Prof. dr. Pierre Van Moerbeke, CEO of the Francqui Foundation and Prof. Dr. Luc Sels, Rector of KU Leuven have the honour to invite you to the inaugural lecture of the International Francqui Chair 2020 by Prof. Dr.

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Séminaire Expert : Gestion des réseaux AQUALIM par   N. Feltz, SPW   

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Séminaire expert: La gestion des sols pollués. Vison des bureaux d’étude    C. Roisin, Solex   

Following the global economic crisis in the 1980s, Côte d'Ivoire adopted liberalisation reform within its agricultural sector. Although this shift in policy has led to notable achievements, evidence of its effects on improving farmers' incomes and enhancing growth is still mixed.

Studies dealing with obesity have confronted it either from the fiscal policy or from economic cost perspective. There is the need to target fiscal policy goals at the economic cost that obesity imposes on  society instead of simulating arbitrary taxes schemes.

Commodity trade is central to the global economy but is also associated with socio-environmental impacts, for example, deforestation, especially in producer countries. It is crucial to understand how geographic sourcing patterns of commodities and commercial relationships between places and actors influence land-use dynamics, socio-economic development, and environmental degradation.