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Did you miss a session? Watch all Development Studies Seminars 2023 presentations
The Development Studies Serminars 2023′ sessions took place from February 28th to May 30th, 2023 at ISEG. Presentations were recorded and are now available on the CEsA YouTube channel, in the playlist “Seminários de Estudos de Desenvolvimento 2023” (access this link). Check them out:
“Fragilities and Shocks Effects on Households and Communities in Southern Africa”, Vincent Agulonye (CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa), February 28th, 2023.
“Wealthy Continent, Poor People: Pathology of mis-governance in contemporary Africa”, Jacob Audu (Ahmadu Bello University) – ONLINE, March 7th, 2023.
“The Tourism Chain Value as a Strategic Development Element in Angola Under the PRODESI Programme”, Eduardo Sarmento (CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa), March 14th, 2023. In Portuguese.
“Achieving Human and Ecological Well-Being Through SDGs: The Iran Case”, Mojgan Chapariha (Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity, University of Surrey) – ONLINE, March 21st, 2023.
“Transcolonial: O sujeito e o contexto”, João Pina-Cabral (Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa), April 11th, 2023. In Portuguese.
“Institutions, Structures and Policy Paradigms: Toward Understanding Inequality in Africa”, Howard Stein (Universidade do Michigan), May 30th, 2023.
PS.: The session on March 28th, 2023, whose presentation was “A Discussion of the Grammars and Languages of Regionalisms in the Wake of COVID-19 Pandemic and the War in Ukraine”, by researcher Daniel Bach (Sciences Po Bordeaux and CEsA), was not authorized to be recorded and made available on YouTube.
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YouTube Playlist: “Seminários de Estudos de Desenvolvimento 2023”
Development Studies Seminars 2023 will return on February 28 at ISEG
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CEsA is back to social media channels. Follow us!
The Centre for African and Development Studies (CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa) is back to Facebook and LinkedIn! Our pages aim to reinforce CEsA’s digital presence and connection with our researchers, with Master’s and PhD students and with other people interested in Development Studies, being yet another stage for the dissemination of scientific activity developed by our Center, as well as events and other initiatives.
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“Cinema and Decolonisation: Mozambique in focus” cycle | June 17th | Documentary We Dreamed of a Country (“Sonhámos um país”)
The Centre for African and Development Studies (CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa), within the scope of the “Cinema and Decolonisation: Mozambique in focus” cycle, is pleased to announce the screening of We Dreamed of a Country (“Sonhámos um país” in Portuguese) (Camilo de Sousa and Isabel Noronha, 2019, Documentary, 70 min, Portuguese). The session is free admission and will take place on June 17th, 10 am, at ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics and Management (Auditorium 2, Rua do Quelhas n. 6, 1200-781, Lisbon, Portugal – Google Maps HERE).
The debate will follow with poet and journalist Luís Carlos Patraquim, and CES/UC researcher and historical advisor of the film, Maria Paula Meneses.
PLEASE REGISTER HERE: https://www.eventbrite.pt/e/bilhetes-ciclo-cinema-e-descolonizacao-mocambique-em-foco-sonhamos-um-pais-642165623667
The film will be played in Portuguese. We recommend a pre-registration, but the capacity of the auditorium will be filled in order of arrival.
Synopsis for “We Dreamed of a Country”
In the early 1970s, Camilo de Sousa left Lourenço Marques, Mozambique, toured Europe and joined the Frelimo guerrilla movement. First in the Nachingwea training base and then in the National Liberation Struggle. He was twenty years old at the time. Today, living in Portugal, he returns to Mozambique to meet two comrades-in-arms, whom he met in the guerrillas and with whom he later shared the leadership of the party in Cabo Delgado, until he went back to what is now Maputo and joined the new Instituto de Cinema, becoming a director. With Aleixo Caindi and Julião Papalo he recalls ancient times, when the joy of liberation gave way to hard times when the search for the ‘new man’ came to destroy the dreams and illusions of a country.
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About the “Ciclo de Cinema e Descolonização: Moçambique em foco”
The project urges to understand decolonization as a process still in progress, which must be accepted and integrated into the social, political, cultural and personal dynamics. The project aims to create an open and dynamic space for sharing, where memories, narratives, dialogues and reflections can emerge. It is coordinated by Jessica Falconi (CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa) and curated by the Mozambican filmmakers Isabel Noronha and Camilo de Sousa.
