VCW’17 Conference | October 9
NOVAFRICA endorses the “Innovation and Science for Social Impact” Conference organized by VCW on October 9, 2017. This conference will focus on projects and institutions working on innovation and science for social impact. Topics related to Teaching and Cooperation, Entrepreneurship, Organization and Funding of Social Projects will be discussed. This conference promises to be an excellent... Read More
Project Coordinators for NOVAFRICA Projects in Angola and Guinea-Bissau
Professors Pedro Vicente (Nova SBE) and Teresa Molina (Nova SBE) seek qualified applicants for two positions of Project Coordinator (PC) for a project on the impact evaluation of Profuturo in primary schools of Angola and for a project on incentives of community health agents in Guinea-Bissau. For additional information about the projects see here: Angola... Read More
NOVAFRICA Working Paper:
“Improving Access to Savings through Mobile Money: Experimental Evidence from Smallholder Farmers in Mozambique”
A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series. Written by Cátia Batista and Pedro Vicente this paper analyzes the access to savings through Mobile Money. Title: Improving Access to Savings through Mobile Money: Experimental Evidence from Smallholder Farmers in Mozambique Authors: Catia Batista and Pedro Vicente Abstract: Investment in improved agricultural inputs... Read More
Improving Access to Savings through Mobile Money: Experimental Evidence from Smallholder Farmers in Mozambique
ISSN 2183-0843 Working Paper No 1705 August 2017 Abstract Investment in improved agricultural inputs is infrequent for smallholder farmers in Africa. One barrier may be limited access to formal savings. We designed and conducted a field experiment in rural Mozambique that randomized access to a savings account through mobile money to a sample of smallholder... Read More
Workshop on Globalization and Development
On June 9, 2017, NOVAFRICA, the World Bank and Banco de Portugal organized an all-day workshop in Salão Nobre, at Nova SBE. The Workshop was under the theme “Globalization and Development”, with the participation of renowned economics scholars such as Beata Javorcik, from Oxford University, Daron Acemoglu, from MIT, or Eric Verhoogen, from Columbia University.... Read More
Economia Viva 2017 – Paths to African development
“Which way for African development?” was the name of the session of Economia Viva 2017 organized by the Nova Economics Club, the Nova Students’ Union, and the NOVAFRICA knowledge center. The session was moderated by Ana Paula Gomes and the panel of speakers was composed of Maria Hermínia Cabral, Miguel Silvestre, Paula Barros, Patrícia Maridalho... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar: “Gender Differences in the Choice of Major: The Importance of Female Role Models”
On Wednesday, June 28th, at 2.30pm, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Danila Serra, from Southern Methodist University, to present her work. Author: Danila Serra (Southern Methodist University) Abstract: Women have been traditionally underrepresented in several fields of study, notably those with the highest returns. While in the last two decades many disciplines, including mathematics and physical... Read More
NOVAFRICA 2017 Summer Internships
NOVAFRICA is excited to launch the 2017 Summer Research Internship Program! Project: Natural Resources in Mozambique Interns: Maria Benedita Carvalho and Alexander Wisse Project: Health Agents in Guinea-Bissau Interns: Maria Sousa and Xaver Schenker Project: Cash Transfers in Guinea-Bissau Interns: Giulia Caivano and João Dias NOVAFRICA knows all the projects will gain with their participation, motivation and... Read More
Globalization and Development Workshop
NOVAFRICA, the World Bank and Banco de Portugal are organizing a workshop on Globalization and Development. The workshop is an all-day event, starting at 9 am, on June 9, 2017. It will take place at Nova SBE, in Lisbon. We will count with the participation of renowned economics scholars, such as Daron Acemoglu, from MIT,... Read More
A talk with Jaime Millán-Quijano
On June 7th, 2017, Jaime Millán-Quijano gave a talk in the NOVAFRICA Seminar Series. His seminar was entitled “Internal Cocaine Trafficking And Armed Violence In Colombia”. After the seminar the NOVAFRICA Student Group asked him a few questions about the paper he presented and his research in general. You can see the video here. Written... Read More