International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric) at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences is calling for applications for PhD positions. The positions are fully funded, and are enumerated as full time job according to Norwegian regulations. Full details of all the positions here. One...
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Category: Population
Call for papers WEHC 2015: Counting people, understanding economies: global histories of registration and demographic statistics
Gerardo Serra (Sussex) and I are issuing a call for papers for the panel on 'Counting People, Understanding Economies: Global Histories of Registration and Demographic Statistics' that we set up for the forthcoming World Economic History Congress in Kyoto (3-7 August 2015). Interested contributors should contact...
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Just Published: Measuring African Development: Past and Present
Very happy to the see Measuring African Development: Past and Present in print. You can read an open access of the introduction to the book here. The volume takes you through the very first household budget surveys and national account estimates during colonial rule...
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The renaissance of African economic history
That is the promising title of the introduction to a special issue by Gareth Austin and Steven Broadberry soon to be published by Economic History Review. The special issue will be launched at the LSE 25-26 October at the African Economic History Workshop. The...
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Population Statistics
The history of counting populations - with a focus on the 19th and the 20th century, patient is the subject of a workshop to be held in Villa Vigoni, shop Italy 17-19 of June. The title of the conference is "Competing Numbers. Population Statistics...
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Measuring African Development: Past and Present – Special Issue
In 2013 the chief economist for the World Bank's Africa region, Shanta Devarajan, delivered a devastating assessment of the capacity of African states to measure development and declared “Africa's Statistical Tragedy”. Is there a “statistical tragedy” unfolding in Africa now?If so then examining the...
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