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