NOVAFRICA Working Paper: For Honor or for Profit? An Experiment on Recruiting Traditional Health Practitioners for Formal Healthcare in Guinea-Bissau
Traditional Health Practitioners (THPs) play a key role in healthcare across Sub-Saharan Africa, but integrating them into formal systems remains challenging. A new NOVAFRICA working... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar: Marijke Verpoorten, Institute of Development Policy – University of Antwerp
On Wednesday, April 9th, at 3:30pm (Lisbon time), in Room D -106 of the Carcavelos campus of Nova SBE, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Marijke Verpoorten from Institute of... Read More
NOVAFRICA Working Paper: On the Political Economy of Urbanization: Experimental Evidence from Mozambique
New research from NOVAFRICA explores how urban integration policies shape political engagement. Evidence from a randomized program in Mozambique shows that integrating rural migrants into... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar: Jonathan de Quidt, Queen Mary University of London
On Wednesday, March 26th, at 3:30pm (Lisbon time), in Room D -122 of the Carcavelos campus of Nova SBE, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Jonathan de... Read More
NOVAFRICA Podcast: Artisanal Mining in Africa
In episode 2 season 7 of the NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks, we welcome Victoire Girard, research faculty at Nova School of Business and Economics and... Read More
Six Months in Mozambique: Lessons from the Field
There are experiences that shift the way we see the world, and my time in Mozambique, working with NOVAFRICA, was one of them. Over six... Read More
NOVAFRICA Working Paper: Gangs, Labor Mobility, and Development
A new study in the NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series examines how criminal organizations impact economic development. Using a spatial regression discontinuity design centered on gang-created... Read More
NOVAFRICA Podcast: Slack and Economic Development
New Podcast Season! NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks – Season 7 Premiere We’re excited to launch Season 7 of the NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks podcast! 🔊... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar: Vaccination Hesitancy in Africa: The Unintended Consequence of a Culture Clash?
On Wednesday, February 26th, at 3:30pm (Lisbon time), in Room D -105 of the Carcavelos campus of Nova SBE, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Giacomo De... Read More
NOVAFRICA Working Paper: Tax morale, public goods, and politics: Experimental evidence from Mozambique
A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series! Written by Wayne Sandholtz and Pedro Vicente, this paper examines how public... Read More