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Crucial days for the future of fisheries

17 Feb 2022

The ocean plays a critical role for global food security. Worldwide, it sustains the livelihood of more than 3 billion people, the vast majority of... Read More

Who is afraid of urbanization?

02 Dec 2021

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

25 Nov 2021

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

The impact of Covid-19 on intentions to migrate from Africa to Europe

19 Nov 2021

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

A development movie suggestion: “Darwin’s Nightmare”

29 Jul 2021

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

Global Handbook of Impact Investing

05 Jul 2021

“Global Handbook of Impact Investing: Solving global problems via smarter capital markets towards a more sustainable society” By Elsa de Morais Sarmento and R. Paul... Read More

A development movie suggestion: “Toilet: A Love Story”

27 May 2021

Recommendation #1 – Toilet: A Love Story (originally: Toilet: Ek Prem Katha) is an Indian comedy released in 2017. The movie is set in two rural... Read More

“Two sides of the aid debate and the way forward”

17 Feb 2021

In 2019, the developed world sent almost 156 billion dollars on foreign aid to developing countries. However, the debate around aid is fierce. For some,... Read More

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NOVAFRICA News: New paper published in World Bank Economic Review

03 Nov 2022

“Keep It Simple: A Field Experiment on Information Sharing among Strangers” is the paper by NOVAFRICA professors Cátia Batista and Pedro Vicente, and NOVAFRICA external... Read More

NOVAFRICA Seminar: Community effects of electrification: Evidence from Burkina Faso’s grid extension

31 Oct 2022

On Wednesday, November 2nd, at 02.30pm (Lisbon time), in Room B 134, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Alexander Moradi from the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano to... Read More

NOVAFRICA Podcast: The effects of health behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic

27 Oct 2022

Listen here to the fourth series of the “NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks” Podcast. This series of audio talks about development in Africa brings together experts... Read More

NOVAFRICA Seminar: Human Capital, Internal Migration and Structural Transformation in Africa

24 Oct 2022

On Wednesday, October 26th, at 02.30pm (Lisbon time), on Room B 134 the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Jorge Agüero from University of Connecticut to present his work... Read More

NOVAFRICA News: Seminar on migrations opens the partnership NOVAFRICA & Brotéria

18 Oct 2022

Full house at Brotéria for the launch of the new partnerhsip with NOVAFRICA! Cátia Batista, NOVAFRICA Scientific Director, opened this monthly seminar series talking about... Read More

NOVAFRICA Seminar: Sexual Harassment in Public Spheres and Policing: Experimental Evidence from Urban India

10 Oct 2022

On Wednesday, October 12th, at 02.30pm (Lisbon time), on Room B 134 the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Sofia Amaral from ifo Center for Labour and Demographic Economics... Read More

NOVAFRICA Welcomes New Faculty Resident Member: Nikita Melnikov

06 Oct 2022

Professor Nikita Melnikov has joined Nova SBE in September 2022. His research focuses on Political Economy and Applied Microeconomics of developing countries. His current work... Read More

NOVAFRICA Seminar: “For Better or Worse? Subjective Expectations and Cost-Benefit Trade-Offs in Health Behavior

03 Oct 2022

On Wendnesday, October 07th, at 02.30pm (Lisbon time), on Room B 134 the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Gabriella Conti from University College London to present her work... Read More

NOVAFRICA Podcast: Women Leaders Improve Environmental Outcomes: Evidence from Crop Fires in India

28 Sep 2022

Listen here to the fourth series of the “NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks” Podcast. This series of audio talks about development in Africa brings together experts... Read More

NOVAFRICA Seminar: The Rise of Fiscal Capacity

22 Sep 2022

On Wendnesday, September 28th, at 02.30pm (Lisbon time), on Room B 134 the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Davide Cantoni from University of Ludwig-Maximilianst to present his work on “The... Read More

NOVAFRICA News: Watch live on zoom the keynotes of the Migration and Development Conference

13 Sep 2022

Watch live on zoom the keynotes speakers of the 15th International Conference on Migration and Development! Thursday, Sep 15, at 9.30am (PT time) Frédéric Docquier from Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research... Read More

NOVAFRICA News: Program for the 15th International Conference on Migration and Development

08 Sep 2022

NOVAFRICA will host the 15th International Conference on Migration and Development on September 15-16 at Nova School of Business anda Economics in Lisbon, Portugal. The... Read More

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