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… Statutory Professor of Economics … April 24, 2023 | EGC History Beata Javorcik: from a Yale PhD to becoming Oxford’s … and admired in Kraków. Despite being one of only three women in her PhD cohort, Javorcik quickly found her footing … to a Statutory Professorship – the first woman in the history of Oxford’s economics department to earn that …

… Newsletter, Spring 2024: EGC & Sub-Saharan Africa, A history of engagement … April 16, 2024 | News EGC Quarterly … Newsletter, Spring 2024: EGC & Sub-Saharan Africa, A history of engagement Our Spring issue focuses on the long history of research by EGC affiliates in sub-Saharan Africa, …

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