The Department
Servaas van der Berg
Email: [protected email address]
Phone: +27 (0)21 808 2239
Office: Schumann 513
Research interests:
Economic development, Poverty, Income distribution, Social policy, Education
Courses lectured:Economics 348 (Poverty and Distribution), Development Economics 771 & 871, Economics of Education 771 & 871
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Upcoming Seminars
Monday 16 February 202612:10-13:10
Dr Matthew Olckers
Topic: "Do Digital Cash Transfers Create Persistent Financial Inclusion? Evidence from Mobile Money in Togo"
12:10-13:10
Frank Bohn
Topic: "The “Benefits” of being small: Loose fiscal policy in the European Monetary Union"
12:10-13:10
Gijs Drijer
Topic: "Dutch Capital Investments in the Scramble for Southern Africa (1870s-1910s)"
BER Weekly
23 Jan 2026 Free Weekly Review | Number 3 | 23 January 2026This report covers the key domestic and international data releases over the past week....
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Upcoming Seminars
Monday 16 February 202612:10-13:10
Dr Matthew Olckers
Topic: "Do Digital Cash Transfers Create Persistent Financial Inclusion? Evidence from Mobile Money in Togo"
12:10-13:10
Frank Bohn
Topic: "The “Benefits” of being small: Loose fiscal policy in the European Monetary Union"
12:10-13:10
Gijs Drijer
Topic: "Dutch Capital Investments in the Scramble for Southern Africa (1870s-1910s)"
BER Weekly
23 Jan 2026 Free Weekly Review | Number 3 | 23 January 2026This report covers the key domestic and international data releases over the past week....
Read the full issue