Learning Days 12: West Africa Regional Hub Workshop
Organized by Centre de Recherche et d’Action pour la Paix (CERAP), home of the West Africa Regional Hub of Evidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP)
June 26-30, 2023
Abidjan-Cocody, Côte d’Ivoire
The Centre de Recherche et d’Action pour la Paix (CERAP), home of the West Africa Regional Hub of Evidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP) held a Learning Days workshop in Côte d’Ivoire in June 2023. This workshop was a 5-day intensive aimed at introducing and developing familiarity with causal inference in impact evaluations for scholars and program evaluators in the Global South. It took place from June 26-30, 2023 at CERAP’s Cocody campus in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
The workshop was intended for both Francophone and Anglophone Africa-based researchers and evaluation professionals working in academic, non-governmental, and governmental organizations who carry out analyses related to governance and development.
Key topics included research design, causal inference, randomization, estimation, and hypothesis testing. The week included sessions for individual feedback on participants’ research designs and statistical exercises.
About CERAP
The Centre of Research and Action for Peace (CERAP) is a research center and higher education institution in Côte d’Ivoire. It was established in 1962. CERAP’s mission is to contribute to the building of a world of justice and peace through education and community outreach. It offers both undergraduate and graduate academic programs. CERAP has implemented projects on reconciliation and violence mitigation since the Ivorian political crisis. CERAP is also home to a publishing house, Editions du CERAP, which contributes to the promotion of African writers.
About EGAP
Evidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP) is a research, evaluation, and learning network with worldwide reach that promotes rigorous knowledge accumulation, innovation, and evidence-based policy in various governance domains, including accountability, political participation, mitigation of societal conflict, and reducing inequality. It does so by fostering academic-practitioner collaborations, developing tools and methods for analytical rigor, and training academics and practitioners alike, with an intensive focus in the Global South.
About the EGAP West Africa Regional Hub at CERAP
The EGAP West Africa Regional Hub at CERAP was established to support regionally-based researchers and practitioners in connecting with a global learning community. West Africa-based scholars identify Hub priorities, set the research agenda, share knowledge and foster collaboration with scholars around the world. One of these priorities is to strengthen local researchers’ ability to conduct rigorous quantitative impact evaluations.
Workshop Participants
Adebisi Oluwaremilekun
Adebisi Luke
Judith Oubda
Martin sawadogo
Dohou Caleb Jeremie
Oserei Kingsley
Adikath Abiola
Amanda Djuewou
Djenebou Diabate
Waliyat Olaide
Yao Comoe Benoit
Ahoua Seogo
Anick Adou kangah
Benie Hermann Judicael
Goh Winley
Emmanuel Durosinmi
Dali Raoul Tape
Diallo Adiaratou
Joel Koffi