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Local Governance and post-conflict development. 22/04/2007 - 21/04/2009

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    Poverty and poverty reduction in the great lakes : a multidisciplinary approach. 28/04/2005 - 31/03/2006

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      Renforcement des capacités académiques en économie et développement humain. 25/04/2005 - 24/04/2010

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      Element central autour duquel le projet est formulé est le manque d'ancrage des activités académiques dans le domaine de l'économie politique et du développement humain a Kinshasa. D'abord, il y a actuellement un manque de renouvellement systematique des connaissances vis-a-vis des evolutions récentes de la science. Ensuite, il faut améliorer l'adapation de l'enseignement aux debouches potentiels des diplômés. Troisièmement -mais peut-etre de prime abord- il faut que l'université sait fournir des clés de lecture pour la situation réelle vécue dans le pays. Un projet d'initiative propre en collaboration avec la FED/FCK peut joiler un rôle important pour relever ce défi. D'abord, quant au renouvellement des connaissances scientifiques, le projet prévoit des stages de recyclage en Belgique , des sessions de formation à Kinshasa et un investissement dans la connection électronique du campus à l'intemet. Ensemble avec des innovations dans le système d ' évaluation de l' enseignement, celles-ci pourront également permettre des étudiants mieux instruits pour se lancer au marché du travail. Finalement, quant a l'ancrage dans la réalité vécue dans le pays, le projet prévoit des stimulants et une base infrastructurelle pour mieux articuler les efforts de recherche, entre autres en y incluant des possibilités de doctorat à bourse mixte. Un autre produit important sera la publication de quelques ouvrages-syllabus appliqués aux réalités aftricaines.

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        04/08/2004 - 31/12/2004

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          13/05/2004 - 31/08/2005

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            Financial Historical Analysis of Stock Exchange Related Data on the Belgian companies in Congo during the period 1891-1960. 01/01/2004 - 31/12/2007

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            This project aims to analyse the Belgian companies in Congo quoted at the Brussels Stock Exchange from 1891 until 1960. The long term database (UA) allows to analyse the price and dividend evolution of the different companies and sectors of the Congolese economy. The case of the Congo-based companies offers a perfect opportunity to examine investment strategies towards such emerging (colonial) markets as well as several questions such as profitability, use of economic surplus and strategies of sectoral diversification.

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              Gender and development. 23/09/2002 - 20/12/2002

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                How measuring Poverty? A contribution to the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers on the basis of the Belgian Development Cooperation - Prolongation (second year). 01/07/2002 - 30/06/2003

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                  01/09/2001 - 31/12/2001

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                    01/06/2001 - 31/05/2002

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                      Central African Research and Policy Network-Yearbook 15/04/2001 - 14/08/2001

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                        01/04/2001 - 30/03/2003

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                          01/04/2001 - 31/07/2001

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                            Central African Research and Policy Network 15/03/2001 - 15/11/2001

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                              Training course on gender and 'woman in development'-actions (WID) 01/09/2000 - 31/12/2000

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                              Training course on gender and 'woman in development'-actions (WID)

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                                01/09/2000 - 31/12/2000

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                                  30/08/2000 - 30/01/2001

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                                    Linking external debt deduction and poverty alleviation - part II //..(see also P105/P00415) 01/07/2000 - 30/06/2001

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                                    At this moment a number of propositions are made internationally concerning substantial debt reduction for the poorest developing countries. The objectives are to enhance development and to alleviate poverty in those countries. //..Therefore it is most important to evaluate if debt reduction can be an efficient and effective instrument for sustainable development, and in which measure debt reduction can be directly linked to poverty alleviation. //..Starting from a global analysis that has been made during the first year, the project aims to examine, firts of all in the prioritary countries to have a more specific view and to make specific policy recommendations for each of the countries.

