On Thursday, October 19, 2023, CSEA organized a workshop for government and education sector experts and stakeholders on systems thinking analysis of Nigeria's Basic Education System. A first of its kind in Nigeria, the project is in partnership with the World Bank.

This initiative responds to the identified low learning levels of students and prioritizes identifying key misalignments with the most relevant systemic and structural factors in Nigeria’s educational system.

The meeting provided a platform for CSEA research team to provide a thorough diagnosis of Nigeria’s basic education system using a systems thinking approach known as the RISE framework.

CSEA Communications Fellow, Evelyn Dan Epelle and Research Associate, Oluseyi Aladesanmi, joined other stakeholders convened by the Heinrich Boll Foundation and the African Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) in collaboration with over 55 other CSOs under the umbrella of the Network for Debt, Development and Climate Change (NDDCC), at a Stakeholder Engagement meeting on 16th October 2023 with the theme: "Advancing Debt Relief for Climate Action: Post African Climate Summit Reflections and the Way Forward."
The meeting attracted key stakeholders including government, climate negotiators, National Assembly, CSOs, and media to reflect on the outcomes of the Africa Climate Summit held in Nairobi from 4th to 6th September 2023.

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CSEA Research Fellow, Dr. Oluwatosin D. Edafe presented a paper titled, “ Global Value Chain Participation of Firms in West Africa: Insights from Ghana and Nigeria” at the first concurrent session of the Nigerian Economics Society (NES) 64th Annual Conference at Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre, FCT, Abuja, Nigeria, October 10-12, 2023.

Dr. Edafe who emerged as the best graduating PhD Student in the Department of Economics at Covenant University, Ota, at the 18th Convocation which was held on 29th September 2023, also, won the 1st Prize of the NES PhD Thesis Award.

CSEA senior research fellow, Mma Amara Ekeruche, was a speaker at the webinar on ‘Public debt and the environment: perspectives from the Global South’ which was held on October 2, 2023.

The event featured presentations by experts from Uganda, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Honduras, who provided different perspectives from the Global South in light of what is being discussed in multilateral arenas such as the World Bank and the IMF.

Nigeria’s case study discussed findings from a three-fold research study aimed at providing fundamental fiscal policy options for growing out of debt in Nigeria. They include: “Debt for Climate and Development Swaps in Nigeria”; “Determining the Optimal Carbon Pricing Policy for Nigeria” and “Effects of Gender Inequality during Global Health Emergencies: Evidence from Nigeria”.

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Watch the event here.

CSEA’s Director of Research, Dr Adedeji Adeniran, participated in the RISE Annual conference 2023. The two-day conference was held at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, UK from 21-22 September 2023. The conference marked the end of the RISE Programme, encompassing comprehensive discussions of the various themes that have been explored in the past decade.

During this period, various research under the Programme were undertaken in Mexico, Nepal, Jordan, Tanzania, Liberia, Botswana, Nigeria, India and South Africaas well as other developing countries.

The conference featured eight (8) research sessions and one (1) invited panel session. Dr Adeniran participated in the session on “Foundation Learning and Instructional Coherence” where he presented the research paper on Instructional Alignment in Nigeria using the Surveys of Enacted Curriculum.