Economist | Associate Professor @NovaSBE | Also at @cepr_org @iza_bonn @TheIFS @novafrica | PhD @EconUCL | From Aosta, Italy 🏔🏔🏔🏔
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1 or 2 post-doc positions ➙ @ERC project GLOBCOADEV! Seeking candidates with strong interest in development/environmental econ. Location: @NovaSBE. Review: rolling. Ideally starting in September. More details and applications here: bit.ly/42B3WLJ #EconTwitter @novafrica
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Application deadline for the #PhD program @NovaSBE is approaching. If you still have questions or doubts, we are holding an online session on Jan 23 - Registration here: novasbe.unl.pt/en/whats-happ… #EconTwitter
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Looking forward to fruitful conversations at #NBERSI @nberpubs this week. If interested in the topics below, tune in to the National Security and Urban Economics sessions @novafrica @NovaSBE
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Understanding #corruption and elite capture remains a difficult task. In a new @novafrica paper with @alexcoutts @IVilelaines @pedrocvicente, we uncover some of these dynamics in Northern #Mozambique. If interested in measuring corruption: novafrica.org/wp-content/upl…
"Corrupt elites capture the institutions meant to hold them accountable, making it nearly impossible to achieve justice in the countries where corruption originates." - @RuebenLifuka
#UNGA76 #UNGA
ALT Cross-border, large-scale corruption has been destroying individual lives and entire communities.
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Our paper on #gender targeting in social programs is finally out on @EJ_RES this month. We find important effects on #expenditure patterns when payments are given to women bit.ly/2Hlpszn @orazio_at @carneiro_econ @NovaSBE
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Local communities, leaders and #naturalresources...our results on how to avoid the #political resource curse now forthcoming @AEAjournals @alexcoutts @pedrocvicente @IVilelaines @novafrica
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To know more about our paper on the #ocean and #EarlyChildhood mortality and development, check out this video by @IvanKimT with a nice summary youtube.com/watch?v=sHaDE-ip…
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Media can help mitigating violent #conflict. We show how #radio increased rebel demobilisation during the #LRA insurgency. Check out research with @atwellpaul @j_fgomes at @AEAjournals. Paper -> bit.ly/38NL4h1 Summary -> bit.ly/34tlScj
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What are the constraints to improved #sanitation in the slums of #India? Read about our on-going project at @TheIFS on @htTweets @3ieNews
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Working to understand the role of knowledge on #riskmanagement across smallholder farmers in #Bolivia with @FProfin @j_fgomes @sergiodm27
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Jeremy Keele from @Sorenson_Impact @UUtah talking about #impact bonds and #monitoring @TheIFS @3ieNews
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