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CEsA 40th Anniversary and MDCI 30th Anniversary

Join us in celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Foundation of CEsA – Centre for African and Development Studies, a reference in Portugal in Development Studies since 1983! At this conference, we will also mark…

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Development Studies Seminars 2024 | Capital Markets by Design? The rise of financial development planning in Southeast Asia

The seminars are an initiative that, since 1991, promotes research carried out in the areas of study of MDCI/ISEG/ULisboa and PDED/ISEG/ULisboa.     Development Studies Seminars 2024 Topic: “Capital Markets by Design? The rise of…

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Working Paper CEsA no. 198/2024 sheds light on the concept of cumulative causation and its relevance for explaining economic growth trajectories in Sub-Saharan Africa

CEsA has published the Working Paper no 198/2024, entitled “The Relevance of the Concept of Cumulative Causation: Understanding growth trajectories in Sub-Saharan Africa”, in English, authored by Alice Nicole Sindzingre. Professor Sindzingre is a CEsA…

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Development Studies Seminars 2024 | Rice, Institutions, and the Wealth of Nations: The China Puzzle

  Development Studies Seminars 2024 Theme: “Rice, Institutions, and the Wealth of Nations: The China Puzzle” Presenter: Xinpeng Xu (Hong Kong Polytechnic University) Date: February 29, 2024 (Thursday) Hour: 6 pm – 8 pm (Lisbon…

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Working Paper CEsA no. 197/2024 analyses the impact of work and income on the identity of women horticulturists in Guinea-Bissau

CEsA has published its firts Working Paper in 2024 (no 197/2024), entitled “La Production Agricole des Femmes en Guiné-Bissau comme Moyen d´Afirmation de son Identité”, in French, authored by Carlos Sangreman and Mara Melo. Sangreman…

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Development Studies Seminars will kick off on February 29 at ISEG with a series of 10 sessions of presentations by guest researchers

The Centre for African and Development Studies (CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa) and the coordination of the Masters in Development and International Cooperation (MDCI) and the PhD in Development Studies (PDED) Programmes at ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics…

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Development Studies Seminars 2024 Development Studies Seminars 2024
Date: February 29 to May 30, 2024 - 6 pm - 8 pm
Venue: Novo Banco Room, ISEG
... Fev 29 View Event CEsA’s 40th anniversary and MDCI’s 30th anniversary Celebrations of CEsA’s 40th anniversary and MDCI’s 30th anniversary
Date: May 9, 2024, 2:30 pm - 6 pm
Venue: ISEG, Lisbon ... Mai 09 View Event

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The Values of Portuguese International Development Cooperation: Review and update after 2013 The Values of Portuguese International Development Cooperation: Review and update after 2013 Abstract:

In recent years, International Development Cooperation has assumed particular importance in scientific research and there are currently several studies of general scope or limited to a smaller geographical or thematic space, such as those that focus on national cooperation policies. In general, these works have View Publication Turismo Costeiro e Marítimo em Cabo Verde. Rumo a um destino sustentável Turismo Costeiro e Marítimo em Cabo Verde. Rumo a um destino sustentável Cite this paper:
Sarmento, E. (2024). Turismo costeiro e marítimo em Cabo Verde. Rumo a um destino sustentável. In Morgado, Carlos (2024). Anuário do Turismo de Cabo Verde 2024: a transformação de um destino (pp.30-32). Praia, Cabo Verde. View Publication Cape Verde: Islands of vulnerability or resilience? A transition from a MIRAB Model into a TOURAB one? Cape Verde: Islands of vulnerability or resilience? A transition from a MIRAB Model into a TOURAB one? Abstract:
Small island developing states (SIDSs) traditionally face a set of challenges like the weak and highly fragile economic configuration, environmental issues, and a traditional dependence on a few economic activities forcing them to open the economy to the exterior. Therefore, their development model, like in View Publication Working Paper 199/2024: Literatura e Ecologia: Representações da água em romances angolanos e moçambicanos Working Paper 199/2024: Literatura e Ecologia: Representações da água em romances angolanos e moçambicanos Abstract:
This article offers a brief cartography of the narrative role of water in Angolan and Mozambican literature, through a comparative reading of four novels: O desejo de Kianda (1995) by the Angolan Pepetela; De Rios Velhos e Guerrilheiros. I. O Livro dos Rios (2006) by View Publication Working Paper 198/2024: The Relevance of the Concept of Cumulative Causation: Understanding growth trajectories in Sub-Saharan Africa Working Paper 198/2024: The Relevance of the Concept of Cumulative Causation: Understanding growth trajectories in Sub-Saharan Africa Abstract:
Differences in growth trajectories among countries - including the possibility of divergence -, are a central issue in economics. Mainstream economics explain growth processes via varieties of neoclassical models, even improved with concepts such as institutions. Yet such models have difficulties in providing accurate accounts View Publication Working Paper 197/2024: La Production Agricole des Femmes en Guiné-Bissau comme Moyen d´Afirmation de son Identité Working Paper 197/2024: La Production Agricole des Femmes en Guiné-Bissau comme Moyen d´Afirmation de son Identité Abstract:
This working paper is an intermediate product of the study done for Swiss Cooperation in Guinea-Bissau, written in French without any point in Portuguese. What we demonstrate, as well as the principles of restitution and appropriation by the persons or institutions that access to respond View Publication

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