The Nobel Prize of Economics awarded to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer celebrates a revolution in economics. It is a well-deserved distinction of... Read More
During this summer I had the opportunity to participate on a field-experiment on migration and development economics as a research assistant. The internship took place... Read More
Tavneet Suri is the Louis E. Seley Professor of Applied Economics and an Associate Professor of Applied Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management.... Read More
Activist turned scholar Leonard Wantchekon is well-known for his research in Political Economy and Development Economics, particularly on the topics of democracy and governance, resource... Read More
Currently, Sir Paul Collier is Professor of Economics and Public Policy in the Blavatnik School of Government and a Professorial Fellow of St Antony’s College... Read More
Gerard Padró-i-Miquel is a professor of economics and political science at Yale University and a renowned economist for his contribution to the field of political... Read More
Britain votes to leave the European Union. Yellows vests color and unrest France and other European countries. Several European governments are elected with a mandate... Read More
On October 31st, 2018, Erwin Bulte gave a talk in the NOVAFRICA Seminar Series. His seminar was entitled “ Toward an Understanding of the Welfare Effects of Nudges: ... Read More
The Scientific Director of NOVAFRICA, Catia Batista, will be one of the speakers at the 50th Expresso anniversary conference. Under the motto “Leave the World... Read More
Listen here to the fourth series of the “NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks” Podcast. This series of audio talks about development in Africa brings together experts... Read More
Listen here to the fourth series of the “NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks” Podcast. This series of audio talks about development in Africa brings together experts... Read More
Revisit the fantastic 15th International Conference on Migration and Development co-organized with the Agence Française de Développment and The World Bank. The resume video shows... Read More
On Friday, December 02nd, at 02.30pm (Lisbon time), in Room B 133, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Elias Papaioannou from London Business School to present his... Read More
“How can public policies prevent conflict and radicalization in resource-rich African contexts?” was the question addressed in this seminar by Professor Pedro Vicente. This seminar... Read More
On Wednesday, November 9nd, at 02.30pm (Lisbon time), in Room B 134, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Imran Rasul from UCL – London’s Global University to... Read More
“Keep It Simple: A Field Experiment on Information Sharing among Strangers” is the paper just published at the World Bank Economic Review by Nova SBE... Read More
On Wednesday, November 2nd, at 02.30pm (Lisbon time), in Room B 134, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Alexander Moradi from the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano to... Read More
Listen here to the fourth series of the “NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks” Podcast. This series of audio talks about development in Africa brings together experts... Read More
On Wednesday, October 26th, at 02.30pm (Lisbon time), on Room B 134 the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Jorge Agüero from University of Connecticut to present his work... Read More
Full house at Brotéria for the launch of the new partnerhsip with NOVAFRICA! Cátia Batista, NOVAFRICA Scientific Director, opened this monthly seminar series talking about... Read More