2016 NOVAFRICA Conference on Economic Development in Africa

The 2016 NOVAFRICA Conference on Economic Development in Africa will take place in Lisbon (Portugal) on July 14 and 15.

The keynote speakers will be Stefan Dercon (Professor of Economics at the University of Oxford), David McKenzie (Lead Economist at the World Bank) and Edward Miguel (Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley).

Invitation to submit:

We are looking for contributions on the broad theme of economic development in Africa. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: mobile money and financial innovation; natural resource management; the quality of education and health; migration, remittances and the brain drain; the quality of public services and political economy; or entrepreneurship and management practices in the African context.

Submission timetable:

Submissions of full papers (PDF files) are expected by April 4, 2016. Extended abstracts may also be submitted but priority will be given to full papers. Decisions will be made by April 14, 2016.

Submission guidelines:

Please email your submission to novafrica@novasbe.pt.

For additional information click here.