{"id":4148,"date":"2023-09-08T15:52:30","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T13:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/fdef-en\/blog\/research-groups\/development-economics\/research\/"},"modified":"2025-06-18T15:54:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T13:54:50","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"research-groups","link":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/fdef-en\/research-groups\/development-economics\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"section py-0 static\">\n<section class=\"py-0 wp-block-unilux-blocks-free-section section\"><div class=\"container xl:max-w-screen-xl\"><!-- SecondaryNavigationMirror --><div class=\"js-secondary-nav--sticky wp-block-unilux-blocks-secondary-navigation\" id=\"90335752-96c3-4fed-919c-b6eacb6b462b\">\n    <nav id=\"secondary-navigation\" role=\"navigation\" aria-label=\"Secondary menu\" class=\"secondary-nav\">\n        <button class=\"secondary-nav__button btn btn-solid--primary w-full\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"secondary-navigation__list\" title=\"The selected page is Overview\" type=\"button\">\n            <span class=\"btn__name mr-auto\">Overview<\/span>\n            <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"icon icon-outline icon--xs\">\n                <use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/themes\/unilux-theme\/assets\/images\/icons\/icons-outline.svg#icon--arrow-down\" \/>\n            <\/svg>\n        <\/button>\n\n        <ul id=\"secondary-navigation__list\" class=\"secondary-nav__list\">\n            <li class=\"secondary-nav__item\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/fdef-en\/research-groups\/development-economics\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"secondary-nav__link \">\n        <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"icon icon-outline icon--xs\">\n            <use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/themes\/unilux-theme\/assets\/images\/icons\/icons-outline.svg#icon--arrow-right\" \/>\n        <\/svg>\n        <span class=\"secondary-nav__name\">Overview<\/span>\n    <\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"secondary-nav__item\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/fdef-en\/research-groups\/development-economics\/research\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"secondary-nav__link isactived\" aria-current=\"page\">\n        <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"icon icon-outline icon--xs\">\n            <use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/themes\/unilux-theme\/assets\/images\/icons\/icons-outline.svg#icon--arrow-right\" \/>\n        <\/svg>\n        <span class=\"secondary-nav__name\">Research<\/span>\n    <\/a>\n<\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n    <\/nav>\n<\/div>\n<!-- end SecondaryNavigationMirror --><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-free-section section\"><div class=\"container xl:max-w-screen-xl\">\n<h1 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"improve-living-standards-of-people-in-poor-areas\"\n    >\nImprove living standards of people in poor areas<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>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, mining industry, origins of conflict, food insecurity and public policies in Sub-Saharan Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-custom-buttons btn-list\"><li class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-custom-button\"    aria-disabled=\"true\"\n    >\n    <a\n        role=\"link\"\n        aria-disabled=\"true\"\n                target=\"_self\"\n        class=\"btn btn--secondary\"\n            >Publications<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-custom-button\"    aria-disabled=\"true\"\n    >\n    <a\n        role=\"link\"\n        aria-disabled=\"true\"\n                target=\"_self\"\n        class=\"btn btn--primary\"\n            >People<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-free-section section\"><div class=\"container xl:max-w-screen-xl\"><div class=\"content-card content-card--right content-card__overlay--hidden wp-block-unilux-blocks-content-card\">\n    \n<h2 class=\"content-card__heading has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"    >\nStudying development economics. Why?<\/h2>\n<div class=\"content-card__visual wp-block-unilux-blocks-content-card-visual-area\">\n    \n<section class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-image-video-wrapper\">\n    <figure class=\"wp-block-dev4-reusable-blocks-image  object-fit--cover\">\n    \n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-image unilux-custom-image-block\"\n                alt=\"01-DSC01024-pic2\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/01-DSC01024-pic2s4HMDO.jpg\"\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/01-DSC01024-pic2s4HMDO-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/01-DSC01024-pic2s4HMDO-767x1024.jpg 767w, https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/01-DSC01024-pic2s4HMDO-768x1025.