Marta Reynal Querol from the University of Pompeu Fabra held a Weekly Seminar titled:“The Political Economy of Relational Contracts: Dynastic Politicians and Economic Performance”.
...The 2nd Development Week will be held in Pamplona at the University of Navarra on June 3-7, 2013. This event will offer a course in the Causes and Consequences of Civil Conflict, as well as different seminars given by recognized experts in their respective fields. The Keynote Speech, to be given by Oded Stark, will address integration and social distress.
The courses are aimed at graduate students specializing in development economics, faculty members, and researchers. During th...
Pamplona. December 10th, 2012.
Ignacio Más (Ph.D. at Harvard University) is a Senior Associate at Bankable Frontier and a collaborator at the World Bank. Mas provided an in-depth analysis about M-PESA and the mobile-phone based money transfer for Safaricom, which is playing an important role in transforming part of the Kenyan economy. By connecting groups of individuals and slowly progressing towards business organizations, M-PESA has helped to improve the quality of life for the Kenyan population. Today, Kenyans have found an efficient way to make basic payments a...