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
NOVAFRICA News: congratulations to Jules Gazeaud
Congratulations to NOVAFRICA resident member Jules Gazeaud for his article “On Cash Transfers and Migration: Theory and Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial” (joint Eric Mvukiyehe and Olivier Sterck), published at The Review of Economics and Statistics (REStat). This paper evaluates the impact of a cash-for-work program on migration. Randomly selected households in Comoros were offered up to... Read More
NOVAFRICA Working Paper “Motivating Volunteer Health Workers in an African Capital City”
A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series. Written by Facchia Mattia, Teresa Molina Milan and Pedro Vicente, this paper follows all the Community Health Workers in the capital city of Guinea-Bissau and tests the impact of different types of non-financial incentives on health indicators. Title: Motivating Volunteer Health Workers in... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: “Cabo Delgado: Improving People’s Lives”
The violence and corresponding human tragedy in Mozambique’s northern province of Cabo Delgado continues. Pedro Vicente, scientific director of NOVAFRICA, in an article published in Publico, writes about evidence on the policy options to address the conflict situation in Cabo Delgado. Read here (PT only).
A development movie suggestion: “Toilet: A Love Story”
Recommendation #1 – Toilet: A Love Story (originally: Toilet: Ek Prem Katha) is an Indian comedy released in 2017. The movie is set in two rural villages near Mathura, where at least 80% of households don’t have access to a lavatory, and tells quite an unusual story of “boy-meets-girl”. It follows a newly-wed couple, Keshav, who... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: The Migrant Crisis in Spain
Thousands of migrants, many of them minors, have crossed the border from Morocco into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta. Catia Batista, scientific director of NOVAFRICA, analyzed this most recent migrant crisis in Spain in SIC Notícias, TVI 24, and Expresso. The Nova SBE Professor calls for Europe to open legal pathways for these migrants. Watch the... Read More
NOVAFRICA Working Paper “Keeping Up With the Joneses: Economic Impacts of Overconfidence in Micro-Entrepreneurs”
A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series. Written by Julia Seither, this paper studies the effects of incorrect beliefs over relative firm performance on micro-firm outputs through a randomized field experiment in Mozambique. Title: Keeping Up With the Joneses: Economic Impacts of Overconfidence in Micro-Entrepreneurs. Author: Julia Seither (Universidad del... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Africa Day & SDGs, a conference with the eyes on the future
The NOVAFRICA Student Group is organizing the AFRICA DAY & SDGs with the goal to contribute with ideas that can help to implement these objectives defined by the United Nations in Africa. It is an online event that will take place on 25 May and that will be attended by experts on African development, from... Read More
NOVAFRICA Webinar: “Benchmarking a Child Nutrition Program against Cash: Experimental Evidence from Rwanda”
On Wednesday, May 19th, at 02.30 pm, Lisbon time, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Andrew Zeitlin from Georgetown University to present his work on Benchmarking a Child Nutrition Program against Cash: Experimental Evidence from Rwanda. Author: Andrew Zeitlin, Georgetown University Abstract: We present the results of a study that benchmarks a multi-dimensional child nutrition intervention against the... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: new article published in the Journal of Development Economics.
Congratulations to NOVAFRICA members, Pedro C. Vicente and Matilde Grácio for their article ”Information, get-out-the-vote messages, and peer influence: Causal effects on political behavior in Mozambique” published at the Journal of Development Economics. Political accountability requires informed voters and electoral participation. Both have been lagging in many developing countries like Mozambique. The NOVAFRICA team studies... Read More