The film club will take place from January to July 2023, with screenings once a month, always on Saturdays, where it is intended to debate and reflect on the legacies and memories of decolonization in Mozambique. Each session will have the spoken remarks of producers, directors, etc., as well as moderators and debaters who will facilitate the debate within the audience.
Coordination: Jessica Falconi (CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa)
Curators: Isabel Noronha and Camilo de Sousa
Scientific consultancy: Joana Pereira Leite (CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa) and Ana Mafalda Leite (CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa)
Support: CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa
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Check the full program for 2023 of the film club “Cinema e Descolonização: Moçambique em foco”
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CESA Working Paper no. 194/2023 studies the quality of service and customer satisfaction of Banco de Poupança e Crédito in Luanda (Angola)
CEsA published its seventh Working Paper 2023: “A qualidade do serviço e a satisfação do cliente : estudo dos clientes do Banco de Poupança e Crédito – Luanda (Angola)” (“Quality of service and client satisfaction: study of the clients of Banco de Poupança e Crédito – Luanda, Angola), in Portuguese, authored by Eduardo Moraes Sarmento, CEsA researcher and professor in the Master’s in International Development and Cooperation at the Lisbon School of Economics and Management (ISEG).
Click here to access the Working Paper no. 194/2023:
https://www.repository.utl.pt/handle/10400.5/27742
Abstract:
Nowadays, a correct and profitable way of managing the issue of service quality is to listen to customers, both satisfied and dissatisfied, to improve the information obtained, improve experiences with them and thus achieve greater levels of loyalty and, naturally, results. In this context, this study sought to assess the degree of customer satisfaction regarding the provision of the quality of services offered by Banco de Poupança e Crédito, located in Luanda (Angola) in order to identify the level of customer satisfaction according to the variables demographic and socioeconomic factors inherent to the SERVQUAL model and determine the correct methods and techniques for satisfaction, taking into account the elements of quality, in order to make the institution profitable. During this study, a structured interview was carried out for the Marketing and Communication Department and a questionnaire of 15 questions was applied, resulting in only 80 valid questionnaires out of 150. The same were applied during working hours to assess the quality of the service provided by the bank. From a modern company, as with the Bank, it is expected that its main objective is to provide customer satisfaction, indiscriminately needing all the company’s employees and for this it is necessary that they are satisfied to adopt attitudes consistent with this objective. However, managing these factors well to achieve positive results is an essential condition for the company to overcome the challenges.
Get to know the previous editions, published in 2023:
Working Paper 189/2023: Fragilities and shocks effects on households and communities in West Africa
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Working Paper 194/2023: A Qualidade do Serviço e a Satisfação do Cliente: Estudo dos Clientes do Banco de Poupança e Crédito – Luanda (Angola)
Abstract:
Nowadays, a correct and profitable way of managing the issue of service quality is to listen to customers, both satisfied and dissatisfied, to improve the information obtained, improve experiences with them and thus achieve greater levels of loyalty and, naturally, results. In this context, A Qualidade do Serviço e a Satisfação do Cliente: Estudo dos Clientes do Banco de Poupança e Crédito – Luanda (Angola) sought to assess the degree of customer satisfaction regarding the provision of the quality of services offered by Banco de Poupança e Crédito, located in Luanda (Angola) in order to identify the level of customer satisfaction according to the variables demographic and socioeconomic factors inherent to the SERVQUAL model and determine the correct methods and techniques for satisfaction, taking into account the elements of quality, in order to make the institution profitable. During this study, a structured interview was carried out for the Marketing and Communication Department and a questionnaire of 15 questions was applied, resulting in only 80 valid questionnaires out of 150. The same were applied during working hours to assess the quality of the service provided by the bank. From a modern company, as with the Bank, it is expected that its main objective is to provide customer satisfaction, indiscriminately needing all the company’s employees and for this it is necessary that they are satisfied to adopt attitudes consistent with this objective. However, managing these factors well to achieve positive results is an essential condition for the company to overcome the challenges.
