The Centre for the Study of the Economies of Africa (CSEA) is an independent non-profit research organization established in April 2008 by Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-lweala,former Managing Director, World Bank, and also Nigeria’s past Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Honourable Minister of Finance.
CSEA was borne out of the need to bridge the gap caused by the paucity of rigorous empirical research that affects the quality of policies implemented in the African countries.
The Centre’s location in Abuja, the capital city of Nigeria, also provides close proximity to government agencies.
CSEA serves as a forum for quality research analyses, and policy dialogue by stakeholders from the private sector, government, national assembly, and civil society. The policy-oriented research carried out by the Centre, including the articulation of policy choices, tradeoffs and implications, is put forward to the general public and decision-makers to stimulate rigorous debates on the effects of government policies on economic growth and development in Nigeria and Africa.
CSEA is poised to assist in disseminating best practices to enable African governments improve their public financial management systems. The Centre carries out applied research and presents policy options to enhance macroeconomic stability, fiscal transparency and accountability Similarly, CSEA advocates for greater fiscal transparency and accountability, reduction in leakages of public funds and improvements in governments’ delivery of social and public services.
In addition, CSEA engages in capacity building with the goal of fostering rapid economic growth and alleviating poverty on the African continent.
Dr. Okonjo-Iweala is currently the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO). She is a renowned economist and international development expert with over 30 years of experience.
She was Chair of the Board of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (2016 – 2020), the African Risk Capacity (2014 – 2020) and Co-Chair of The Global Commission on the Economy and Climate. Previously, she served as Senior Advisor at Lazard and sat on the Boards of Standard Chartered PLC and Twitter Inc. She was appointed as an AU COVID-19 Special Envoy and WHO COVID-19 Special Envoy.
Dr. Okonjo-Iweala served twice as Nigeria’s Finance Minister (2003-2006, 2011-2015 and spent a 25-year career at the World Bank rising to the No.2 position of Managing Director. She was named by Fortune magazine as one of the 50 greatest world leaders in 2015, and by Forbes for five consecutive years as one of the 100 most powerful women in the world. In 2014, Dr. Okonjo-Iweala was recognised by Time magazine as one of the world’s 100 most influential people.
Dr. Okonjo-Iweala graduated with an A.B. magna cum laude in Economics from Harvard University, and holds a PhD in Regional Economics and Development from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She has received numerous honours, including Honorary Doctorates from Yale University, Brown University and the University of Pennsylvania.
CSEA’s mission is to improve the quality of economic and development policies in Africa through accessible and evidence-based research, analysis and debate.
CSEA’s vision is to be a premier think tank in Africa for the creation and dissemination of evidence-based knowledge and solutions to Africa’s development challenges.
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