Oded Stark, a Non-Resident Fellow at the Navarra Center for International Development, gave an intensive course entitled “Advanced Perspectives in the Analytics and Policy Design of Migration.” The course offered non-conventional approaches to the study of migration. One of several themes developed in the course was the interaction between relative deprivation and migration. Specifically, the course presented a theory of migration as a response to relative deprivation, and a theory of non-assimilation.
“Relative deprivation” codifies the feelings of individuals who ...
Pedro Mendi, Resident Fellow of the Navarra Center for International Development, was invited as a panelist at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Multi-Year Expert Meeting.
The event was titled “Investment, Innovation and Entrepreneurship for productive capacity-building and sustainable development” and took place at the Palais de Nations in Geneva. Pedro Mendi presented his paper on "The World Bank's Kenya Innovation ...
Marcos Vera from the University College London presented a paper “Can public sector managers be paid as CEOs?” The study involved understanding performance incentives for school administrators and how their responses vary with the amount of resources under their control. “School systems in developing-countries tend to be more developed than public health systems and as such are among the top ten solutions to address global challenges”, noted Marco. School managers of 170 schools in rural China...