Quotation:
Sarmento, E. M. e Azevedo, S. C. (2023). “A Qualidade do Serviço e a Satisfação do Cliente: Estudo dos Clientes do Banco de Poupança e Crédito – Luanda (Angola)”. Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão – CEsA/CGS – Documentos de trabalho nº 194/2023
The Guardian and Público echo a special report on Guinea-Bissau’s seed keepers written within the scope of a grant awarded by ACEP and CEsA
The Guardian – Global Development and Público – Azul Notícias have echo the special report “Ilhas Urok, Guiné-Bissau. As guardiãs de sementes dos Bijagós” (“Ilhas Urok, Guinea-Bissau. As guardians of Bijagós seeds”, in English), authored by the journalist and PhD in Studies in Communication and Development, Vanessa Rodrigues, and with the support of the NGO Tiniguena and the bijagó journalist José António Abúdu.
The special report was written within the scope of the Bolsa de Criação Jornalística sobre Desenvolvimento 2022 (2022 Journalistic Creation Scholarship on Development, in English), granted by the Associação para a Cooperação Entre os Povos (ACEP), in partnership with the Centre for African and Development Studies (CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa), and with the support of Camões, Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua.
Read the special report “Ilhas Urok, Guiné-Bissau. As guardiãs de sementes dos Bijagós” (in Portuguese), published on September 30, 2022 in the supplement Azul Notícias, from Público: https://www.publico.pt/2022/09/30/azul/noticia/ilhas-urok-guinebissau-guardias-seeds-bijagos-2022452
Listen to the podcast “Guardiãs de sementes e mulheres rurais na Guiné-Bissau: elas cuidam do futuro da terra” (in Portuguese), available on October 3, 2022 in the supplement Azul Notícias, from Público: https://www.publico.pt/2022/10/03/azul/noticia/guardias-sementes-mulheres-rurais-guinebissau-cuidam-futuro-terra-2022533
Read the English version of the special report, “’Seeds ensure our survival’: the women of Guinea-Bissau who keep vital plants and culture alive”, published on May 2nd, 2023 in the Global Development section of The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/may/02/women-of-guinea-bissau-who-keep-vital-plants-and-culture-alive?fbclid=IwAR1TPOq78otqShBOG-K0stzDeXSppA6WGQppYAYf-1xVPBVky3x47a19Gt8
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The Struggle for Independence in Guinea-Bissau – Contribution to Understanding the Contradictions of the Process of State Building
Abstract:
The realization of the process of armed struggle for national liberation in the so called Portuguese Guinea, and consequent unilateral proclamation of the State of Guinea-Bissau in September 1973, was possible from outside the Guinean borders through an important and strategic contribution made by the Republic of Guinea-Conakry, which in 1958 had already achieved national independence. This article intends to observe the capital of the neighboring Republic of Guinea as a symbolic structuring space in the construction of ideological antagonisms, based on the sociocultural and political dispute around “unity and against unity” within the African Party for Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC). The fundamental purpose isto understand the extent to which the environment generated in Conakry contributed to the cohesion or weakening of the recommended desiderates, but above all,to the legacy of inherited conflicts that influenced thepost-independence state building processin Guinea-Bissau. It is worth mentioning thatthe empirical framework is the PAIGC, the sociopolitical segments that make up its internal structure and other protagonists of the process.
Quotation:
SANGREMAN, Carlos Eduardo; SEMEDO, Rui Jorge. The Struggle for Independence in Guinea-Bissau. Journal of Contemporary Sociological Issues, [S.l.], v. 2, n. 1, p. 59-75, feb. 2022. ISSN 2775-2895. Available at: <https://jurnal.unej.ac.id/index.php/JCSI/article/view/27599>. Date accessed: 04 may 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.19184/csi.v2i1.27599.
Development Studies Seminars 2023 | May 30th | Institutions, Structures and Policy Paradigms: Toward Understanding Inequality in Africa | Howard Stein (University of Michigan)
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) courses at ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics and Management, University of Lisbon (ULisboa), invite you to the Special Session of the Development Studies Seminars 2023, which will have as its theme “Institutions, Structures and Policy Paradigms: Toward Understanding Inequality in Africa” and will be presented by the University of Michigan’s researcher Howard Stein on May 30th, 2023, from 6 pm to 8 pm (UTC+1), at ISEG (Anfiteatro 23, Francesinhas 1, 1200-781, Lisbon, Portugal).
