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March 27, 2015
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Luis Ravina director of the Navarra Center for International Development took part as an expert at the debate forum “Preparing the Conference on Financing for Development in Addis Abeba” organized by Cooperación Española at the University of Salamanca on the 25th of March.

The main goal of the meeting was to draft the Spa...

March 12, 2015
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Economic freedom translates to the increased welfare of a population, improvements in education and increased per capita income. James Roberts discussed these points at the University of Navarra; a researcher at the Heritage Foundation, he presented the 2015 Index of Economic Freedom at the Navarra Center for International Development. The Heritage Foundation, a renowned policy research think tank located in Washington, D.C., prepared the report in co...

March 11, 2015
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On Monday NCID hosted a seminar from Professor Antonio Cabrales of University Carlos III and University College of London. While better known for his theoretical work in Economics, Cabrales presented his applied research on the effect of feedback on student performance at the university level. 

The essence of the project was to investigate whether informing students of their standing relative to their cohort average would improve or worsen their performance on exams, course, and grade-point average...

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