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
Blog & News
Blog
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
A Question of Performance Management: Positive and Realistic
The Angolan managers face today, some entrepreneurial challenges whose resolution is not always easy. The reconciliation of short-term results with future development is one of... Read More
Leadership in Angola
I recently had the opportunity to return to Luanda and socialize, within the training sessions that I taught at the Angola Business School, with those... Read More
Producing Knowledge for the Benefit of Future Generations
The Angola Business School (ABS) has been the past two years a strength for innovation and qualification of the Angolan staff. When I visited Luanda... Read More
News
NOVAFRICA News: Eurafrican Forum is back at Nova SBE
We are delighted to share that NOVAFRICA is once again a partner of the Eurafrican Forum. The event is back and will take place on... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Management Science publication in the spotlight
The Management Science blog is highlighting the paper “Closing the gender profit gap? Evidence from Mozambique” written by Cátia Batista and Pedro C. Vicente, NOVAFRICA... Read More
NOVAFRICA Podcast: Where Do My Tax Dollars Go? Tax Morale Effects of Perceived Government Spending
Episode 14 of the 4th Season of the NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks was recorded with Ricardo Perez-Truglia, from the UC Berkeley – Haas School of... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Catia Batista interviewed on World Refugee Day
On the occasion of the World Refugee Day, NOVAFRICA Scientific Director and Nova SBE Professor, Catia Batista, was interviewed by SIC Noticias. She talked about... Read More
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