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
NOVAFRICA Event: CEPR Development Economics Annual Symposium – Day 1 Kickoff!
The CEPR Development Economics Annual Symposium, jointly hosted with Nova SBE and NOVAFRICA, begins today! 📍 Location: Nova SBE Carcavelos campus, Lisbon, Portugal. Day 1... Read More
NOVAFRICA Podcast: How Much Should We Trust Observational Estimates? Accumulating Evidence Using Randomized Controlled Trials with Imperfect Compliance
In Episode 4, Season 7 of the NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks, we speak with Professor Jonathan de Quidt from Queen Mary University of London on... Read More
NOVAFRICA Event: CEPR Symposium on Development Economics 2025 at Nova SBE
Coming Up: CEPR Development Economics Symposium 2025 at Nova SBE NOVAFRICA is proud to co-host the CEPR – Centre for Economic Policy Research Development... Read More
NOVAFRICA Podcast: Serving Countries, Shaping Views: The Impact of Military Conscription on Attitudes Towards Immigrants
In Episode 3, Season 7 of the NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks, we welcome Professor Giacomo De Luca from the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano to explore how... Read More
NOVAFRICA Working Paper: For Honor or for Profit? An Experiment on Recruiting Traditional Health Practitioners for Formal Healthcare in Guinea-Bissau
Traditional Health Practitioners (THPs) play a key role in healthcare across Sub-Saharan Africa, but integrating them into formal systems remains challenging. A new NOVAFRICA working... Read More