NOVAFRICA In The News: COVID-19 in Less-developed Countries
Article in Público Newspaper Covid-19 in Africa: a success or a tragedy foretold? In an article in Publico newspaper, Catia Batista and Pedro C. Vicente, Scientific Directors of NOVAFRICA, reflect on the uncertain factors driving sub-Saharan Africa in the current pandemic. Read it all here in EN. Read it all in PT. Article in Expresso... Read More
“NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks” Podcast
Listen here to the “NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks” Podcast. These series of audio talks about development in Africa 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! Season 3 #Episode 1: “Two Sides of Gender: Sex,... Read More
NOVAFRICA Webinar: “Psychological and Material Determinants of Economic Investments and Outcomes in Rural Kenya”
On Wednesday, July 1st, at 02.30 pm, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Kate Orkin from the University of Oxford, to present her work on the psychological and material determinants of economic investments and outcomes in rural Kenya. Author: Kate Orkin, University of Oxford Abstract: Households in developing countries sometimes do not make investments that appear to have high economic... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: new AEA P&P article on the adoption of mobile money in Mozambique
Congratulations to Catia Batista and Pedro C. Vicente, scientific directors of NOVAFRICA at Nova School of Business and Economics, for their article “Adopting Mobile Money: Evidence from an Experiment in Rural Africa” published in the American Economic Association P&P. Digital payments are even more important in COVID-19 times. This paper describes mobile money adoption patterns... Read More
NOVAFRICA In the News: Ways to Reduce the Conflict in Cabo Delgado
In an interview to Expresso Newspaper, Pedro Vicente, Scientific Director of NOVAFRICA, talked about two NOVAFRICA projects that are helping to reduce conflict and religious extremism in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique. The first project was a large-scale information campaign on the management of natural resources, which decreased the incidence on conflict. The second project related to... Read More
From NOVAFRICA to Royal Holloway, University of London!
The NOVAFRICA knowledge center is the main reason why I started my Ph.D. at Nova SBE six years ago. It is hard to pinpoint precisely why I was so enthusiastic about the center. It was the high quality of researchers. The different projects they had on the ground that I could jump right in and... Read More
Four Months in Bula: Why Would I Do It Again
My name is Rita and I’m currently finishing my master’s in economics, at Nova SBE. Last semester I had the pleasure to do an internship, as a research assistant for Novafrica, on a project on Health and Beliefs in Guinea-Bissau. The main goal of this project is to evaluate in which way the beliefs people... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Job Market Placements
NOVAFRICA’s job market candidates are spreading around the world! In a highly competitive job market, our candidates are being placed all around the world. This is the outcome of the rigour and quality of their research work and scientific production in the field of development economics. NOVAFRICA congratulates all these candidates who got jobs matching... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: COVID-19 Information
NOVAFRICA is closely monitoring the rapid spread of COVID-19. Our highest priority is to ensure the safety of the communities with whom we are working, and also of NOVAFRICA’s staff, students, researchers and partners. We are continually adjusting our work to news on the coronavirus outbreak. See here the World Health Organization latest updates.
NOVAFRICA Working Paper: “Mobilizing Parents at Home and at School: An Experiment on Primary Education in Angola”
A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Papers Series. Written by Vincenzo Di Maro, Stefan Leeffers, Danila Serra and Pedro C. Vicente, this paper tests ways to mobilize parents for education in Angola. Title: Mobilizing Parents at Home and at School: An Experiment on Primary Education in Angola Authors: Vincenzo Di Maro (The World... Read More