From the Higgs Boson to the Reality of the World
Early in the 1960s, Peter Higgs hypothesized the existence of a boson that was able to explain the behavior and origin of particles masses, based... Read More
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The Official Development Assistance Effectiveness
In 2015, the Millennium Development Goals will end, and from today’s perspective it does not seem that all the targets that have been set will... Read More
Erik Charas Presents NOVAFRICA Seminar
On February 28th, 2013, Erik Charas gave a talk in the INOVA – NOVAFRICA Seminar Series. Invited by NOVAFRICA, Erik Charas visited Lisbon to participate... Read More
Investing in Education in Africa
In a previous article, I wrote about the launch conference of the NOVAFRICA center held at the beginning of September and attended by the Dean... Read More
Improve Public Services with the Support of the People
The improvement of education services and health in Africa is central to economic development of the continent. Since they are public goods, the state has... Read More
The city of Luanda
The beautiful city of Luanda is one of the great cities of Africa. In the capital of Angola live more than four million people, mostly... Read More
Quality Primary Education: The New Challenge also in Angola?
Several international surveys have recently shown that the great challenge levels are still very weak knowledge of primary school students in developing countries. For example,... Read More
2015: A Millennium-Development-Goals Odyssey
Time is ticking for the promise the World made itself over a decade ago. In the Millennium Summit of 2000 all world leaders present adopted... Read More
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NOVAFRICA News: NOVAFRICA Fellow Prince Okenna graduation
NOVAFRICA Fellow Prince Okenna has successfully completed his Master in International Development and Public Policy from Nova SBE. Prince benefited from a NOVAFRICA Merit Scholarship... Read More
NOVAFRICA Working Paper: It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Superman fighting Intolerance
A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series. Written by Alex Armand, Paul Atwell, Joseph F. Gomes, and Yannik Schenk... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: NOVAFRICA discussed World Bank’s Migration World Development Report 2023
Yesterday was presented and discussed in Lisbon the World Bank’s World Development Report 2023 focused on Migration. NOVAFRICA scientific director, Professor Cátia Batista, professor at... Read More
NOVAFRICA Podcast: What We Do in the Shadows: How Urban Density Facilitates Information Diffusion
Episode 13 of the 4th Season of the NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks was recorded with Professor Evan Plous Kresch, from the Oberlin College. Our guest... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Catia Batista and Pedro Vicente published in the Review of Economics and Statistics
The paper “Is Mobile Money Changing Rural Africa? Evidence from a Field Experiment” written by NOVAFRICA scientific directors Cátia Batista and Pedro C. Vicente is... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: NOVAFRICA Predoc Lara Bohnet received FFMS best thesis award
The Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos awarded Lara Bohnet, former NOVAFRICA predoc and Nova SBE student, with a prize for her master in economics thesis.... Read More
NOVAFRICA Podcast: Making policies matter: Voter responses to campaign promises
Episode 12 of the 4th Season of the NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks was recorded with Professor Julien Labonne, from the University of Oxford. Our guest... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: NOVAFRICA students in the spotlight
Last week five students from the NOVAFRICA Student Group presented their thesis research projects. Their theses pressed topics in development economics such as international migration,... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: NOVAFRICA at the Sustainable Value Creation Summit
Last week, NOVAFRICA‘s scientific director, Pedro Vicente, and PhD student, Mattia Fracchia, participated in a dynamic panel discussion on value creation in Guinea-Bissau at the... Read More
NOVAFRICA Podcast: Targeting Social Assistance with Machine Learning
Listen to the fourth series of the “NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks” Podcast. This series of audio talks about economic development in Africa brings together experts... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar: Where Do My Tax Dollars Go? Tax Morale Effects of Perceived Government Spending
On Wednesday, May 29 th, at 11Am (Lisbon time), on Room B 133 the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Ricardo Perez-Truglia from UC Berkeley – Haas School... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar: How Are Gender Norms Perceived?
On Wednesday, May 19rd, at 3pm (Lisbon time), on Room D 012 the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Leonardo Bursztyn from the University of Chicago to present... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Road to Impact Report 2023
Nova School of Business and Economics launched the fourth edition of the Road to Impact Report 2023! In the document you can find a selection... Read More