NOVAFRICA News: Special lecture by Paul Collier on “Can we make sense of development?
NOVAFRICA welcomes Sir Paul Collier from the University of Oxford for an inaugural lecture on Wednesday, September 1st @ 03.15 pm (Lisbon time). In his lecture, entitled “Can we make sense of development?”, Sir Paul Collier will apply the ideas set out in his recent books “The Future of Capitalism” and “Greed is Dead” to... Read More
A development movie suggestion: “Darwin’s Nightmare”
Recommendation #2 – Darwin’s Nightmare is a 2004 Oscar-nominated documentary. Darwin’s Nightmare was written and directed by Hubert Sauper, an Austrian filmmaker, on the effect of the Nile perch in the fishing industry and the biodiversity in the Lake Victoria, the 9th largest lake in the world, located in Tanzania. This predatory fish, that can grow... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Vaccine acceptance is higher in low-and middle- income countries
A new study published in Nature Medicine reveals that COVID-19 vaccine acceptance is higher in low- and middle-income countries than in richer countries. A global study by researchers from NOVAFRICA, International Growth Centre, Innovations for Poverty Action, Yale Institute for Global Health, & 20+ institutions. The results suggest prioritising vaccine distribution to low- and middle-income countries should yield high returns in promoting... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Jornal de Negócios interviews Pedro Vicente about the conflict situation in Northern Mozambique
Pedro Vicente, scientific director of NOVAFRICA, in an interview with Jornal de Negócios emphasizes the need to promote economic development in Cabo Delgado in order to address the conflict situation there. Portugal needs to exert influence in that direction. Read the interview (PT only).
NOVAFRICA Working paper “Coordination and the Poor Maintenance Trap: an Experiment on Public Infrastructure in India”
A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series, written by Alex Armand, Britta Augsburg, and Antonella Bancalari. Title: “Coordination and the Poor Maintenance Trap: an Experiment on Public Infrastructure in India” Authors: Alex Armand – (Nova School of Business and Economics and NOVAFRICA) Britta Augsburg – (Institute for Fiscal Studies) Antonella... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Measuring policy impact on irregular migration from West Africa
The COVID-19 pandemic has initially decreased irregular migration to Europe by the poorest African youth. But more recently the migration numbers have been rising – especially in the Atlantic – and the desire to migrate remains very high. A trend expected to be kept in the foreseeable future. These are some of the results of... Read More
Global Handbook of Impact Investing
“Global Handbook of Impact Investing: Solving global problems via smarter capital markets towards a more sustainable society” By Elsa de Morais Sarmento and R. Paul Herman Since the start of economic thought that experts have been struggling to find solutions to overcome inequality, poverty, and gaps related to education and health. We have more recently... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Workshop in The Gambia about Irregular Migration to Europe.
Join us online this Wednesday, July 7th, in a workshop that takes place in The Gambia about the NOVAFRICA project “Information Gaps and Irregular Migration to Europe”. This project developed by Catia Batista, Tijan L Bah, Flore Gubert, and David McKenzie, was funded by the European Union with the aim of providing alternatives to irregular... Read More
“NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks” Podcast – Season 2
Listen here to the new season of the “NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks” Podcast. Development in Africa remains the focus of these audio talks that bring together experts from a wide range of institutions. Alex Armand, resident member of NOVAFRICA and Assistant Professor at Nova SBE, is the coordinator of this Podcast. Join us! #Episode 15:... Read More
NOVARICA 2021 Summer Research Internships
This year the NOVAFRICA Summer Research Internships will take three students to work on research projects in Africa! They will be collaborating in two ongoing field research projects in Mozambique and Guinea Bissau. Patricia Caetano, Carlota Guerra, and Joana Melo are students of the master’s in economics at Nova SBE and have interest in economic... Read More