REGISTER HERE: https://www.eventbrite.pt/e/bilhetes-seminarios-de-estudos-de-desenvolvimento-2023-com-howard-stein-umich-625248263387
About the presenter
Howard Stein is a Professor in the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies (DAAS) and the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Michigan. He is a development economist educated in Canada, the US and the UK who has taught in both Asia and Africa. He is the editor or author of more than a dozen books and edited collections and more than 100 journal articles, book chapters and reviews. His research on Africa has focused on foreign aid, finance, structural adjustment and neoliberalism, RCTs, health, gender and development, health and the environment, institutional transformation, industrial policy, export processing zones and other industrial parks, agricultural policy, poverty and rural property right transformation, income inequality and Chinese investment in manufacturing. He teaches a variety of courses in DAAS and Epidemiology including the history of African economic development, Africa and post-war development theory and policy, globalization and African health, the political economy of African development and health and socio-economic development.
Related content:
- Book Chapter “Institutions, Structures, and Policy Paradigms: Toward Understanding Inequality in Africa”, In: The Political Economy of Inequality: U.S. and Global Dimensions (eds. Sisay Asefa and Wei-Chiao Huang)
- YouTube: Makerere History Seminar – Institutionalizing Neoclassical Economics in Africa: Instruments, Ideology and Implications
- YouTube: Development Studies Seminars 2022. April 21st, 2022. Theme: “Global Finance and the Covid-19 Pandemic in Africa”. Presenter: Howard Stein (University of Michigan)
- Working Paper N. 54/1999: “Structural adjustment and the African crisis: a theoretical appraisal”. Authors: Stein, H. e Nissanke, M.
About the event
The Development Studies Seminars 2023 are an initiative that, since 1991, promotes research carried out in the areas of study of MDCI/ISEG/ULisboa and PDED/ISEG/ULisboa. The 2023 edition will take place from February 28 2023, always on Tuesdays, from 6 pm to 8 pm (UTC+1), at ISEG (Anfiteatro 23, Francesinhas 1, 1200-781, Lisbon, Portugal). Sessions will be in a face-to-face format and with free admission. We recommend prior registration on the CEsA profile on EventBrite (click here), but the capacity of the amphitheater will be filled in order of arrival.
Special Session of the Development Studies Seminars 2023
Theme: Institutions, Structures and Policy Paradigms: Toward Understanding Inequality in Africa
Presenter: Howard Stein (University of Michigan)
Date and time: May 30th, 2023, always on Tuesdays, from 6 pm to 8 pm (UTC+1)
In-person event at ISEG (Anfiteatro 23, Francesinhas 1, 1200-781, Lisbon, Portugal)
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Development Studies Seminars 2023 will return on February 28 at ISEG
Playlist “Development Studies Seminars 2023” on CEsA’s YouTube channel
Did you miss a session? Watch all Development Studies Seminars 2022 presentations
Applications for the 2023/24 PhD in Development Studies (PDED) are open
Author: CEsA Communication (comunicacao@cesa.iseg.ulisboa.pt)
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EADI CEsA Lisbon Conference 2023 releases the preliminary programme of the largest European conference on Development Studies
The largest European conference on Development Studies, the EADI CEsA Lisbon Conference 2023: Towards New Rhythms of Development, which will take place between the 10th and 13th of July 2023 at ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics and Management, in Lisbon, just released the preliminary programme of the 2023 edition. Twenty CEsA researchers are already confirmed as presenters and/or chairs in eight conference panels (the list of researchers and panels can be consulted at the end of the text).
The Centre for African and Development Studies (CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisbon) is the co-organiser of the event, which is being held in Lisbon, Portugal for the first time. The General Conference, organised by the European Association of Development Research and Training Institute (EADI) every three years since 1975, will be in hybrid format (in-person and online) and registration is open. Prices vary, depending on the participation category chosen, between €95 and €335. There are discounts for EADI members and PhD students.