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                                      Training course in planification, management and evaluation of sustainable development actions 01/04/2000 - 31/07/2000

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                                      Training course in planification, management and evaluation of sustainable development actions

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                                        01/04/2000 - 31/07/2000

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                                          Folow-up activities for the international internships of the VLIR in 1999: planning and management of projects and gender aspects of development 01/09/1999 - 31/03/2000

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                                          Folow-up activities for the international internships of the VLIR in 1999: planning and management of projects and gender aspects of development

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                                            Linking external debt reduction and poverty alleviation 01/07/1999 - 30/06/2000

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                                            The project analyses the recent IMF/WB-sponsored debt reduction initiative for the poorest developing countries (HIPC-iniciative), more precisely with respect to the impact of debt reduction on poverty alleviation. In determining a sustainable debt level, one relies heavily on conventional debt indicators; poverty indicators are note explicitely taken into account. As such there is room for an improved debt sustainability indicator taking into the poverty situation of the country involved. Moreover, it asks for analysis on the effect on povety when debt is reduced and on establishing, more direct links between debt reduction and poverty alleviation.

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                                              Globalization, Creolization and Land Use Patterns: a perspective on Disembedding and Conflict in Subsistence Economies. 01/12/1998 - 30/11/2000

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                                                Social Capital in Developing Countries - The region of the Great Lakes in Central Africa 01/12/1998 - 31/12/1998

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                                                  A sustainability analysis of the IMF/World Bank sponsored debt reduction initiative for the poorest developing countries (HIPC-Initiative) 01/10/1998 - 31/01/1999

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                                                  The IMF/World Bank sponsored debt reduction initiative (HIPC-Initiative) is the most recent proposal to deal with the external debt crisis of the poorest developing countries, by proposing to reduce debt up to the 'sustainable' level. The crucial question, which this project deals with, is whether this proposal, and the amount of debt reduction suggestion, is a 'sustainable' way out of the debt crisis for these countries.

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                                                    01/05/1998 - 31/07/1998

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                                                      Social Capital network: synergy between the State and the Civil Society 01/01/1998 - 31/12/1999

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                                                      The project aims to build up an network in Europe that conducts research with respect to social capital, how it manifests itself in different societies and how social capital can be institutionalised. Also the synergy between state and civil society will be studied from the point of view of Social Capital. As case studies forme East European countries as well as various countries in the South will be looked upon.

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                                                        Training and action oriented research with respect to credit schemes for the urban informal sector 01/11/1997 - 31/12/2000

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                                                        The aim of the project is to develop and ameliorate credit systems in the informal sector in Kinshasa. Secondly the project wants to sustain the development of micro-enterprises in the urban informal sector through a system of credit schemes.

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                                                          01/04/1997 - 31/08/1997

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                                                            01/11/1996 - 31/03/1997

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                                                              01/11/1996 - 31/03/1997

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                                                                Multidisciplinary information network between Belgian universities and Rwanda-Burundi-Kivu 01/10/1996 - 30/09/2000

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                                                                The international community has shown its unability to cope with the (dramatic) problems in this region. One of the shortcomings is the biased information on which the international community has based its analysis. The network will try to fill this information and analysis gap. The approach will be multidisciplinary (socio-economic, political and juridicial).

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                                                                  Political (in)stability and economic development 01/07/1996 - 31/12/1997

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                                                                  The link between different political systems and economic development is not straightforward. The analysis of R. Putman 'Making democracy work' stresses the complexities that we would like to apply for less developed countries.

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                                                                    Programmes for poverty alliviation 01/03/1996 - 28/02/1999

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                                                                    Poverty is often associated with 'entitlement failure'. In Kinshasa that would mean that 95% of the population lives in poverty. Malnutrition is however not significantly higher than in other rich SSA-countries. Who are the excluded an how do we alliviate poverty in source-scarce countries.

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                                                                      01/03/1996 - 30/04/1996

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                                                                        Postgraduate program in Economics and regional development at the UCA, Managua, Nicaragua. 01/01/1996 - 31/12/1998

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                                                                        This two-year master program focuses on economics and regional development of the central-american countries. It attracts students with experience of the different central-american countries.

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                                                                          Financing policy 'Broederlijk Delen' (Sharing like Brothers). Partial agreement - Working paper on the criticisms of financing by donations. 01/10/1995 - 31/12/1995

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                                                                          This project aims to provide contributions that concern both content and research-technical aspects with regard to a study of the policy for economic projects. It is a study of the principles and the practice of financing economic projects by 'Broederlijk Delen' (Sharing like Brothers).

