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23.04.2021
20/04/2021
Eliana La Ferrara is elected Foreign Honorary Member of the American Economic Association.
International honorees of distinction are elected by the American Economic Association's Executive Committee.
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09/04/2021
Summer School in International Development co-sponsored by LEAP
"Investment Choices in Development Economies". Sunday 29 August - Wednesday 1 September 2021 at Castello di Gargonza, Tuscany, Italy
Organised by Lucia Corno (LEAP and Cattolica University) and
Mariapia Mendola (University of Milan Bicocca and Centro Studi Luca d’Agliano)
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20/11/2020
LEAP Student Grants 2021
LEAP invites affiliated students to submit proposals for research projects on poverty and development issues through the "LEAP Student Grant" project. NEW deadline: January 30, 2021.
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17/11/2020
LEAP Student Naila Shofia wins Econ Job Market Best Paper Award by Unicredit Foundation
Congratulations to our LEAP student Naila Maya Shofia who just won the seventh edition of the Econ Job Market Best Paper Award by Unicredit Foundation with her project: "Portable Seclusion: Religious Head Scarf and Labor Force Participation" funded through the LEAP Student Grant Program.
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15/10/2020
LEAP's Project Against Infibulation by USAID
The American development agency granted funding to a simple, low cost idea to reduce the rates of female genital mutilation in Africa
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