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
Blog & News
Blog
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
Guinea-Bissau is in need of serious attention from Portugal
Guinea-Bissau needs serious attention from Portugal. Why? Three reasons: First: 65 percent of the population lives on less than 2 dollars per day (2003 data:... Read More
News
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
NOVAFRICA Seminar: What We Do in the Shadows: How Urban Density Facilitates Information Diffusion
On Wednesday, May 10th, at 3pm (Lisbon time), on Room B 133 the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Evan Plous Kresch from Oberlin College to present his... Read More
NOVAFRICA Podcast
Does Identity Affect Labor Supply?
Episode 10 of the 4th Season of the NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks was recorded with Professor Suanna Oh, from the Paris School of Economics. Our... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar: Campaigning Against Populism: Emotional and Informational Messaging in Real Campaigns
On Wednesday, May 03rd, at 3pm (Lisbon time), on Room B 133 the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Julien Labonne from the University of Oxford to present... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Job Market Placements
NOVAFRICA’s community is growing and inspiring the world! Our job market candidates were placed all over the world, producing research with the goal of reducing... Read More