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/01-DSC01024-pic2s4HMDO-1151x1536.jpg 1151w, https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/01-DSC01024-pic2s4HMDO.jpg 1500w\"\n                style=\"object-position: 50.00% 50.00%; font-family: &quot;object-fit: cover; object-position: 50.00% 50.00%;&quot;; aspect-ratio: 3\/2; object-fit: cover; width: 100%;\"\n        loading=\"lazy\"\n\/>    <\/figure><\/section>\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-wrapper content-card__overlay\">\n<a class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-button-highlight-rounded bottom-left\" \n    href=\"#\"\n    target=\"_self\"\n>\n    \n<span class=\"btn-highlight-rounded__name wp-block-unilux-blocks-plain-text\"><\/span>    <span class=\"icon-rounded\">\n        <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"icon icon-outline icon--arrow-right icon--lg\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/themes\/unilux-theme\/assets\/images\/icons\/icons-outline.svg#icon--arrow-right\"><\/use><\/svg>    <\/span>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"content-card__body  wp-block-unilux-blocks-content-card-free-area\">\n    \n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"our-teams-areas-of-interest\"\n    >\nOur team&#8217;s areas of interest<\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Studying development economics helps putting forward insights into the economic challenges faced by low-income countries and the policies and programs that can help promote sustainable development. Furthermore, understanding the functioning of developing countries is crucial for policymakers and practitioners to design effective policies that support sustainable stability.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>A particular emphasis is given to studies related to migration. These analysis help us understand the drivers of people&#8217;s mobility, but also their socio-economic consequences in receiving countries, thereby helping policy makers develop effective strategies to manage migration.<br>Migration causes can be rooted in various origins, notably conflicts, lack of efficient tax instruments to finance public goods, food insecurity, which in turn may reinforce each other. All these aspects are part of the research themes of the team in development economics.<br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-free-section section\"><div class=\"container xl:max-w-screen-xl\">\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"projects\"\n    >\nSome of our projects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While various aspects linked to development economies are considered, some themes are recurrently addressed and different aspects of development have been the subject of more extended projects, sometimes supported by funds external to the university. This is the case, for example, for questions of mobility and migration, which are one of the major axes of the department, but also the analysis of conflicts, the impact of climatic factors in the broad sense, and tax aspects in developing countries.<br>A non-exhaustive list of project is showcased hereafter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-accordion accordion accordion--theme accordion-standard\" data-reference=\"8bf5c581-6a87-4df6-beda-a7257fadf26b\" data-accordion-type=\"standard\"><div class=\"accordion__item  wp-block-unilux-blocks-accordion-item\">\n    <h3 class=\"accordion__header\"\n        >\n        <button\n            type=\"button\"\n            id=\"accordion-labelledby-d114a970-4c17-4969-8738-56d237486a4a\"\n            class=\"accordion__button collapsed\"\n            aria-expanded=\"false\"\n            aria-controls=\"accordion-panel-d114a970-4c17-4969-8738-56d237486a4a\"\n            data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\"\n            data-bs-target=\"#accordion-panel-d114a970-4c17-4969-8738-56d237486a4a\"\n        >\n            <span class=\"accordion__title\">\n                                ROAD (Road to sustainable development in sub-Saharan Africa)            <\/span>\n\n            <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"icon icon-outline icon--arrow-down \"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/themes\/unilux-theme\/assets\/images\/icons\/icons-outline.svg#icon--arrow-down\"><\/use><\/svg>        <\/button>\n    <\/h3>\n    <div id=\"accordion-panel-d114a970-4c17-4969-8738-56d237486a4a\"\n        class=\"accordion__collapse collapse\"\n        aria-labelledby=\"accordion-labelledby-d114a970-4c17-4969-8738-56d237486a4a\"\n        data-bs-parent=\"[data-reference=&quot;8bf5c581-6a87-4df6-beda-a7257fadf26b&quot;]\"\n    >\n        <div class=\"accordion__body \">\n            \n<ul class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list list-highlighted list-highlighted--architectural\"><li class=\"list-highlighted__item  wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item\">\n    <header class=\"list-highlighted__header wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-header\">\n    \n<h5 class=\"text-18 has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"start-date\"\n    >\nStart date<\/h5>\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-bigtext\">\n    <span>\n        \n    <\/span>\n<\/div><\/header><div class=\"list-highlighted__body wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-body\">\n    <div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-free-content-area\">\n    \n<p>01\/10\/2023<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"list-highlighted__item  wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item\">\n    <header class=\"list-highlighted__header wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-header\">\n    \n<h5 class=\"text-18 has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"duration-in-months\"\n    >\nDuration in months<\/h5>\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-bigtext\">\n    <span>\n        \n    <\/span>\n<\/div><\/header><div class=\"list-highlighted__body wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-body\">\n    <div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-free-content-area\">\n    \n<p>48<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"list-highlighted__item  wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item\">\n    <header class=\"list-highlighted__header wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-header\">\n    \n<h5 class=\"text-18 has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"funding\"\n    >\nFunding<\/h5>\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-bigtext\">\n    <span>\n        \n    <\/span>\n<\/div><\/header><div class=\"list-highlighted__body wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-body\">\n    <div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-free-content-area\">\n    \n<p>FNR INTER<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"list-highlighted__item  wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item\">\n    <header class=\"list-highlighted__header wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-header\">\n    \n<h5 class=\"text-18 has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"project-team\"\n    >\nProject Team<\/h5>\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-bigtext\">\n    <span>\n        \n    <\/span>\n<\/div><\/header><div class=\"list-highlighted__body wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-body\">\n    <div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-free-content-area\">\n    \n<p>L. Bertinelli<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"list-highlighted__item  wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item\">\n    <header class=\"list-highlighted__header wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-header\">\n    \n<h5 class=\"text-18 has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"partners\"\n    >\nPartners<\/h5>\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-bigtext\">\n    <span>\n        \n    <\/span>\n<\/div><\/header><div class=\"list-highlighted__body wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-body\">\n    <div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-free-content-area\">\n    \n<p>J-F Maystadt (UCLouvain)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"list-highlighted__item  wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item\">\n    <header class=\"list-highlighted__header wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-header\">\n    \n<h5 class=\"text-18 has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"abstract\"\n    >\nAbstract<\/h5>\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-bigtext\">\n    <span>\n        \n    <\/span>\n<\/div><\/header><div class=\"list-highlighted__body wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-body\">\n    <div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-free-content-area\">\n    \n<p>Road deficiencies are recognized as a major impediment to economic development, in particular in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, the ecological footprint of road investment has also been a source of concern. The proposed project seeks to better understand the complex consequences of road infrastructure in terms of sustainable development. First, we will quantify the impact of road infrastructure on food security in Sub-Saharan Africa. Based on about finely defined Health Surveys from 33 sub-Saharan African countries between 1988 and 2020 and the digitized road maps from Michelin, we will assess how road accessibility affects child malnutrition, a standard health indicator. In that way, our research project will contribute to the second UN Sustainable Development Goal to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition. Second, we will open the black box of the channels through which road infrastructure can affect food security. In particular, the role of deforestation, resulting from road construction will be addresses. This will allow to shed light on potential tradeoffs between economic vs sustainable development. Of importance will be to observe whether (and if so, to what extent) road-induced renewed economic activities are accompanied by higher rates of forest degradation. We will have recourse to satellite-based pictures, to analyze the vegetation and land cover changes. In a second instance, our focus will be on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a case in point of the potential trade-off between economic development and environmental sustainability. More precisely, we will explore how diet diversity and the sectoral composition of the local economy have changed when both road construction and deforestation co-exist.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"accordion__item  wp-block-unilux-blocks-accordion-item\">\n    <h3 class=\"accordion__header\"\n        >\n        <button\n            type=\"button\"\n            id=\"accordion-labelledby-24947cfc-56c4-432f-8a12-a3e795fffa58\"\n            class=\"accordion__button collapsed\"\n            aria-expanded=\"false\"\n            aria-controls=\"accordion-panel-24947cfc-56c4-432f-8a12-a3e795fffa58\"\n            data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\"\n            data-bs-target=\"#accordion-panel-24947cfc-56c4-432f-8a12-a3e795fffa58\"\n        >\n            <span class=\"accordion__title\">\n                                DYNAMIG            <\/span>\n\n            <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"icon icon-outline icon--arrow-down \"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/themes\/unilux-theme\/assets\/images\/icons\/icons-outline.svg#icon--arrow-down\"><\/use><\/svg>        <\/button>\n    <\/h3>\n    <div id=\"accordion-panel-24947cfc-56c4-432f-8a12-a3e795fffa58\"\n        class=\"accordion__collapse collapse\"\n        aria-labelledby=\"accordion-labelledby-24947cfc-56c4-432f-8a12-a3e795fffa58\"\n        