Papers Francesco Campo, Mariapia Mendola, Andrea Morrison and Gianmarco Ottaviano: “Cultural Diversity and Immigrant Inventors in the Age of Mass Migration”, (LdA WP no. 464, June 2020), published in the Journal of European Economic Association, Vol. 20 (5), 1971-2021, 2022; Jacopo Bonan, Harounan Kazianga and Mariapia Mendola: "Agricultural Transformation and Farmers’ Expectation: Experimental Evidence from

Challenges and resilience of borderland communities in Africa Funding Institution: UNDP-  Africa Borderland Center (ABC) Partner: University of Milano Bicocca Start/End date: 2021 - 2022 LdA Researchers: Mariapia Mendola, Stefano Tarroni Goals: The project’s aim is to shed light, through rigorous evidence, on the nature and magnitude of Strengths and vulnerabilities of borderland communities in