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    \nUnderstanding low-income economies!<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n
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    Our aim is to understand economic challenges facing low-income countries and to develop evidence-based policies to promote economic development.<\/p>\n\n\n

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      \nPromoting sustainable development in a poverty context.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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      \nImprove living standards of people in poor areas.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

      The Development Economics team studies various topics related to economic activities in developing nations. In particular, issues such as brain drain, environmental factors, and their effect on mobility, are addressed. Additionally, the group conducts studies on taxation, origins of conflict, food insecurity and public policies in Sub-Saharan Africa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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