data-bs-parent=\"[data-reference=&quot;8bf5c581-6a87-4df6-beda-a7257fadf26b&quot;]\"\n    >\n        <div class=\"accordion__body \">\n            \n<ul class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list list-highlighted list-highlighted--architectural\"><li class=\"list-highlighted__item  wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item\">\n    <header class=\"list-highlighted__header wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-header\">\n    \n<h5 class=\"text-18 has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"start-date\"\n    >\nStart date<\/h5>\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-bigtext\">\n    <span>\n        \n    <\/span>\n<\/div><\/header><div class=\"list-highlighted__body wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-body\">\n    <div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-free-content-area\">\n    \n<p>01\/01\/2023<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"list-highlighted__item  wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item\">\n    <header class=\"list-highlighted__header wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-header\">\n    \n<h5 class=\"text-18 has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"duration-in-months\"\n    >\nDuration in months<\/h5>\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-bigtext\">\n    <span>\n        \n    <\/span>\n<\/div><\/header><div class=\"list-highlighted__body wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-body\">\n    <div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-free-content-area\">\n    \n<p>36<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"list-highlighted__item  wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item\">\n    <header class=\"list-highlighted__header wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-header\">\n    \n<h5 class=\"text-18 has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"funding\"\n    >\nFunding<\/h5>\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-bigtext\">\n    <span>\n        \n    <\/span>\n<\/div><\/header><div class=\"list-highlighted__body wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-body\">\n    <div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-free-content-area\">\n    \n<p>European Commission &#8211; Prog. Horizon 2020<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"list-highlighted__item  wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item\">\n    <header class=\"list-highlighted__header wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-header\">\n    \n<h5 class=\"text-18 has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"project-team\"\n    >\nProject Team<\/h5>\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-bigtext\">\n    <span>\n        \n    <\/span>\n<\/div><\/header><div class=\"list-highlighted__body wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-body\">\n    <div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-free-content-area\">\n    \n<p>Michel Beine; Arnaud Bourgain; Melissa Tornari<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"list-highlighted__item  wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item\">\n    <header class=\"list-highlighted__header wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-header\">\n    \n<h5 class=\"text-18 has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"partners\"\n    >\nPartners<\/h5>\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-bigtext\">\n    <span>\n        \n    <\/span>\n<\/div><\/header><div class=\"list-highlighted__body wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-body\">\n    <div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-free-content-area\">\n    \n<p>Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW); Universit\u00e9 Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"list-highlighted__item  wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item\">\n    <header class=\"list-highlighted__header wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-header\">\n    \n<h5 class=\"text-18 has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"abstract\"\n    >\nAbstract<\/h5>\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-bigtext\">\n    <span>\n        \n    <\/span>\n<\/div><\/header><div class=\"list-highlighted__body wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-body\">\n    <div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-free-content-area\">\n    \n<p>The goal of the investigation is to test whether the intentions to migrate of Senegalese individuals may change after having acquired skills either in Coaching to Entrepreneurship, in Vocational Training or in a combination of the two. This analysis is based on a lab in the field experiment with Randomized Control Trials in Dakar region. The study design will be developed in three main steps. A first-wave survey (questionnaire) has been defined to preliminary investigate migration intentions. This will be distributed to a random sample of individuals aged 18-35. Randomized interventions will be carried out in a second phase. Subjects will be allocated among training activities, either to Coaching to Entrepreneurship (CE), Vocational Training (VT), both or a control group. After the period of development of the coaching and training activities, a follow up questionnaire will be distributed to the subjects. This has the explicit purpose to test whether labour market outcomes, entrepreneurial activities and migration intentions significantly differ across the four experimental groups.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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