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CESA Working Papers No 192/2023 and 193/2023 propose a tourism plan for the island of Santiago, Cape Verde
CEsA published its fifth and sixth Working Papers for 2023: “Tourism Master Plan for the Island of Santiago, Cape Verde: 2020-2030 – Part 1” (No 192/2023) and “Tourism Master Plan for the Island of Santiago, Cape Verde: 2020-2030 – Part 2” (No 193/2023), in English, authored by Eduardo Moraes Sarmento, CEsA researcher and professor of the Master in Development and International Cooperation at the Lisbon School of Economics and Management (ISEG).
Click here to download Working Paper No. 192/2023: https://www.repository.utl.pt/handle/10400.5/27621
Click here to download Working Paper No. 193/2023: https://www.repository.utl.pt/handle/10400.5/27622
Read the abstracts below:
Working Paper 192/2023
Cape Verde, a small insular development economy (SIDS), has been confronted and faces various economic, social and environmental constraints throughout its history that have been conditioning its growth strategy. In recent years, tourism has been growing and consolidating an important contribution to economic development, which is observable in the evolution of the number of nights spent in the country, revenue, number of guests, employment generation, and incentive to export among others. The gross added value of tourism currently has a weight that is already more than 20% of its GDP (excluding the COVID-19 pandemic period). Aware of this potential, the Government created conditions for a greater use of its effects as a mobilizing factor in the economy. Accordingly, various official supporting documents and strategic orientations have been approved, such as the Strategic Plan for Sustainable Development and the Main Options of the Strategic Plan for Sustainable Development for the Tourism Activity. It was also decided that each island or region should develop its own strategic tourism plan (Masterplan). This paper integrates the main strategic reflections regarding the Tourism Master Plan for the Island of Santiago. Revenue from tourism on the Island of Santiago, where the capital of Cape Verde is located, has been much less than the values of the main islands with a high volume of tourists – Sal and Boa Vista. However, the potential of Santiago is high, and therefore it is necessary to adopt the correct measures required to transform this potential into reality. Therefore, this paper presents a short, medium and long-term vision, with a proposal for strategic objectives that will constitute the anchor on which all operational strategic and objectives that will translate into specific lines of action will be based. In summary, this document proposes a strategy based on a diversified and differentiated touristic offer from the other islands of the country, which maximises its potential, counteracting regional asymmetries and preserving the historical and intangible heritage, as well as the natural resources, with the aim for the whole population to benefit from the resultant economic development, especially the most disadvantaged.
Working Paper 193/2023
Cape Verde, a small insular development economy (SIDS), has been confronted and faces various economic, social and environmental constraints throughout its history that have been conditioning its growth strategy. In recent years, tourism has been growing and consolidating an important contribution to economic development, which is observable in the evolution of the number of nights spent in the country, revenue, number of guests, employment generation, and incentive to exports, among others. The gross added value of tourism currently has a weight that is already more than 20% of its GDP (excluding the COVID-19 pandemic period). Aware of this potential, the government created conditions for a greater use of its effects as a mobilizing factor in the economy, as reflected in various official supporting documents and strategic orientations, such as the Strategic Plan for Sustainable Development, and the Main Options of the Strategic Plan for Sustainable Development for the Tourism Activity. The Government decided that each island or region should develop its own strategic tourism plan (Masterplan). This paper proposes several main strategic reflections about the Tourism Master Plan for the Island of Santiago in order to improve its competitiveness.
Get to know the previous editions published in 2023:
Working Paper 189/2023: Fragilities and shocks effects on households and communities in West Africa
Author: CEsA Communication (comunicacao@cesa.iseg.ulisboa.pt)
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Working Paper 193/2023: Tourism Master Plan for the Island of Santiago, Cape Verde: 2020-2030 – Part 2
Abstract:
Cape Verde, a small insular development economy (SIDS), has been confronted and faces various economic, social and environmental constraints throughout its history that have been conditioning its growth strategy. In recent years, tourism has been growing and consolidating an important contribution to economic development, which is observable in the evolution of the number of nights spent in the country, revenue, number of guests, employment generation, and incentive to exports, among others. The gross added value of tourism currently has a weight that is already more than 20% of its GDP (excluding the COVID-19 pandemic period). Aware of this potential, the government created conditions for a greater use of its effects as a mobilizing factor in the economy, as reflected in various official supporting documents and strategic orientations, such as the Strategic Plan for Sustainable Development, and the Main Options of the Strategic Plan for Sustainable Development for the Tourism Activity. The Government decided that each island or region should develop its own strategic tourism plan (Masterplan). Tourism Master Plan For The Island Of Santiago, Cape Verde : 2020–2030 – Part 2 proposes several main strategic reflections about the Tourism Master Plan for the Island of Santiago in order to improve its competitiveness.
