A talk with Paulo Santos
On March 24th, 2017, Professor Paulo Santos gave a talk in the NOVAFRICA Seminar Series. His seminar was entitled “Not compromising: Using Experiments to Measure... Read More
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A talk with Pedro Vicente
On January 21th, 2017, Pedro Vicente gave an interview to the RDP Africa program “Cientificamente”. Pedro discussed several topics related to economic development in Portuguese-speaking African... Read More
A talk with Sylvie Lambert
On February 1st, 2017, Sylvie Lambert gave a talk in NOVAFRICA Seminar Series. Her seminar was entitled “Interpersonal Inequality, Intrahousehold inequalities and Poverty in Senegal”. After... Read More
Knowledge in Motion with Professor Cátia Batista
Professor Cátia Batista was invited to be part of the Nova SBE series “Knowledge in Motion”. This time the theme is about the recent publication “Migrant Remittances and... Read More
A talk with David Drott
On December 7th, 2016, David Drott gave a talk in the NOVAFRICA Seminar Series. His seminar was entitled “Long-Range Growth: Economic Development in the Global Network... Read More
A talk with Jessica Goldberg
On November 23th, 2016, Jessica Goldberg gave a talk in NOVAFRICA Seminar Series. Her seminar was entitled “When Defaults Matter: Behavioral Economics and The Use... Read More
A Fun Talk on Increasing Immigration?!
Steve Gerben, an american comedian recently catched my attention by being referred to have given a talk on immigration that “will make you laugh, cry,... Read More
Thoughts on Mozambican Life by a NOVAFRICA Intern
When I was told I was going to Mozambique this summer with NOVARICA, I was really thrilled and excited. However, I was not expecting such... Read More
News
NOVAFRICA Seminar: The International Transmission of Democratic Values – Evidence from the African Diaspora
On Wednesday, April 3rd, at 3:30pm (Lisbon time), in Room D 005 of the Carcavelos Campus of Nova SBE, the NOVAFRICA Centre welcomes Marco Manacorda... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar: Tales of Tiny Travelers – Understanding Refugee Children’s Life Outcomes
On Wednesday, March 27th, at 3:30pm (Lisbon time), in Room D 005 of the Carcavelos campus of Nova SBE, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Sandra Rozo... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: 2024 PhD Summer School on Development Economics
Nova SBE is offering the PhD Summer School on Development Economics to students and professionals who wish to advance their curriculum and knowledge. The PhD... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar: Forced Displacement, Mental Health, and Child Development: Evidence from the Rohingya Refugees
On Wednesday, March 13th, at 3.30pm (Lisbon time), on Room D 005 the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Abu Siddique from Royal Holloway University of London to... Read More
NOVAFRICA Podcast: Empowering Adolescents to Transform Schools: Lessons from a Behavioural Targeting
Episode 5 of the 5th Season of the NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks was recorded with Sule Alan, from European University Institute. Our guest talked about her... Read More
2024 NOVAFRICA Conference: Call for Papers OPEN until Feb 15
The submission of papers for the 2024 NOVAFRICA Conference on Economic Development is now open! On June 27 and 28, NOVAFRICA will host the 2024... Read More
NOVAFRICA Podcast: Liquidity constraints and capital allocation in Uganda
Episode 4 of the 5th Season of the NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks was recorded with Konrad Burchardi, from Stockholm School of Economics. Our guest talked about... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: NOVAFRICA publications in 2023
2023 was a productive year for NOVAFRICA researchers! Several articles were published in impactful journals about topics including political economy, international migration, natural resources, education,... Read More
NOVAFRICA Podcast: Do Gender-Neutral Job Ads Promote Diversity? Experimental Evidence from Latin America’s Tech Sector
Episode 3 of the 5th Season of the NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks was recorded with Lucia del Carpio, from INSEAD. Our guest talked about her... Read More
NOVAFRICA Working Paper: Public Service Delivery, Exclusion and Externalities: Theory and Experimental Evidence from India
A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series. Written by Alex Armand, Britta Augsburg, Antonella Bancalari, and Maitreesh Ghatak this... Read More
NOVAFRICA Podcast: How Are Gender Norms Perceived?
Episode 2 of the 5th Season of the NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks was recorded with Leonardo Bursztyn, University of Chicago. Our guest talked about his paper... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Weiss Family Award to Mattia Fracchia
The Job Market paper of NOVAFRICA PhD candidate, Mattia Fracchia, was awarded the Weiss Family Distinguished Paper Award at The North East Universities Development Consortium... Read More
NOVAFRICA Publication: “Testing classic theories of migration in the lab” now out in the Journal of International Economics!
The paper “Testing classic theories of migration in the lab” by Catia Batista, NOVAFRICA scientific director, and David McKenzie, from the World Bank, is now... Read More