NOVAFRICA News: Catia Batista interviewed on World Refugee Day
On the occasion of the World Refugee Day, NOVAFRICA Scientific Director and Nova SBE Professor, Catia Batista, was interviewed by SIC Noticias. She talked about the NOVAFRICA research that she has been conducting on evaluating the impact of different migration policies to avoid the loss of migrant lives in the Mediterranean. Watch the interview here.... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: NOVAFRICA Fellow Prince Okenna graduation
NOVAFRICA Fellow Prince Okenna has successfully completed his Master in International Development and Public Policy from Nova SBE. Prince benefited from a NOVAFRICA Merit Scholarship with the support of Five Thousand Miles and Pedro Hipolito, founder and CEO of Five Thousand Miles. We congratulate Prince for this achievementt and wish him all the success!
NOVAFRICA Working Paper: It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Superman fighting Intolerance
A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series. Written by Alex Armand, Paul Atwell, Joseph F. Gomes, and Yannik Schenk this paper analyses the impact of progressive radio programming on societal change during the early period of desegregation in post-World War II U.S. Title: It’s a Bird, it’s a Plane,... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: NOVAFRICA discussed World Bank’s Migration World Development Report 2023
Yesterday was presented and discussed in Lisbon the World Bank’s World Development Report 2023 focused on Migration. NOVAFRICA scientific director, Professor Cátia Batista, professor at Nova SBE, was part of the policy roundtable, sharing insights from her research on migration. You can read more about the report here.
NOVAFRICA Podcast: What We Do in the Shadows: How Urban Density Facilitates Information Diffusion
Episode 13 of the 4th Season of the NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks was recorded with Professor Evan Plous Kresch, from the Oberlin College. Our guest talked about his paper entitled “What We Do in the Shadows: How Urban Density Facilitates Information Diffusion”. Abstract: Does urban density facilitate the diffusion of information? This paper exploits plausibly... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Catia Batista and Pedro Vicente published in the Review of Economics and Statistics
The paper “Is Mobile Money Changing Rural Africa? Evidence from a Field Experiment” written by NOVAFRICA scientific directors Cátia Batista and Pedro C. Vicente is now published online in The Review of Economics and Statistics. In the research project that originated the paper, the impact of introducing mobile money for the first time in rural... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: NOVAFRICA Predoc Lara Bohnet received FFMS best thesis award
The Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos awarded Lara Bohnet, former NOVAFRICA predoc and Nova SBE student, with a prize for her master in economics thesis. Considered by the Foundation one of the best thesis in economics and management in 2022, Lara Bohnet’s thesis measured the labor market impact of the forced return of over half... Read More
NOVAFRICA Podcast: Making policies matter: Voter responses to campaign promises
Episode 12 of the 4th Season of the NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks was recorded with Professor Julien Labonne, from the University of Oxford. Our guest talked about his paper entitled “Making policies matter: Voter responses to campaign promises”. Abstract: Do perceptions about how the government spends tax dollars affect the willingness to pay taxes? We... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: NOVAFRICA students in the spotlight
Last week five students from the NOVAFRICA Student Group presented their thesis research projects. Their theses pressed topics in development economics such as international migration, education, health, cash transfers, conflict, and natural disasters. Patricia Caetano found that climate disasters in Mozambique between 2000 to 2018 had negative effects on social capital. Individuals’ income and expectations... Read More
Creating value in Guinea-Bissau
On the occasion of Africa Day, May 25th, I had the honor of participating in the Sustainable Value Creation Summit hosted by Nova School of Business and Economics. As part of a vibrant panel discussion on value creation in Guinea-Bissau, I had the pleasure of sharing the stage with Prof Pedro Vicente, NOVAFRICA Scientific Director,... Read More