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NOVAFRICA Working Paper “Keeping Up With the Joneses: Economic Impacts of Overconfidence in Micro-Entrepreneurs”

20 May 2021

A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series. Written by Julia Seither, this paper studies the effects of incorrect beliefs... Read More

NOVAFRICA News: Africa Day & SDGs, a conference with the eyes on the future

20 May 2021

The NOVAFRICA Student Group is organizing the AFRICA DAY & SDGs with the goal to contribute with ideas that can help to implement these objectives... Read More

NOVAFRICA Webinar: “Benchmarking a Child Nutrition Program against Cash: Experimental Evidence from Rwanda”

13 May 2021

On Wednesday, May 19th, at 02.30 pm, Lisbon time, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Andrew Zeitlin from Georgetown University to present his work on Benchmarking a... Read More

NOVAFRICA News: new article published in the Journal of Development Economics.

12 May 2021

Congratulations to NOVAFRICA members, Pedro C. Vicente and Matilde Grácio for their article ”Information, get-out-the-vote messages, and peer influence: Causal effects on political behavior in... Read More

NOVAFRICA Webinar: “Two Sides of Gender: Sex, Power, and Adolescence”

06 May 2021

On Wednesday, May 12th, at 02.30 pm, Lisbon time, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Manisha Shah from UCLA to present her work on Two Sides of Gender: Sex,... Read More

NOVAFRICA Working Paper “How has COVID-19 affected the intention to migrate via the backway to Europe? Survey evidence and a salience experiment”

04 May 2021

A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series. Written by Tijan L.Banh, Catia Batista, Flore Gubert and David MacKenzie, this... Read More

NOVAFRICA Webinar: “Political Influences on Police Responses to Crime”

29 Apr 2021

On Wednesday, May 5th, at 02.30 pm, Lisbon time, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Katherine Vyborny from Duke University to present her work on Political Influences on Police... Read More

NOVAFRICA Webinar: “Does Exposure to Other Ethnic Regions Promote National Integration? Evidence from Nigeria”

22 Apr 2021

On Wednesday, April 28th, at 02.30 pm, Lisbon time, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Oyebola Okunogbe from World Bank to present her work on Does Exposure... Read More

NOVAFRICA Webinar: “Search Cost, Intermediation, and Trade: Experimental Evidence from Ugandan Agricultural Markets”

15 Apr 2021

On Wednesday, April 21th, at 02.30 pm, Lisbon time, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Craig McIntosh from University of California to present his work on Search... Read More

NOVAFRICA Webinar: “Fight fire with finance: a randomized field experiment to curtail land-clearing fire in Indonesia”

08 Apr 2021

On Wednesday, April 14th, at 02.30 pm, Lisbon time, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Ryan Edwards from Australian National University to present his work on Fight... Read More

NOVAFRICA Working Paper “The Impact of Financial Education of Executives on Financial Practices of Medium and Large Enterprises”

07 Apr 2021

A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series. Written by Claúdia Custódio, Diogo Mendes, and Daniel Metzger, this paper studies... Read More

NOVAFRICA News: How to support Cabo Delgado’s crisis?

06 Apr 2021

The conflict in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, and the tragic humanitarian situation in the region were analysed in SIC Notícias by Cátia Batista and Pedro Vicente.... Read More

NOVAFRICA Webinar: “The Contingent Electoral Impacts of Programmatic Policies: Evidence From Education Reforms in Tanzania”

01 Apr 2021

On Wednesday, April 7th, at 02.30 pm, Lisbon time, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Ken Opalo from Georgetown University to present his work on The Contingent... Read More