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Working Paper CEsA/ISEG Research No. 207/2025 examines TICAD’s contribution to South–South and Triangular Cooperation in Africa

  The Working Paper CEsA/ISEG Research No. 207/2025, entitled The Historical Constraints of Africa South–South Cooperation: 30 Years of TICAD through the Lenses of South-South-Triangular Cooperation, analyses the three decades since the Tokyo International Conference…

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CEsA/ISEG Research Working Paper No. 206/2025 proposes a model to understand the dependency among actors involved in the European Union’s Global Gateway strategy

The CEsA/ISEG Research Working Paper No. 206/2025, entitled Multiplexing Corporate Power: Navigating corporate autonomy in the EU Global Gateway, presents the conceptual framework of “geoeconomic force multiplexing”, which explains how corporations process public inputs across…

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Save the Date: 4th Conference of Young Researchers of the CPLP-Africa to be held in March 2026, in Mozambique, under the theme “Cultural Diversity, Digital Innovation and Ancestral Knowledge”

  The 4th Conference of Young Researchers of the CPLP-Africa will take place from 25 to 27 March 2026, in Maputo, Mozambique, under the theme “Cultural Diversity, Digital Innovation and Ancestral Knowledge: Building Sustainable Futures…

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Isabel Castro Henriques moderates the roundtable “Contemporary challenges in Post-colonial Times” on 12 November at the National Museum of Ethnology

  Museus e Monumentos de Portugal, the National Museum of Ethnology, CEsA – Centre for African and Development Studies (ISEG RESEARCH/ISEG/Universidade de Lisboa) are pleased to invite you to the Roundtable Contemporary challenges in Post-colonial…

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Development Studies Seminars 2025-2026 | From the ‘Marxist-Leninist’ One-Party System to the Neoliberal Hegemonic Party: Fifty Years of Authoritarian Paternalism in Angola and Mozambique

The Development Studies Seminars are an initiative that, since 1991, promotes research carried out in the areas of study of the Masters in Development and International Cooperation (MCDI) of ISEG and the PhD Programme in…

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CEsA/ISEG Research Working Paper No. 205/2025 investigates the reasons behind the low level of investment by US pension funds in African entities

The CEsA/ISEG Research Working Paper No. 205/2025, entitled Obstacles to US Pension Fund Investment in Africa, seeks to identify the reasons behind the lack of investment in the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), a multilateral financial…

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Exhibition 'Deconstructing colonialism, Decolonizing... Exhibition 'Deconstructing colonialism, Decolonizing the imagination'
Available until 30 November, 2025
Venue: Museu Nacional de Etnologia, Lisbon
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Working Paper CEsA/ISEG Research No. 208/2025: Circular Economy And Sustainability: The Case of Pharmacies in Portugal Working Paper CEsA/ISEG Research No. 208/2025: Circular Economy And Sustainability: The Case of Pharmacies in Portugal Abstract
The current situation of climate change worldwide reveals a positive impact on the use of resources throughout the entire production process, since they are finite resources. In this context, the use of resources with less environmental degradation has been a political and economic priority. Circular View Publication Working Paper 207/2025: The Historical Constraints of Africa South-South Cooperation: 30 years of TICAD through the lenses of South-South-Triangular Cooperation Working Paper 207/2025: The Historical Constraints of Africa South-South Cooperation: 30 years of TICAD through the lenses of South-South-Triangular Cooperation Abstract
Placing emphasis on the concepts of self-reliance and self-help, this paper contributes to the broad literature on South-South and Triangular cooperation, first, to understand its conceptual significance to south-south cooperation; second, to understand why from an historical perspective south-south cooperation has not advanced in Africa; View Publication Working Paper 206/2025: Multiplexing Corporate Power: Navigating corporate autonomy in the EU Global Gateway Working Paper 206/2025: Multiplexing Corporate Power: Navigating corporate autonomy in the EU Global Gateway Abstract
The EU’s Global Gateway initiative relies on corporations to achieve geoeconomic goals, creating structural dependence on actors with autonomous transformation capacity. By analyzing official documents and three flagship projects (Lobito Corridor (Angola), Dakar BRT (Senegal), and Lumut Maritime Industrial City (Malaysia)) I develop a “geoeconomic View Publication Visa policy and its potential on attracting inbound tourism flows in Angola Visa policy and its potential on attracting inbound tourism flows in Angola Abstract
Over time, tourism has accompanied the evolution of societies and today it is often considered as a driver of economic and social development for many countries. Despite this, Angola continues to record relatively low numbers of international flows of tourists. According to Angola’s Tourism Master View Publication Direitos Humanos, Económicos e Sociais em São Tomé e Príncipe Direitos Humanos, Económicos e Sociais em São Tomé e Príncipe Abstract
The 2024 report on Economic and Social Human Rights in São Tomé and Príncipe, developed within the scope of the projects “Observatory of Policies and Governance in São Tomé and Príncipe” and “Better Governance, More Rights, More Citizenship”, presents a detailed analysis of the Santomean View Publication Working Paper 205/2025: Obstacles to US Pension Fund Investment in Africa Working Paper 205/2025: Obstacles to US Pension Fund Investment in Africa Abstract





The Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has been unable to raise capital from US pension funds despite its success in attracting investment from a diverse range of institutional investors. This article combines a case study of the AFC, consultations with senior-level professionals and experts, and a View Publication

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