Quotation:
Sarmento, E. M. et al. (2023). “Tourism Master Plan For The Island Of Santiago, Cape Verde : 2020–2030 – Part 2”. Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão – CEsA/CSG – Documentos de Trabalho nº 193/2023
Working Paper 192/2023: Tourism Master Plan for the Island of Santiago, Cape Verde: 2020-2030 – Part 1
Abstract:
Cape Verde, a small insular development economy (SIDS), has been confronted and faces various economic, social and environmental constraints throughout its history that have been conditioning its growth strategy. In recent years, tourism has been growing and consolidating an important contribution to economic development, which is observable in the evolution of the number of nights spent in the country, revenue, number of guests, employment generation, and incentive to export among others. The gross added value of tourism currently has a weight that is already more than 20% of its GDP (excluding the COVID-19 pandemic period). Aware of this potential, the Government created conditions for a greater use of its effects as a mobilizing factor in the economy. Accordingly, various official supporting documents and strategic orientations have been approved, such as the Strategic Plan for Sustainable Development and the Main Options of the Strategic Plan for Sustainable Development for the Tourism Activity. It was also decided that each island or region should develop its own strategic tourism plan (Masterplan). Tourism Master Plan For The Island Of Santiago, Cape Verde: 2020–2030 – Part 1 integrates the main strategic reflections regarding the Tourism Master Plan for the Island of Santiago. Revenue from tourism on the Island of Santiago, where the capital of Cape Verde is located, has been much less than the values of the main islands with a high volume of tourists – Sal and Boa Vista. However, the potential of Santiago is high, and therefore it is necessary to adopt the correct measures required to transform this potential into reality. Therefore, this paper presents a short, medium and long-term vision, with a proposal for strategic objectives that will constitute the anchor on which all operational strategic and objectives that will translate into specific lines of action will be based. In summary, this document proposes a strategy based on a diversified and differentiated touristic offer from the other islands of the country, which maximises its potential, counteracting regional asymmetries and preserving the historical and intangible heritage, as well as the natural resources, with the aim for the whole population to benefit from the resultant economic development, especially the most disadvantaged.
Quotation:
Sarmento, E. M. et al. (2023). “Tourism Master Plan For The Island Of Santiago, Cape Verde: 2020–2030 – Part 1”. Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão – CEsA/CSG – Documentos de Trabalho nº 192/2023
2nd stage of applications for the 2023/24 PhD in Development Studies (PDED) is now open
The Centre for African and Development Studies (CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa) and ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics and Management, University of Lisbon (ULisboa), announce the opening of the 2nd stage of applications for the PhD in Development Studies (PDED/ISEG) 2023/24.
CEsA plays an important role in teaching at ISEG, through representing CEsA as a member of the Scientific and Pedagogical Committee of the PhD in Development Studies (PDED); by supporting and teaching several of the course units; and by supervising student’s’ theses. CEsA also regularly organises international seminars and conferences that enable PDED students to be in permanent contact with leading-edge research in their respective areas. Further information about CEsA HERE.
This PhD programme was created in 2009 and accredited by the national agency A3ES in 2015. After 2017/18, this program became a joint PhD of ISEG (School of Economics and Management), ICS (Institute of Social Sciences), IGOT (Institute of Geographic and Spatial Planning) and ISA (School of Agriculture) of Universidade de Lisboa, with some changes in its content, recently approved by the national agency A3ES. This PhD is for anyone interested in obtaining advanced academic training and doing research with a view to working in jobs related to international and national development in the public sector, the private sector, or the non-profit sector.
Further information at PDED’s webpage at ISEG website.
Author: CEsA Communication (comunicacao@cesa.iseg.ulisboa.pt)
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MDCI/ISEG 30th ANNIVERSARY: Applications for the 2023/24 Masters in Development and International Cooperation are open (2nd stage’s deadline: 5/1)
The Centre for African and Development Studies (CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa) and ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics and Management, University of Lisbon (ULisboa), announce the opening of the 2nd stage for applications for the Masters in Development and International Cooperation (MDCI/ISEG) 2023/24. The deadline for applications is May 1, 2023.
In 2023, the Masters in Development and International Cooperation (MDCI/ISEG) completes 30 years of its creation by CEsA. In addition to having founded MDCI, CEsA also plays an important role in teaching at ISEG, through representation CEsA as a member of the Scientific and Pedagogical Committee of MDCI; by supporting and teaching several of the course units; and by supervising student’s’ theses. CEsA also regularly organises international seminars and conferences that enable MDCI students to be in permanent contact with leading-edge research in their respective areas.
