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
NOVAFRICA News: NOVAFRICA at the Sustainable Value Creation Summit
Last week, NOVAFRICA‘s scientific director, Pedro Vicente, and PhD student, Mattia Fracchia, participated in a dynamic panel discussion on value creation in Guinea-Bissau at the Sustainable Value Creation Summit hosted by Nova School of Business and Economics. The Sustainable Value Creation Summit serves as a pivotal meeting point between academia and industry, where innovators, leaders,... Read More
NOVAFRICA Podcast: Targeting Social Assistance with Machine Learning
Listen to the fourth series of the “NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks” Podcast. This series of audio talks about economic development in Africa brings together experts from a wide range of institutions. Myriam Marending, resident member of NOVAFRICA and researcher in Development Economics at Nova SBE, is the podcast academic coordinator. The NOVAFRICA Student Group hosted... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar: Where Do My Tax Dollars Go? Tax Morale Effects of Perceived Government Spending
On Wednesday, May 29 th, at 11Am (Lisbon time), on Room B 133 the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Ricardo Perez-Truglia from UC Berkeley – Haas School of Business to present his work on “Where Do My Tax Dollars Go? Tax Morale Effects of Perceived Government Spending”. Author: Ricardo Perez-Truglia Abstract: Do perceptions about how the government... Read More