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
NOVAFRICA Webinar: “Two Sides of Gender: Sex, Power, and Adolescence”
On Wednesday, May 12th, at 02.30 pm, Lisbon time, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Manisha Shah from UCLA to present her work on Two Sides of Gender: Sex, Power, and Adolescence. Author: Manisha Shah, UCLA Abstract: Adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa have among the highest rates of unplanned pregnancy and intimate partner violence (IPV) across the globe. We implement a randomized... Read More
NOVAFRICA Working Paper “How has COVID-19 affected the intention to migrate via the backway to Europe? Survey evidence and a salience experiment”
A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series. Written by Tijan L.Banh, Catia Batista, Flore Gubert and David MacKenzie, this paper analyses how COVID-19 has been affecting irregular migration to Europe. It includes lessons from an (unsuccessful) salience experiment. Title: How has COVID-19 affected the intention to migrate via the backway to... Read More
NOVAFRICA Webinar: “Political Influences on Police Responses to Crime”
On Wednesday, May 5th, at 02.30 pm, Lisbon time, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Katherine Vyborny from Duke University to present her work on Political Influences on Police Responses to Crime. Author: Katherine Vyborny, Duke University Abstract: We investigate how political influences affect the response to crime using microdata from over 1 million complaints logged by police in Lahore, Pakistan.... Read More