International Consultant for Guinea-Bissau
The Government of Guinea-Bissau has opened a vacancy of International Consultant to Promote the Registration of Entrepreneurs Adhering to the “Statute of Entreprenant”. To access the terms of reference, see the link: http://novafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Other-Opportunities-Consultor-Individual.pdf In case of interest, send a CV to Francisco Moraes Leitão Campos, by e-mail fcampos@worldbank.org.
Country Director for NOVAFRICA in Mozambique
NOVAFRICA seek qualified applicants for the position of Country Director (CD) for its office in Maputo, Mozambique. NOVAFRICA is a knowledge center created by the Nova School of Business and Economics of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa in 2011. Its mission is to produce expertise with an impact on business and economic development in Africa.... Read More
Project Coordinator for NOVAFRICA in Mozambique
Professors Catia Batista (Nova SBE), Gharad Bryan (LSE) and Dean Karlan (Yale) seek qualified applicants for the position of Project Coordinator (PC) for their “Farmer participatory experimentation” project in Mozambique. The focus of the project is on teaching farmers how to experiment properly on their own plots with the objective of allowing farmers to correctly... Read More
A talk with David Drott
On December 7th, 2016, David Drott gave a talk in the NOVAFRICA Seminar Series. His seminar was entitled “Long-Range Growth: Economic Development in the Global Network of Air Links”. 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... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar:
“Interpersonal Inequality, Intrahousehold Inequalities and Poverty in Senegal”
On Wednesday, February 1st, at 2.30pm, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Sylvie Lambert from Paris School of Economics to present her work. Authors: Sylvie Lambert (Paris School of Economics) Abstract: This paper uses a novel survey to re-examine inequality levels in Senegal. Using consumption data collected at a relatively disaggregated level within households, it first underlines that consumption inequality... Read More
NOVAFRICA Merit Scholarships
NOVAFRICA has been promoting the NOVAFRICA Merit Scholarships Program since 2012. This scholarship is awarded to outstanding students from sub-Saharan African countries who have been accepted at Nova SBE. It consists of a tuition waiver and subsistence allowance. Before being considered for this scholarship, students must secure admission in a Nova SBE degree of their... Read More
NOVAFRICA Merit Scholarships
NOVAFRICA has been promoting the NOVAFRICA Merit Scholarships Program since 2012. This scholarship is awarded to outstanding students from sub-Saharan African countries who have been accepted at Nova SBE. It consists of a tuition waiver and subsistence allowance. Before being considered for this scholarship, students must secure admission in a Nova SBE degree of their... Read More
A talk with Jessica Goldberg
On November 23th, 2016, Jessica Goldberg gave a talk in NOVAFRICA Seminar Series. Her seminar was entitled “When Defaults Matter: Behavioral Economics and The Use of Savings Accounts in Malawi”. After the seminar the NOVAFRICA Student Group asked her a few questions about the paper she presented and her research in general. You can see... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar:
“Long-Range Growth: Economic Development in the Global Network of Air Links”
On Wednesday, December 7th, at 2.30pm, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes David Drott from University of Zurich to present his work. Authors: David Drott (University of Zurich) Abstract: We study the impact of international long-distance flights on the global spatial allocation of economic activity. To identify causal effects, we exploit variation due to regulatory and technological constraints which... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar:
“When Defaults Matter: Behavioral Economics and The Use of Savings Accounts in Malawi”
On Wednesday, November 23th, at 2.30pm, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Jessica Goldberg from University of Maryland to present her work. Authors: Jessica Goldberg (University of Maryland) Abstract: We assess the propensity of owners of a savings account to switch to another, cheaper account, once fees are introduced to their hitherto free account, compared to that of a... Read More