NOVAFRICA Seminar: Asymmetry in Civic Information: An Experiment on Tax Participation among Informal Firms in Togo
On Friday, December 10th, at 02.30 pm, Lisbon time, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Moussa Blimpo from the World Bank to present his work on Household Expenditure in... Read More
Who is afraid of urbanization?
Since the green revolution of the 1950s and 1960s, we have all believed that the development of the African continent involves improving its agricultural productivity.... Read More
Demystifying Migration
International migration flows have been growing in the last decades all over the world. At the same time, anti-migration policies are being widely adopted as... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Visit of the Governor of the Central Bank of Cape Verde
It was an honor to receive the visit of Oscar Santos, the Governor of the Central Bank of Cape Verde, at the NOVAFRICA Knowledge center.... Read More
New NOVAFRICA Working Paper: Cousins From Overseas: The Labour Market Impact of Half a Million Portuguese Repatriates
A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series. Written by Lara Bohnet, Susana Peralta, and João Pereira dos Santos this... Read More
NOVAFRICA Student Group previews the NOVAFRICA seminar by Elena Stancanelli
How does the consumer behavior change due to terrorism? Elena Stancanelli from the Paris School of Economics will present the paper “Household Expenditure in the... Read More
The impact of Covid-19 on intentions to migrate from Africa to Europe
The COVID-19 pandemic restricted the already limited opportunities to emigrate legally from Africa to Europe. Border closures were a mechanism used by most countries to... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar: Household Expenditure in the Wake of Terrorism: evidence from high frequency in-home-scanner data
On Wednesday, November 24th, at 02.30 pm, Lisbon time, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Elena Stancanelli from Paris School of Economics to present her work on Household Expenditure... Read More
NOVAFRICA Merit Scholarship awarded with the support of Five Thousand Miles
The NOVAFRICA Merit Scholarship was formally awarded to Prince Okenna, a Nigerian student. of the Masters in International Development & Public Policy. This scholarship has... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Wayne Sandholtz AER article discussed in the Financial Times
Read the Financial Times news piece on the American Economic Review article “The complicated legacy of Liberia’s experiment in outsourcing school management” by Wayne Sandholtz from... Read More