NOVAFRICA News: Welcome to the 2021 NOVAFRICA Fellows!
NOVAFRICA Welcomes the 2021 NOVAFRICA Fellows to the Nova School of Business and Economics These nine talented African students join us this academic year from... Read More
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NOVAFRICA News: Special lecture by Paul Collier on “Can we make sense of development?
NOVAFRICA welcomes Sir Paul Collier from the University of Oxford for an inaugural lecture on Wednesday, September 1st @ 03.15 pm (Lisbon time). In his... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Vaccine acceptance is higher in low-and middle- income countries
A new study published in Nature Medicine reveals that COVID-19 vaccine acceptance is higher in low- and middle-income countries than in richer countries. A global study by researchers... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Jornal de Negócios interviews Pedro Vicente about the conflict situation in Northern Mozambique
Pedro Vicente, scientific director of NOVAFRICA, in an interview with Jornal de Negócios emphasizes the need to promote economic development in Cabo Delgado in order... Read More
NOVAFRICA Working paper “Coordination and the Poor Maintenance Trap: an Experiment on Public Infrastructure in India”
A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series, written by Alex Armand, Britta Augsburg, and Antonella Bancalari. Title: “Coordination and the... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Measuring policy impact on irregular migration from West Africa
The COVID-19 pandemic has initially decreased irregular migration to Europe by the poorest African youth. But more recently the migration numbers have been rising –... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Workshop in The Gambia about Irregular Migration to Europe.
Join us online this Wednesday, July 7th, in a workshop that takes place in The Gambia about the NOVAFRICA project “Information Gaps and Irregular Migration... Read More
“NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks” Podcast – Season 2
Listen here to the new season of the “NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks” Podcast. Development in Africa remains the focus of these audio talks that bring... Read More
NOVARICA 2021 Summer Research Internships
This year the NOVAFRICA Summer Research Internships will take three students to work on research projects in Africa! They will be collaborating in two ongoing... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: congratulations to Jules Gazeaud
Congratulations to NOVAFRICA resident member Jules Gazeaud for his article “On Cash Transfers and Migration: Theory and Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial” (joint Eric Mvukiyehe and Olivier... Read More
NOVAFRICA Working Paper “Motivating Volunteer Health Workers in an African Capital City”
A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series. Written by Facchia Mattia, Teresa Molina Milan and Pedro Vicente, this paper... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: “Cabo Delgado: Improving People’s Lives”
The violence and corresponding human tragedy in Mozambique’s northern province of Cabo Delgado continues. Pedro Vicente, scientific director of NOVAFRICA, in an article published in... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: The Migrant Crisis in Spain
Thousands of migrants, many of them minors, have crossed the border from Morocco into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta. Catia Batista, scientific director of NOVAFRICA, analyzed... Read More