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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

My experience at NOVAFRICA has defined the researcher that I am today!

14 Dec 2020

As a post-doc at Nova School of Business and Economics, I worked in different research projects within Novafrica knowledge center. What initially was a... Read More

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“NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks” Podcast – Season 3

18 Jan 2022

Listen here to the new season of the “NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks” Podcast. Development in Africa remains the focus of these audio talks that bring... Read More

NOVAFRICA News: Reducing Maternal and Infant Mortality in Guinea-Bissau

13 Jan 2022

“Reducing maternal and infant mortality in Guinea-Bissau” The NOVAFRICA‘s new research project proposes a novel agenda for reducing infant and maternal mortality in Guinea Bissau.... Read More

NOVAFRICA News: 2022 Conference Call for papers is out!

11 Jan 2022

The 2022 NOVAFRICA Conference on Economic Development will take place on June 22-23 at the Nova School of Business and Economics campus in Lisbon, Portugal.... Read More

NOVAFRICA News: Annual newsletter

06 Jan 2022

NOVAFRICA‘s welcome to 2022! In this new year, we would like to share with you our achievements in 2021 and our goals for 2022. Read... Read More

NOVAFRICA News: Watch NOVAFRICA Fellow Prince Okenna’s Video Testimony

04 Jan 2022

NOVAFRICA is supporting the African leaders of tomorrow together with Pedro Hipólito from Five Thousand Miles! Prince Okenna from Nigeria was awarded a Novafrica Merit... Read More

NOVAFRICA News: NOVAFRICA received Quelimane’s insignia!

09 Dec 2021

NOVAFRICA received Quelimane’s insignia, the administrative capital of the Zambezia Province in Mozambique. Manuel Araujo, Mayor of Quelimane, was at Nova School of Business and Economics, Nova SBE,... Read More

NOVAFRICA Student Group previews the NOVAFRICA seminar by Moussa P. Blimpo

08 Dec 2021

Is there a positive impact of alleviating asymmetry in civic information on tax participation? How does more knowledge on taxation change tax participation and tax... Read More

NOVAFRICA Seminar: Asymmetry in Civic Information: An Experiment on Tax Participation among Informal Firms in Togo

06 Dec 2021

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

NOVAFRICA News: Visit of the Governor of the Central Bank of Cape Verde

25 Nov 2021

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

24 Nov 2021

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

24 Nov 2021

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

NOVAFRICA Seminar: Household Expenditure in the Wake of Terrorism: evidence from high frequency in-home-scanner data

19 Nov 2021

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

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