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18/06/2021
Understanding the Democratic Republic of Congo
LEAP AFFILIATED STUDENT JACK MELBOURNE REPORTS ON THE EVENT THE UNIVERSITY ORGANIZED IN MEMORY OF LUCA ATTANASIO, BOCCONI ALUMNUS AND ITALIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE DRC
02/06/2021
LEAP's Tutoring Online Project (TOP) wins the FISR 2020 COVID call
The “Tutoring Online Project (TOP): Mitigating the Impact of Covid-19 on Educational Inequalities” is one of the winners of the FISR 2020 COVID call, issued by FISR (the Special Supplementary Fund for Research of the Ministry of University and Research).
25/05/2021
State Capacity, Natural Resources and Conflict in the DRC: a Discussion in Memory of Luca Attanasio
On 15 June 2021, 4:00-6:00 PM (CET), Online event to commemorate the Italian Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Alumnus Bocconi.
14/05/2021
CEPR/LEAP Workshop in Development Economics 2021
20-21 May 2021, Online Programme
30/04/2021
LEAP Student Grants 2021
The three projects awarded will study how to improve empathy toward the homeless, change attitudes toward intimate partner violence, and measure the impact of household mental load on women's productivity.
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.
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)
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.
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.
13/10/2020
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