Euromonitor International Ltd. | Women’s Economic Empowerment in Sub-Saharan Africa project | USD $8,000 | Dec-20 | Completed |
| Heinrich Böll Stiftung | Building Back Better: Repositioning Nigeria’s Economy Post COVID-19 | NGN 1,600,000 | Oct-20 | Completed |
| Hewlett Foundation | Digitization and Data Governance in the context of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) | USD $350,000 | Oct-20 | Completed |
| Global Health Advocacy Incubator GHAI) | Data collection for advocacy evidence generation for Trans-Fatty Acids (TFA) reduction in Nigeria | USD 13,446 | Oct-20 | Completed |
| Knowledge to Policy (K2P), American University of Beirut, Bridges | Assessment of selected government institution’s capacity to engage in the production and use of Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR) | USD 19,084 | Sep-20 | Completed |
| BMGF | BMGF macro-fiscal brief Project A4375 | USD 42,295 | Aug-20 | Completed |
| INCLUDE | The Equity implications of COVID-19 responses: A case study of the informal economy and the education sector in Nigeria | EURO 18,397.16 | Aug-20 | Completed |