NOVAFRICA News: 2019 in review
Using economics to contribute to a better world has been NOVAFRICA’s mission. 2019 was a powerful year for our knowledge center with important impact evaluations active in sub-Saharan Africa but also, for the first time, in Portugal with a project about integration of Cape Verdean immigrants. We also kept on producing academic publications of... Read More
NOVAFRICA Job Market Candidates 2019/2020
NOVAFRICA presents its Job Market Candidates 2019/2020. The five researchers work on different areas of economic development in Africa. Click here to be taken to their websites, CVs, areas of research, teaching experience and to read their job market papers!
NOVAFRICA News: cooperation agreement signed with FurtherAfrica
NOVAFRICA contents will be released on news platform! NOVAFRICA signed a cooperation protocol with FurtherAfrica, an international online platform centralizing news and content focusing on the development and growth story of the African Continent. Cátia batista, Scientific Director of NOVAFRICA, and Fábio Scala, Founder and Manging Director of FurtherAfrica, have formalized the partnership. More about... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: congratulations to Alex Armand
Congratulations to NOVAFRICA Professor Alex Armand for his new article forthcoming in the American Economic Review. This work shows how media can help mitigating violent conflict and how radio increased rebel demobilisation during the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) insurgency. See here more details about this article.
NOVAFRICA News: congratulations to Julia Seither
Julia Seither, NOVAFRICA alumna, has been awarded one of the Best Ph.D. Dissertations in the Ph.D in Economics | Finance Program in the academic year of 2018/2019 by the Amélia de Mello Foundation, with the thesis “Essays in Behavioral Development Economics”. Congratulations Julia!
NOVAFRICA Seminar “Incentivizing Community Health Workers in Guinea-Bissau: Experimental Evidence on Social Status and Intrinsic Motivation”
On Wednesday, December 11, at 02.30 pm, Teresa Molina Millán from Nova School of Business and Economics will present her job market paper about the impact of different types of non-financial incentives on Community Health Workers performance and household health. Author: Teresa Molina Millán, Nova School of Business and Economics. Abstract: Community Health Workers (CHWs) constitute... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Project on irregular migration featured in Spain
Irregular migrants that come to Europe through the sea on average expect that their chances of survival are 50%, even so they choose to do so and risk their lives! This is one of the conclusions of a NOVAFRICA project in The Gambia that measures the impact of different policies to reduce irregular migration to... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar “Diffusion of Rival Information in the Field”
On Wednesday, December 4, at 02.30 pm, Inês Vilela from Nova School of Business and Economics will present her job market paper about the effect of rivalry on the pattern of diffusion of information. Author: Inês Vilela, Nova School of Business and Economics. Abstract: Information about rival opportunities becomes less valuable as more individuals learn about... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Aga Khan University visited NOVAFRICA
Fight against poverty is our common purpose! The NOVAFRICA Knowledge Center welcomed the President of the Aga Khan University, Firoz Rasul, in NOVA SBE’s campus. Both entities have projects in Africa to fight poverty trough education and research. Firoz Rasul was delighted with the campus space and expressed strong interest in NOVAFRICA’s projects. A bridge... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar “From Learning to Doing: Diffusion of Agricultural Innovations in Guinea-Bissau”
On Wednesday, November 27, at 02.30 pm, Rute Martins Caeiro from Nova School of Business and Economics will present her job market paper on the pathways of technology diffusion through social networks, following the experimental introduction of new technologies in Guinea-Bissau. Author: Rute Martins Caeiro, Nova School of Business and Economics. Abstract: This paper analyzes the role... Read More