New NOVAFRICA Working Paper: “Measuring corruption in the field using behavioral games”
A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series. Written by Alex Armand, Alexander Coutts, Pedro Vicente and Inês Vilela this... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Visão magazine interviews Mattia Fracchia about NOVAFRICA Covid-19 vaccine study
Mattia Fracchia, one of NOVAFRICA’s researchers involved in the global study published in Nature Medicine about vaccines against COVID-19 was interviewed by Visão magazine. Mattia... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: NOVAFRICA joins forces with the Estoril Conferences
NOVAFRICA is the new partner of the Estoril Conferences – A Future of Hope. Our research work to fight poverty is part of this movement... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: “Africa in Transformation”, the new book by Carlos Lopes was launched at Nova SBE
NOVAFRICA Invites! Launch of the book “Africa in Transformation. Economic Development in the Age of Doubt”, by Carlos Lopes. The renowned Guinean economist will be... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Welcome to the 2021 NOVAFRICA Fellows!
NOVAFRICA Welcomes the 2021 NOVAFRICA Fellows to the Nova School of Business and Economics These nine talented African students join us this academic year from... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Special lecture by Paul Collier on “Can we make sense of development?
NOVAFRICA welcomes Sir Paul Collier from the University of Oxford for an inaugural lecture on Wednesday, September 1st @ 03.15 pm (Lisbon time). In his... Read More
A development movie suggestion: “Darwin’s Nightmare”
Recommendation #2 – Darwin’s Nightmare is a 2004 Oscar-nominated documentary. Darwin’s Nightmare was written and directed by Hubert Sauper, an Austrian filmmaker, on the effect of... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Vaccine acceptance is higher in low-and middle- income countries
A new study published in Nature Medicine reveals that COVID-19 vaccine acceptance is higher in low- and middle-income countries than in richer countries. A global study by researchers... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Jornal de Negócios interviews Pedro Vicente about the conflict situation in Northern Mozambique
Pedro Vicente, scientific director of NOVAFRICA, in an interview with Jornal de Negócios emphasizes the need to promote economic development in Cabo Delgado in order... Read More
NOVAFRICA Working paper “Coordination and the Poor Maintenance Trap: an Experiment on Public Infrastructure in India”
A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series, written by Alex Armand, Britta Augsburg, and Antonella Bancalari. Title: “Coordination and the... Read More