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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

NOVAFRICA Merit Scholarship awarded with the support of Five Thousand Miles

18 Nov 2021

The NOVAFRICA Merit Scholarship was formally awarded to Prince Okenna, a Nigerian student. of the Masters in International Development & Public Policy. This scholarship has... Read More

NOVAFRICA News: Wayne Sandholtz AER article discussed in the Financial Times

17 Nov 2021

Read the Financial Times news piece on the American Economic Review article “The complicated legacy of Liberia’s experiment in outsourcing school management” by Wayne Sandholtz from... Read More

NOVAFRICA News: Special lecture by Manuel de Araújo on “Cities that work: the case of Quelimane, Mozambique”.

11 Nov 2021

NOVAFRICA welcomes Manuel de Araújo Mayor of Quelimane City, Mozambique for a Special Lecture, on November 12th, at 04.00 pm, in Teresa and Alexandre Soares dos Santos... Read More

NOVAFRICA News: Catia Batista talks to The Economist

09 Nov 2021

In an article in The Economist, Cátia Batista talks about the benefits of emigration for politics and entrepreneurship in countries of origin. Read Kinley Salmon’s... Read More

NOVAFRICA Student Group previews the NOVAFRICA seminar by Jonathan Weigel

08 Nov 2021

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a fragile state which needs to build completely a tax revenue base as it has the lowest tax-GDP ratios in... Read More

NOVAFRICA Seminar: Optimal Assignment of Bureaucrats: Evidence from Randomly Assigned Tax Collectors in the DRC

05 Nov 2021

On Friday, November 10th, at 02.30 pm, Lisbon time, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Jonathan Weigel from the London School of Economics to present his work on Optimal Assignment of Bureaucrats:... Read More

NOVAFRICA Student Group previews the NOVAFRICA seminar by Marta Reynal-Querol

03 Nov 2021

What is the impact of early settlers on the long-term development of Latin American Spanish colonies? What is the role of their heterogeneous skills? Have... Read More

NOVAFRICA Webinar: Colonization, Early Settlers and Development: The Case of Latin America

02 Nov 2021

On Wednesday, November 3th, at 02.30 pm, Lisbon time, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Marta Reynal-Querol from the University of Pompeu Fabra to present her work... Read More

NOVAFRICA Seminar: Start What You Finish! Ex ante risk and schooling investments in the presence of dynamic Complementarities

28 Oct 2021

On Friday, October 3th, at 02.30 pm, Lisbon time, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Andrew Foster from Brown University to present his work on Start What... Read More

NOVAFRICA fireside chat in the EurAfrican Forum: “Digital Education in Pandemic Times”

22 Oct 2021

The NOVAFRICA session in the EurAfrican Forum debated the topic “Digital Education on Pandemic Times”. Vitor Cavalcante, project manager and NOVAFRICA Fellow Prince Okenna led the... Read More