NOVAFRICA PhD Candidates: Frederica Mendonça
Frederica Mendonça, a PhD student at Nova SBE, has journeyed from macroeconomics to a deep commitment to development economics. Her academic path, beginning with a BSc and continuing with an MSc in Economics at Nova SBE, was enriched by an unexpected turn towards the NOVAFRICA Students Group’s interesting and insightful initiatives. Her initial focus on... 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 Summer School will be taught by David McKenzie (World Bank) on “Practical issues in designing and analyzing field experiments”. The 2024 edition will be held in person. The course is... 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 present his work on “Forced Displacement, Mental Health, and Child Development: Evidence from the Rohingya Refugees”. Author: Abu Siddique Abstract: Forced displacement is a major driver of mental disorders among... 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 paper entitled “Empowering Adolescents to Transform Schools: Lessons from a Behavioural Targeting”. Abstract: We test the effectiveness of a behavioral approach to empowering adolescents to improve their social environment. The... 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 NOVAFRICA Conference on Economic Development at the Nova SBE Carcavelos Campus, in Lisbon, Portugal. Papers can be submitted until February 15, 2024. For further information about the conference or to... 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 his paper entitled “Liquidity constraints and capital allocation in Uganda “. Abstract: Agricultural productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa has been largely stagnant over the past half century. The lack of progress... Read More
NOVAFRICA PhD Candidates: Mattia Fracchia
This month we had the pleasure of getting to know Mattia Fracchia, who is completing his PhD at Nova SBE and is currently on the job market. Before joining Nova SBE, he studied at Bocconi University, INSPER, and Barcelona School of Economics. Motivated by the curiosity about the underlying factors that influence economic development, he... 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, health and many more. See below alist of some of our articles published in 2023: Measuring corruption in the field using behavioral games by Alex Armand Alexander Coutts, Pedro Vicente... 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 paper entitled “Do Gender-Neutral Job Ads Promote Diversity? Experimental Evidence from Latin America’s Tech Sector “. Abstract: Gendered-grammar languages like Spanish are spoken by 39% of the world’s population. In... 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 paper analyses the interaction between the quality of public services, the implementation of user fees, and the resulting potential for exclusion, that can lead to negative externalities. Title: Public Service... Read More