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. The Centre also benefits from research grants/project funding from other institutions.

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.

Currently, CSEA is conducting research from projects funded by the following international organisations among others: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Southern Voice Network, Brookings Institution and Global Development Network.

On the national level, CSEA has been engaged by organisations such as the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation, Nigerian Export-Import Bank and Centre for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), among others.

The table below consists of the Centre’s ongoing projects and recently completed projects for the period 2019-2022.

CSEA Projects Update

S/N

Project Title

Funder

Size

Commissioned date

Project Title

1

Public Procurement and Good Governance in Nigeria

MacArthur Foundation

USD $60,000

Ongoing

2

BMGF Macro fiscal snapshots A5267

Oxford Policy Management(OPM)

USD $23,994

October 10, 2022

Ongoing

3

Capacity building for policymakers and dissemination of policy research findings

Cancer Research UK

GBP £48,940.18

October 5, 2022

Ongoing

4

Education IPO

Mastercard Education

USD $44,892

August 10, 2022

Ongoing

5

Foundational Literacy and Numeracy in Nigeria (Kaduna, Edo & Anambra)

Africa Practice

USD $17,898

August 8, 2022

Ongoing

6

Industry Without Smoke Stacks (IWOSS)

Brookings & Mastercard 

USD $60,000

August 1, 2022

Ongoing

7

Local Partner Identification Project (LPIP)

African Capacity Building Foundation

USD $32,000

June 14, 2022

Completed

8

State of SDGS (SVSS II)

Southern Voice and Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE)

USD $90,000

May 19, 2022

Ongoing

9

Artificial Intelligence, Gender and Digitalization

Initiative Prospective Agricole et Rural (IPAR Senegal)

XOF 21,726,350

May 6, 2022

Ongoing

10

Impact of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on the promotion of biodiversity in Africa

Global Development Network (GDN)

USD $5,000

January 14, 2022

Ongoing

11

Towards reconciling economic and debt management policies with climate and development objectives in Nigeria

IDRC

USD $95,000

January 6, 2022

Ongoing

12

Trade in Services

Center for International Private Enterprise Nigeria (CIPE)

USD $7,189.38

October 13, 2021

Ongoing

13

A Study On The Non Oil Nigerian Export Sector

NEXIM BANK

NGN 36,907,954.16

September 2021

Ongoing

14

BMGF Macro fiscal brief project 2631

Oxford Policy Management(OPM)

USD $47,987.50

August 1, 2021

Ongoing

15

Developing elements of a comprehensive Presentation on debt relief for a green and inclusive recovery in Nigeria

Heinrich Böll Stiftung

NGN 500,000

July 23, 2021

Completed

16

A comparative study of Accelerated Education programs and Girls Focused Education Models in Ghana, Nigeria, and SeirraLeone

Associate for Change (AfC)

CAD $233,134

May 1, 2021

Ongoing

17

Effectiveness of a robust cigarette pack labelling policy in Nigeria

The African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF)

USD $15,604.00

April 29,2021

Ongoing

18

SDG Regional Consultation

Southern Voice and Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE)

USD $10,000

April 21, 2021

Ongoing

19

Memo’s on Nigeria’s Energy Sector

Energy for Growth Hub

USD $20,000

March 1, 2021

Ongoing

20

Women’s Economic Empowerment in Sub-Saharan Africa project

Euromonitor International Ltd.

USD $8,000

 

 

December 2020

Completed

21

Poverty Dynamics and Social Protection in Nigeria

 

Overseas Development Institute(ODI)

 USD$15,694.80

December 2020

Completed

22

Data collection for advocacy evidence generation for  Trans-Fatty Acids (TFA) reduction in Nigeria

Global Health Advocacy Incubator GHAI)

USD $13,446.00

October 2020

Ongoing

23

Digitization and Data Governance in the context of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)

Hewlett Foundation

USD $350,000

 

October 2020

Ongoing

24

Building Back Better: Repositioning Nigeria’s Economy Post COVID-19

 

Heinrich Böll Stiftung

NGN 1,600,000

 

October 2020

Completed

25

Assessment of selected government institution’s capacity to engage in the production and use of Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR)

Knowledge to Policy (K2P), American University of Beirut, Bridges

USD $19,084

 

September 2020

Ongoing

26

The Equity implications of COVID-19 responses: A case study of the informal economy and the education sector in Nigeria

 

INCLUDE

€18,397.16

 

August 2020

Completed

27

COVID-19 Macro-economic policy response in Africa (COMPRA)

 

IDRC-SAIIA

USD$280,989

August 2020

Ongoing

28

BMGF macro-fiscal brief Project A4375

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

USD $42,295

 

August 2020

Completed

29

Evaluation of “Willing Buyer – Willing Seller (WB-WS)” Electricity Supply Projects in Nigeria

Energy for Growth Hub

USD $40,000

December 2019

Ongoing

30

The Role of Information about Peer Behaviour on Tax Compliance in Nigeria: An Experimental Study

The International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD)

USD $17,996

December 2019

Completed

31

Women in Trade (WIT) Knowledge Platform to Boost Inclusive and Sustainable Growth

Trade Facilitation Organization (TFO)-IDRC

CAD$162,270

December 2019

Ongoing

32

Assessing Willingness to Pay (WTP) for Electricity in Nigeria

 

Energy for Growth Hub

USD $50,000

October 2019

Ongoing

33

Community Engagement, Local politics and Education Outcomes: Evidence from Nigeria

FCDO-RISE

GBP £3,000,000

 

February 2019

Ongoing 

34

The Economics of Tobacco Control Nigeria

IDRC

CAD$311,000

 

February 2019

Completed