Consult the list of CEsA researchers who are in the preliminary programme of the EADI CEsA Lisbon Conference 2023:
Alexandre Abreu (chair of the Seed Panel 4: Inequality Dynamics in Portuguese-speaking Developing Countries, 11 de julho de 2023, 14h30-16h)
Ana Mafalda Leite (chair of the Roundtable 7: New Rhythms of Development in African Literature and Arts, 13 de julho, 14h30-16h)
Arlindo Fortes (chair of the Harvest Panel 7: Metamorphoses of Capitalism, Ecological and Social Crises: Questions and possibilities, 11 de julho de 2023, 16h30-18h; and chair of the Seed Panel 30: Rural/Urban Space in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Dynamics of Climate Change, 12 de julho de 2023, 14h30-16h)
Carlos Sangreman (chair of the Seed Panel 4: Inequality Dynamics in Portuguese-speaking Developing Countries, 11 de julho de 2023, 14h30-16h)
Diogo Maia (presenter in the Seed Panel 4: Inequality Dynamics in Portuguese-speaking Developing Countries, Tema: FDI, Economic Growth and Inqueality in Mozambique 11 de julho de 2023, 14h30-16h)
Edvaldo Bergamo (presenter in the Roundtable 7: New Rhythms of Development in African Literature and Arts, 13 de julho, 14h30-16h)
Elsa Fontainha (presenter in the Harvest Panel 11: Women Entrepreneurs on the African Continent, Tema: Women Entrepreneurs Coping with Shocks: The case of Covid-19 in four Sub-Saharan African countries, 13 de julho de 2023, 9h-10h30)
Fernanda Gallo (presenter in the Roundtable 7: New Rhythms of Development in African Literature and Arts, 13 de julho, 14h30-16h)
Iolanda Évora (presenter in the Roundtable 11: As Economias Informais e o Papel das Associações Comunitárias nas Periferias dos Maiores Centros Urbanos de Cabo Verde no Contexto da Pandemia de Covid-19, 12 de julho de 2023, 14h30-16h)
Jessica Falconi (chair of the Roundtable 7: New Rhythms of Development in African Literature and Arts, 13 de julho, 14h30-16h)
João Van Dunem (presenter in the Seed Panel 4: Inequality Dynamics in Portuguese-speaking Developing Countries, Tema: What Drove Economic Inequality Under Portuguese Colonial Rule? The case of Angola, 11 de julho de 2023, 14h30-16h)
Marcelo Moreira (chair of the Harvest Panel 7: Metamorphoses of Capitalism, Ecological and Social Crises: Questions and possibilities, 11 de julho de 2023, 16h30-18h; and chair of the Seed Panel 30: Rural/Urban Space in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Dynamics of Climate Change, 12 de julho de 2023, 14h30-16h)
Marta Banasiak (presenter in the Roundtable 7: New Rhythms of Development in African Literature and Arts, 13 de julho, 14h30-16h)
Odair Barros-Varela (chair of the Roundtable 11: As Economias Informais e o Papel das Associações Comunitárias nas Periferias dos Maiores Centros Urbanos de Cabo Verde no Contexto da Pandemia de Covid-19, 12 de julho de 2023, 14h30-16h)
Redy Wilson Lima (chair of the Roundtable 11: As Economias Informais e o Papel das Associações Comunitárias nas Periferias dos Maiores Centros Urbanos de Cabo Verde no Contexto da Pandemia de Covid-19, 12 de julho de 2023, 14h30-16h)
Sara Laisse (presenter in the Roundtable 7: New Rhythms of Development in African Literature and Arts, 13 de julho, 14h30-16h)
Sílvia Amaral (presenter in the Harvest Panel 14: Exploring the Rhythms of Urbanisation and Conflict, Tema: Armed Conflict and Urbanization in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique: A case study of two neighbourhoods in the city of Pemba, 11 de julho, 16h30-18h)
Sónia Frias (chair of the Harvest Panel 7: Metamorphoses of Capitalism, Ecological and Social Crises: Questions and possibilities, 11 de julho de 2023, 16h30-18h; and chair of the Seed Panel 30: Rural/Urban Space in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Dynamics of Climate Change, 12 de julho de 2023, 14h30-16h)
Susana Brissos (chair of the Seed Panel 34: New Food Policy for Sustainable Food Systems, 12 de julho de 2023, 14h30-16h)
Vincent Agulonye (presenter in the Seed Panel 30: Rural/Urban Space in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Dynamics of Climate Change, Tema: When We Eat of Seeds: A study of the effects of informal mining on the environment, food and water security, 12 de julho de 2023, 14h30-16h)
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