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
Blog & News
Blog
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 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
NOVAFRICA Seminar: Targeting Social Assistance with Machine Learning
On Wednesday, April 26th, at 3pm (Lisbon time), on Room B 133 the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Joshua Blumenstock from University of California, Berkeley to present... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar: Zero-sum Thinking and the Roots of US Political Divides
On Wednesday, April 05th, at 3pm (Lisbon time), on Room B 133 the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Sandra Sequeira from London School of Economics to present... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar: Expanding access to schooling in Nigeria: Impact on Marital Outcomes
On Wednesday, March 29th, at 3pm (Lisbon time), on Room B 133 the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Sarah Chloe Deschene from Northwestern University a to present... Read More
NOVAFRICA Podcast
Public Opinion, Racial Bias, and Labor Market Outcomes
Episode 9 of the 4th Season of the NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks was recorded with Professor Silvia Prina, from the Northeastern University. Our guest talked... Read More
NOVAFRICA Working Paper: Team size and diversity
A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series. Written by Brais Álvarez Pereira, Shan Aman-Rana and Alexia Delfino this paper... Read More