NOVAFRICA Seminar: “The Consequences of Refugee Repatriation for Stayees: Implications for Sustainable Development”
On Thursday, April 4, at 11.00 am, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Isabel Ruiz, from the University of Oxford, to present her work on refugee repatriation. Author: Isabel... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar: “Migration and the Value of Social Networks”
On Wednesday, April 3, at 2.30 pm, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Josh Blumenstock, from the University of California, Berkeley, to present his work on migration and social... Read More
EMERGENCY Appeal for Mozambique
Donations accepted through the Portuguese Red Cross Cyclone Idai has swept through central Mozambique, destroying almost everything in its path, causing devastating floods, killing and... Read More
NOVAFRICA Working Paper: “Identifying communication spillovers in lab in the field experiments”
A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Papers Series. Written by Alexander Coutts this paper analyzes the communication spillovers in lab... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar: “Long Run Intergenerational Mobility in India: New Estimates from Administrative Data”
On Wednesday, March 13, at 2.30 pm, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Sam Asher, from the World Bank, to present his work on long run intergenerational mobility in India.... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar: “Wheels of Change: Impact of Bicycles on Female Education and Empowerment in Zambia”
On Thursday, March 14, at 2.00 pm, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Ana Garcia-Hernandez, from Nova SBE, to present her work on the impact of bicycles on female... Read More
2019 NOVAFRICA PhD Workshops
There will be three different workshops: Agriculture, Technology Adoption, and Social Networks Migration and Development Political Economy and Development The workshops will take place before the... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar: “Spillovers without Social Interactions in Urban Sanitation”
On Wednesday, February 27, at 2.30 pm, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Laura Schechter, from the University of Wisconsin, to present her work on Spillovers without Social Interactions in... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar: “Hiding loans using mobile money: Experimental evidence on microenterprise investment in Uganda”
On Wednesday, February 13, at 2.30 pm, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Emma Riley, from the University of Oxford, to present her work on Hiding loans using mobile money... Read More
NOVAFRICA Working Paper: “Does Information Break the Political Resource Curse? Experimental Evidence from Mozambique”
A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Papers Series. Written by Alex Armand, Alexander Coutts, Pedro C. Vicente and Inês Vilela this... Read More