The MDCI is a complement to the skills acquired in the first cycle in the areas of Economics, Management, Sociology or International Relations. It prepares students to be leaders, managers and senior technicians of organizations linked to international cooperation, in public institutions or private companies. It is essentially aimed at completing the first cycle education of graduates in Economics, Management, Sociology, International Relations or other areas considered appropriate to the course, preparing students to exercise professional functions related to the problems of development and international cooperation, or teaching and scientific research functions.
Further information at MDCI’s webpage at ISEG website (only in Portuguese).
Author: CEsA Communication (comunicacao@cesa.iseg.ulisboa.pt)
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“Cinema and Decolonisation: Mozambique in focus” cycle | May 6th | Ngwenya, the crocodile (“Ngwenya, o crocodilo”) | Discussion panel with Camilo de Sousa, Ana Mafalda Leite and João Pina-Cabral
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 Ngwenya, the crocodile (“Ngwenya, o crocodilo” in Portuguese) (Isabel Noronha, 2007, Documentary, 90 min, Portuguese). The session is free admission and will take place on May 6th, 10 am, at ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics and Management (Auditorium 2, Rua do Quelhas n. 6, 1200-781, Lisbon, Portugal).
The debate will follow with CEsA researcher Ana Mafalda Leite, filmmaker, photojournalist and film producer Camilo de Sousa and anthropologist and ICS researcher, João Pina-Cabral.
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.
PLEASE REGISTER HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bilhetes-ciclo-cinema-e-descolonizacao-mocambique-em-foco-ngwenya-o-crocodilo-609446439707
Synopsis for “Ngwenya, the crocodile”
One day, Xiluwa – Isabel – met Cecília, Malangatana Valente’s daughter, at school. Going to her friend’s house, she saw the painter’s drawings and paintings and thought he could translate into words the sensorial universe to which she knew she belonged but could not name. She then kept the promise that Malangatana would one day take her to that magical place. Thirty years later, she went on, together with him, in search of the keys to understanding Mozambican traditions, in particular the mythical ronga universe, of which Malangatana and his ancestors were part. Accompanying him, he travelled between sensitive memories and ancient recollections, night fears and mysterious stories, erotic memories and the heat of the campfire. At each stage of the journey, she captured the dreamlike contours and infinite colours of Malangatana’s sacred world.
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Related content:
- Carmen T. Secco, (2016) Uma viagem pela vida e obra de Malangatana Valente: cinema, pintura, literatura. Revista Cerrados, n. 41, 288-295, https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/231182175.pdf
- Gabriel Dottling Dias (2021) Mergulhar no sonho: notas sobre Ngwenya, o crocodilo, de Isabel Noronha, e O beijo da palavrinha, de Mia Couto, Revista AbeÁfrica, v. 5, n.5,
https://revistas.ufrj.br/index.php/abeafrica/article/view/45102 - Carmen T. Secco; Ana Mafalda Leite; Luís Carlos Patraquim (2019) Cinegrafias moçambicanas. São Paulo: Kapulana
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
Read more:
Check the full program for 2023 of the film club “Cinema e Descolonização: Moçambique em foco”
Author: CEsA Communication (comunicacao@cesa.iseg.ulisboa.pt)
Image: CEsA/Reproduction
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The Centre for African and Development Studies (CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa) has launched the CEsA Digital Magazine: a new project to the community and particularly geared towards scientific dissemination. The bilingual (PT/ENG) biannual digital magazine highlights the celebration of CEsA’s 40th anniversary this year (founded in 1983) – one of the oldest research centres in Portugal on African and Development Studies (click here to read more about us).
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Author: CEsA Communication (comunicacao@cesa.iseg.ulisboa.pt)
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“Cinema and Decolonisation: Mozambique in focus” cycle | April 22nd | The last prostitute and Stored dreams | Discussion panel with Catarina Laranjeiro and Paulo Granjo
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 The last prostitute (“A última prostituta” in Portuguese) (Licínio Azevedo, 1999, Documentary, 48 min, Portuguese) and Stored dreams (“Sonhos guardados” in Portuguese) (Isabel Noronha, 2005, Documentary, 29 min, Portuguese). The session is free admission and will take place on April 22nd, 10 am, at ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics and Management (Auditorium 2, Rua do Quelhas n. 6, 1200-781, Lisbon, Portugal).
The debate will follow with researchers Catarina Laranjeiro (IHC/NOVA-FCSH) and Paulo Granjo (ICS/ULisboa and CEA/UEM).
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.
PLEASE REGISTER HERE: https://www.eventbrite.pt/e/bilhetes-ciclo-cinema-e-descolonizacao-mocambique-em-foco-22-de-abril-607287211397
Synopses:
The last prostitute (“A última prostituta”)
Licínio Azevedo’s documentary that originated the celebrated fiction film Virgem Margarida (2012) by the same director, “A última prostituta” focuses on the memories and experiences of a group of women who, after the independence of Mozambique, were sent to re-education camps, to be “decolonized”. Mixing fictional elements and testimonies, the film provides a reflection on the contradictions of the decolonization process in Mozambique, especially with regard to women and gender roles. Unlike the fictional film, “A última prostituta” remains virtually unknown to the general and academic public.
