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10/01/2022
Workshop on Networks and Development: Call for Papers

We are pleased to announce the Workshop on Networks and Development, held on April 21-22/2022 in Naples (Italy). Submit your paper by February 15th, 2022.

20/12/2021
Incentivizing Land Market Participation in Kenya

Diva Barisone on L.Casaburi's seminar: novel insights on mechanisms behind Subsaharian Africa's land market imperfections. 

26/11/2021
LEAP Faculty Grants 2021


LEAP has launched the LEAP Faculty Grants initiative, and funded three new projects by its affiliates

12/11/2021
Short-term impacts of an entertainment education series ‘C’est la vie!’ on young women’s knowledge and attitudes in rural Senegal

Can watching an educational TV series improve young women’s knowledge and attitudes related to gender-based violence, sexual and reproductive health, and maternal and child health? This is the question answered by Melissa Hidrobo, Senior Research Fellow at IFPRI.

 

26/10/2021
LEAP is hiring!

Open post-doc position in development economics at LEAP - Bocconi. Apply on EconJobMarket!

12/10/2021
Happier and Wiser in Developing Countries

Leap student Giorgia Cascone reports on a seminar by Gautam Rao highlighting the lasting benefits of light psychotherapy in alleviating depressive disorders

23/09/2021
Eliana La Ferrara has been elected Second Vice-President of the Econometric Society
Congratulations to our Scientific Director Eliana La Ferrara for being elected Second Vice-President of the Econometric Society!
13/09/2021
Twentieth Summer School in International and Development Economics

LEAP thanks all participants, professors and organizers of the Twentieth Summer School in International and Development Economics.

09/09/2021
Funding programme “Roberto Franceschi” for current students of Master of Science and PhD
Fondazione Roberto Franceschi Onlus establishes an annual research funding programme in the field of prevention, diagnosis and treatment of social pathologies and forms of social exclusion.
26/07/2021
Making Job Seeking Easier for Women
ALEXIA DELFINO OBTAINED A NBER GRANT TO TEST A TECHNOLOGICAL TOOL THAT COULD BENEFIT JOBSEEKERS, EMPLOYMENT CENTER WORKERS AND THE ECONOMY AS A WHOLE