NOVAFRICA Seminar “Facebook Causes Protests”
On Wednesday, October 16, at 02.30 pm, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Leopoldo Fergusson from Universidad de los Andes, to present his work on the impact of social media on collective action. Author: Leopoldo Fergusson, Universidad de los Andes. Abstract: Internet and social media have been considered crucial determinants of recent political turmoil and protests. To estimate the causal... Read More
NOVAFRICA Welcomes New Team Members
NOVAFRICA has reinforced its team with three new members: João Martins, Magda Ferrão and Vera Pinto. The new members come from different areas: International Relations, Management, and Communication. They will work together but in different fields of action: João Martins is responsible for project management; Vera Pinto will be managing communication, stakeholder’s relationship and fundraising... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar: “Unintended Consequences of Infrastructure Development: Sewerage Diffusion and Early-life Mortality in Peru”
On Wednesday, 9 October, at 02.30 pm, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Antonella Bancalari from the LSE and IFS , to present her work on unintended consequences of infrastructure development. Author: Antonella Bancalari, LSE and IFS. Abstract: The aim of sewerage diffusion is to ensure a healthy environment, but risks in infrastructure development have been overlooked. This paper studies... Read More
NOVAFRICA Welcomes New Faculty Member: Alex Armand
NOVAFRICA Welcomes New Faculty Member: Professor Alex Armand has joined Nova SBE in September 2019. His research focuses on human capital and the political economy of developing countries. His current work focuses on the effect of providing education-related cash transfers on household outcomes, on the effect of local community engagement on natural resource management, on the role of media... Read More
NOVAFRICA Working Paper: “Experimental Long-Term Effects of Early-Childhood and School-Age Exposure to a Conditional Cash Transfer Program”
A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Papers Series. Written by Teresa Molina Millán, Karen Macours, John A. Maluccio and Luis Tejerina, this paper analyses the Experimental Long-Term Effects of Early-Childhood and School-Age Exposure to a Conditional Cash Transfer Program. Title: Experimental Long-Term Effects of Early-Childhood and School-Age Exposure to a Conditional... Read More
62 days in Gambia: A life experience story by a NOVAFRICA Intern
During this summer I had the opportunity to participate on a field-experiment on migration and development economics as a research assistant. The internship took place in The Gambia, also known to be “The smiling coast of Africa”. In total, I spent 62 days working on a research on illegal migration. However, this experience started some... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar: “Follow the leader: Using videos to make information on resource revenue management more relevant”
On Thursday, September 26, at 02.30 pm, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Christa Brunnschweiler from the University of East Anglia, to present her work on resource revenue management. Author: Christa Brunnschweiler, University of East Anglia. Abstract: Donors and policymakers have been promoting transparency in resource revenue management in resource-rich developing countries as a sort of panacea to increase accountability, combat... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar: “The Refugee’s Dilemma – Jewish Outmigration from Nazi Germany”
On Wednesday, September 18, at 02.30 pm, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Mathias Thoenig from the Lausanne University, to present his work on migration decisions in a context of uncertainty. Author: Mathias Thoening, Lausanne University. Abstract: By the end of 1938, more than two-thirds of the Jewish community was still located in Germany. In this paper we estimate the push and pull... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar: “Can collective action be trained?”
On Wednesday, July 3, at 02.30 pm, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Paulo Santos, from the Monash University, to present his work on collective action and training. Author: Paulo Santos, Monash University. Abstract: We present experimental evidence of the impact of playing a common property resource (CPR) game on real life cooperation and its economic benefits. The CPR... Read More
Tavneet Suri: Insights from her Work
Tavneet Suri is the Louis E. Seley Professor of Applied Economics and an Associate Professor of Applied Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Additionally, she is the editor-in-chief of VoxDev; Scientific Director for Africa for J-PAL; Co-Chair of the Agricultural Technology Adoption Initiative at J-PAL; a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau... Read More