Stored dreams (“Sonhos guardados”)
This documentary by Isabel Noronha, which has won awards at various festivals, deals with the trajectories, dreams and daily difficulties of a group of men who lost their jobs and were left to work as security guards. According to the director, the film portrays “the trajectory of a country from the post-independence period until the entrance in the savage capitalist era” and transmits “the feeling of disillusion and despair of people who had the idea of a country where they could have work, a house, a dream, and suddenly find themselves with nothing” (Público, 16/02/2008).
About the panelists:
Catarina Laranjeiro
Catarina Laranjeiro is a researcher at the Institute of Contemporary History at NOVA FCSH, where she develops research on vernacular cinema in Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau and their respective diasporas in Portugal and France. She holds a PhD in Post-Colonialism and Global Citizenship from the Centre for Social Studies at the University of Coimbra and an MA in Visual and Media Anthropology from the Freie Universitaet Berlin. She regularly participates in various projects and collectives that cross anthropology, photography and cinema. She directed the film Pabia di Aos (2013) and co-directed, with Daniel Barroca, the film Fogo no Lodo (2022).
Paulo Granjo
Paulo Granjo holds a PhD in Social Anthropology (ISCTE, 2001) and is a pioneer of industrial anthropology in Portugal and Mozambique. He began his teaching activity in 1999, as Visiting Professor at Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM), where until 2006 he contributed to the training of the current generation of Mozambican anthropologists. In addition to his continued participation in the master’s and doctoral programs at ICS-ULisboa, he was also an Invited Professor at ULHT, FLUL and FCSH-UNL. Member of the Scientific Council and of the Commission for Postgraduate Studies at ICS-ULisboa and Corresponding Researcher at the Center for African Studies at UEM.
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Related content:
- Blog post “Reeducação de mulheres, entrevista a Licínio Azevedo sobre o filme ‘Virgem Margarida'” (references to The last prostitute): https://www.buala.org/pt/afroscreen/reeducacao-de-mulheres-entrevista-a-licinio-azevedo-sobre-o-filme-virgem-margarida
- “Pela primeira vez está a haver uma revolta social grave” (references to Stored dreams): https://www.publico.pt/2008/02/16/jornal/pela-primeira-vez-esta-a-haver–uma-revolta-social-grave-249434
- Carmen T. Secco; Ana Mafalda Leite; Luís Carlos Patraquim (2019) Cinegrafias moçambicanas. São Paulo: Kapulana.
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
Read more:
Check the full program for 2023 of the film club “Cinema e Descolonização: Moçambique em foco”
Author: CEsA Communication (comunicacao@cesa.iseg.ulisboa.pt)
Image: CEsA/Reproduction
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Working Paper CEsA 191/2023 analyses conditional cash transfer programmes and the left turn in Latin America
CEsA has published its fourth Working Paper of 2023: “Programas de Transferência Condicionada de Rendimento e a Viragem à Esquerda na América Latina” (nº 191/2023), in Portuguese, authored by Marianna Rios Franco, Master in Development and International Cooperation from ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics and Management.
Click here to download the Working Paper n. 191/2023: https://www.repository.utl.pt/handle/10400.5/27516
Read the abstract below:
In the last three decades, two phenomena have emerged and expanded in waves in Latin America: Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs and the arrival of left-wing governments to power. This scenario is set in a historic period of economic recovery in the Region, especially with the “commodity boom”, providing the resources and political space needed to govern on the left and promote social policies. This study works with the research hypothesis that left-wing governments were the ones that most created, supported and expanded this type of public policy in Latin America in the period 2000-2020. Thirthy-two CCTs were mapped, implemented by 18 countries in the Region, as well as their presidents and policy guidelines. In addition to reporting on the evolution of the implementation of these policies, this work carried out a quantitative analysis based on IDB and ECLAC databases about the beginning and end of these programs, as well as the evolution of the coverage of beneficiaries. The main conclusions indicate that the hypothesis is only partially and limitedly confirmed. In short, left-wing governments achieved the highest numbers in absolute terms regarding the creation and expansion of CCTs in the region, but centrist governments achieved the highest rates of new programs and increased coverage (in relative terms) – with subtle differences in outcomes between left-wing and centrist governments. Thus, we conclude that the adoption and expansion of CCTs among Latin American countries in the last two decades was largely independent of the political orientation of the governments considered. It was, above all, a regional stake that crossed ideologies, historical moments and economic crises to redistribute income over the last 20 years to more than 100 million people.
Author: CEsA Communication (comunicacao@cesa.iseg.ulisboa.pt)
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