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                                                                            The regional coherence in and around the Great Lakes. 01/04/1995 - 31/07/1995

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                                                                            NOVIB (Dutch Organisation for Development Co-operation) asked us to describe the situation in and around the Great Lakes (Zaïre, Rwanda, Burundi) with a view to the development of a new policy. Special attention should be given to the socio-economic situation, the political problems, ethnical conflicts and the situation of the refugees.

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                                                                              Financing policy 'Broederlijk Delen' (Sharing like Brothers). Partial agreement - Working paper on financing by donations and analysis scheme for projects. 01/03/1995 - 30/04/1995

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                                                                              This project consists of (a) the writing of a working paper on the criticisms of financing by donations in economic projects and the possible consequences for project policy, and (b) of the elaboration of an analysis scheme for the screening of a selected number of projects.

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                                                                                Project support within the framework of the ALFA University Exchange Programme between the European Union and Latin America 01/02/1995 - 30/04/1995

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                                                                                This assignment consists of (a) the contacting the universities in the ALFA-network, (b) the preparation of the proposal for the European Union, (c) the follow-up of this proposal, and (d) the elaboration of the project file.

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                                                                                  Discussion and evaluation of the inception report regarding the project 'Analysis of evolving composition of demand in rural areas in sub-saharan Africa' 01/05/1994 - 31/12/1994

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                                                                                  Discussion and evaluation of the inception report regarding the project 'Analysis of evolving composition of demand in rural areas in sub-saharan Africa'

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                                                                                    01/01/1994 - 22/11/1995

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                                                                                      01/01/1994 - 31/07/1994

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                                                                                        01/09/1993 - 31/07/1995

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                                                                                          Urban informal sector in Zaire 01/04/1993 - 31/07/1993

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                                                                                          With the emplosion of the modern economy people have to fend for themselves. They developed counter-crisis strategies that can have positive and negative effects on development. We estimate in the study the different components of the urban informal sector (survival strategies, destructive capitalism and small productive enterprises). We try to define these subsectors and look what potential they have for development.

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                                                                                            Institutional support for NITLAPAN, sustaining their research and training efforts 01/01/1993 - 31/12/1996

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                                                                                            NITLAPAN is a center for training and research capicity building in the areas of small farmers and the urban informal sector. The hypothesis that we test by training research officers is the viability of the small farmers by looking at the bottlenecks of their production systems. We do the same in the area of the urban informal sector.

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                                                                                              Analysis and scenario's of conflicts in and between African nations 01/11/1992 - 30/06/1994

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                                                                                              We try to discover what causes and theories can explain conflicts within and between African nations. More specifically causality between (lack of) economic development and conflicts is analysed for Rwanda, Burundi and Zaire.

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                                                                                                Interuniversitary cooperation between UFSIA and third world countries in the framework of the 'University Foundation for Development Cooperation (USOS). 01/01/1992 - 31/12/1996

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                                                                                                The scientific exchange and formation of staff and personnel between three universities in the Third World (XIM, Bhubaneswar, India; Universidad Centro Americana, Managua, Nicaragua; Facultes des Sciences et Techniques de Développement, Kinshasa, Zaïre) and UFSIA is promoted by USOS.

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                                                                                                  Evaluation of the informal sector in Africa. 01/02/1991 - 31/01/1993

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                                                                                                    Social groups and production systems: a comparative economical research in Nicaragua 01/02/1990 - 30/06/1992

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                                                                                                    Social groups and production systems: a comparative economical research in Nicaragua.

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                                                                                                      The economic consequences of sanctions and disinvestment on the sanctioning countries 01/01/1990 - 31/01/1992

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                                                                                                      The aim of this study is to discuss and measure the impact of sanctions and disinvestment in a sanctioning country. A first part would be a theoretical survey of the discussion that has already begun in different European Universitary Centers. A second part will assess the effects of sanctions and disinvestment on Belgium. This can be done by means of the latest input-output table and by applying disinvestment theories.

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                                                                                                        The development crisis in Africa to the south of the Sahara. 01/01/1989 - 31/01/1999

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                                                                                                        The regio to the south of the Sahara has been developing to the problem regio in the world. The aim of this study is to analyse the growing literature and advices with respect to the development problems in this regio, to subject them to a test, and ev. to modify or refine them, by a global economic analysis of one or some countries (Zaire, Rwanda).

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