Demystifying Migration
International migration flows have been growing in the last decades all over the world. At the same time, anti-migration policies are being widely adopted as... Read More
Blog & News
Blog
The impact of Covid-19 on intentions to migrate from Africa to Europe
The COVID-19 pandemic restricted the already limited opportunities to emigrate legally from Africa to Europe. Border closures were a mechanism used by most countries to... Read More
A development movie suggestion: “Darwin’s Nightmare”
Recommendation #2 – Darwin’s Nightmare is a 2004 Oscar-nominated documentary. Darwin’s Nightmare was written and directed by Hubert Sauper, an Austrian filmmaker, on the effect of... Read More
Global Handbook of Impact Investing
“Global Handbook of Impact Investing: Solving global problems via smarter capital markets towards a more sustainable society” By Elsa de Morais Sarmento and R. Paul... Read More
A development movie suggestion: “Toilet: A Love Story”
Recommendation #1 – Toilet: A Love Story (originally: Toilet: Ek Prem Katha) is an Indian comedy released in 2017. The movie is set in two rural... Read More
“Two sides of the aid debate and the way forward”
In 2019, the developed world sent almost 156 billion dollars on foreign aid to developing countries. However, the debate around aid is fierce. For some,... Read More
My experience at NOVAFRICA has defined the researcher that I am today!
As a post-doc at Nova School of Business and Economics, I worked in different research projects within Novafrica knowledge center. What initially was a... Read More
Covid-19 in Africa: a success or a tragedy foretold?
The very fast implementation of political measures to combat covid-19 might partially explain the “African success” in this pandemic. However, all its direct and indirect... Read More
News
NOVAFRICA Podcast: Promoting Unobservable Food Safety in Smallholder Agriculture: Evidence from Nigeria
🎙️ New! Episode 8 of season 7 of the NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks, we welcome Professor Tanguy Bernard from the Bordeaux School of Economics to... Read More
NOVAFRICA Publication in The Review of Economics and Statistics: “Is Mobile Money Changing Rural Africa? Evidence from a Field Experiment”
“Is Mobile Money Changing Rural Africa? Evidence from a Field Experiment” By NOVAFRICA Scientific Directors, Professors Cátia Batista and Pedro C. Vicente. This paper... Read More
NOVAFRICA Podcast: Leadership and Nation Building
In episode 7 of season 7 of the NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks, we chat with Professor Lydia Assouad from the London School of Economics and... Read More
NOVAFRICA Working Paper: Follow the Leader: Community-based Health Insurance in West Africa
As part of NOVAFRICA ongoing efforts to understand health and social dynamics in Guinea-Bissau, one key study examines how local female leaders influence the uptake... Read More
NOVAFRICA Podcast: Statistical Discrimination and the Distribution of Wages
In Episode 6, Season 7 of the NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks, we speak with Professor Prashant Bharadwaj from the University of California, San Diego, about... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar: Tanguy Bernard, Bordeaux School of Economics
❓How can we make food safety a priority for smallholder farmers? In our next NOVAFRICA Seminar on Wednesday, June 18, at 3:30 PM (Lisbon time)... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar: Lydia Assouad, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
What role do leaders play in shaping national identity—beyond the policies they enact? In our next NOVAFRICA Seminar on Wednesday, June 11, at 3:30 PM... Read More
NOVAFRICA Update: New Publication in Science Magazine
“Brain Drain or Brain Gain? Effects of High-Skilled International Emigration on Origin Countries” The study combines a theoretical framework with a review of recent... Read More
NOVAFRICA Project Spotlight: Urbanization meets the environment: Can Community-level Technical Assistance Induce Local Adaptation and Protect Against Flooding?
Flooding is an increasing threat in rapidly growing cities, especially in areas with limited infrastructure and widespread poverty. In Quelimane, a coastal city in Mozambique,... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar: Prashant Bharadwaj, University of California, San Diego
What drives wage disparities across social groups? Can we disentangle statistical discrimination from structural wage differences? In our next NOVAFRICA Seminar on Wednesday, April 9,... Read More
NOVAFRICA Podcast: Keeping Gorillas in the Mist: The Environmental Economics of Accelerating the Adoption of Clean Cooking
In Episode 5, Season 7 of the NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks, we speak with Professor Marijke Verpoorten from the Institute of Development Policy – University... Read More
NOVAFRICA Featured Papers: International Workers’ Day
🌍 Celebrating Workers Around the World On this International Workers’ Day, we honor the resilience, contributions, and aspirations of workers everywhere. At NOVAFRICA, we... Read More
NOVAFRICA Event: CEPR Development Economics Annual Symposium – Day 2!
It is Day 2 of the CEPR – Centre for Economic Policy Research Development Economics Symposium, jointly hosted with Nova School of Business and Economics... Read More