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Olivier Sterck

Research interests

Refugee economies; development economics; health economics; conflicts.

Olivier Sterck

Associate Professor

Olivier Sterck is Associate Professor and Senior Research Officer. He is the lead economist of the Refugee Economies Programme (REP) at the Refugee Studies Centre (RSC).

Before joining the RSC, Olivier was postdoctoral research fellow at the Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE) at the University of Oxford. His research is multidisciplinary in scope, building bridges between development economics, health economics, and refugee studies. Olivier's research uses applied econometrics and economic modelling to study refugee economies.

With colleagues from the REP, he has been collecting and analysing data on more than 15,000 refugees and members of host populations in Kenya, Uganda, and Ethiopia. In partnership with the World Food Programme, Olivier has been analysing the impact of various cash transfer models on the socio-economic outcomes of refugee households and refugee businesses in the Kakuma refugee camp and the Kalobeyei settlement.  

For a complete list of publications, see Olivier's personal website (right)

  • Other publications

    Betts, Alexander Omata, Naohiko Sterck, Olivier
    M Stierna ( ) Social Cohesion and Refugee-Host Interaction: Evidence from East Africa . World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 9917 , World Bank
    Betts, Alexander Sterck, Olivier
    C Rodgers, S Flinder, J Siu ( ) Cash Transfer Models and Debt in the Kalobeyei Settlement . , Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford
    Betts, Alexander Omata, Naohiko Sterck, Olivier
    A Delius, C Rodgers ( ) Doing Business in Kakuma: Refugees, Entrepreneurship, and the Food Sector . , Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford
    Betts, Alexander Bradenbrink, Raphael Omata, Naohiko Sterck, Olivier
    J Greenland ( ) Refugee Economies in Dollo Ado: Development Opportunities in a Border Region of Ethiopia . , Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford
    Betts, Alexander Omata, Naohiko Sterck, Olivier
    L Fryszer ( ) Refugee Economies in Addis Ababa: Towards Sustainable Opportunities for Urban Communities? . , Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford
    Betts, Alexander Omata, Naohiko Sterck, Olivier
    I Chaara ( ) Refugee Economies in Uganda: What Difference Does the Self-Reliance Model Make? . , Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford
    Betts, Alexander Omata, Naohiko Sterck, Olivier
    R Geervliet, C MacPherson and C Rodgers ( ) Self-Reliance in Kalobeyei? Socio-Economic Outcomes for Refugees in North-West Kenya . , Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford
    Betts, Alexander Omata, Naohiko Sterck, Olivier
    ( ) Refugee Economies in Kenya . , Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford
    Betts, Alexander Sterck, Olivier
    R Geervliet and C MacPherson ( ) Talent Displaced: The Economic Lives of Syrian Refugees in Europe . , Deloitte
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