NOVAFRICA Conference on Financial Development in Mozambique – Innovation and Challenges
On the 8th of July, NOVAFRICA, in partnership with the Central Bank of Mozambique and the International Growth Center, will hold a conference on innovations and challenges concerning financial development in Mozambique. The conference, in which renowned researchers from the United States and Portugal will participate, will report upon current initiatives and research projects that... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar:
“Risk, Ambiguity and the Adoption of Innovations”
Next Wednesday, May 27th, at 2.00pm, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Paulo Santos, from Monash University to present his work on risk aversion, ambiguity and the adoption of innovations in agriculture. Authors: Tim Capon, Nicholas Ross and Paulo Santos Abstract: The slow adoption of innovations in less developed countries has long been a puzzle, given the high expected... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar:
“When Do Voters Sanction Violence? A Vignette Experiment in Kenya”
Next Wednesday, May 13th, at 2.00pm, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Roxana Gutiérrez Romero, from the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona to present her work on electoral violence, and voter sanctions. Authors: Roxana Gutiérrez Romero and Adrienne LeBas Abstract: Electoral violence has become a persistent feature of elections in many of today’s democratizing or “hybrid” regimes. An emerging literature explains this... Read More
NOVAFRICA 2015 Summer Research Internships
The NOVAFRICA Center is now taking applications for the 2015 summer research internships. The internships will be held in the context of various research projects. In most of these projects we conduct randomized impact evaluations of interventions such as community-driven development of schools in Angola, management training of microentrepreneurs in the Maputo area, introduction of... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar:
“The Effect of Labor Migration on the Diffusion of Democracy: Evidence from a Former Soviet Republic”
Next Friday, May 8th, at 2.00pm in room 308, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Hillel Rapoport, from the Paris School of Economis to present his work on the effect of migration on political preferences in Moldova. Authors: Toman Omar Mahmoud, Hillel Rapoport, Andreas Steinmayr and Christoph Trebesch Abstract: Migration contributes to the circulation of goods, knowledge, and ideas. Using community and individual-level data... Read More
NOVAFRICA in the News: Horacio Larreguy on Voter’s Education and Voter’s Participation
On April 8th, NOVAFRICA invited an expert in his field – Horacio Larreguy – Professor at Harvard University and associated with several research institutes in Harvard such as the Center for International Development, to present his current work on education and political participation. In an interview to the newspaper Público after the NOVAFRICA seminar, Horacio Larreguy explained that his findings challenge... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar: “Discrimination as a self-financing probe: evidence of French supermarkets”
Next Wednesday, April 29 at 2:00 PM, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes William Parienté of the Catholic University of Louvain to present his work on distortions about the self-fulfilling prophecy of discrimination. Authors: Dylan Glover, Amanda Pallais and William Parienté Abstract: Examining the performance of cashiers in a French grocery store chain, we find that discrimination... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar:
“Leadership in Angolan organizations: Emic paradoxes, etic paradoxes, and paradox work”
On Wednesday, April 22nd, at 2.00pm, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Filipa Rodrigues, from Nova SBE to present her work on leadership in Angolan organizations. Authors: Miguel Pina e Cunha, Armanda Fortes, Filipa Rodrigues and Arménio Rego Abstract: The study departs from two assumptions. First, it considers that organizations and their leadership are inherently paradoxical and that, in that sense, dealing with... Read More
NOVAFRICA Working Paper:
“Exchange Rate Pressure in Angola”
A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series. Written by Francesco Franco, Júlio António Rocha Delgado, Suzana Camacho Monteiro and Pedro Castro e Silva, this paper analyzes exchange rate pressure in Angola. Title: Exchange rate pressure in Angola Authors: Francesco Franco, Júlio António Rocha Delgado, Suzana Camacho Monteiro and Pedro Castro e... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar:
“Deliberate Disengagement: How Education Decreases Political Participation in Electoral Authoritarian Regimes”
On Wednesday, April 8th, at 2.00pm, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Horacio Larreguy, from Harvard University to present his work on education, political participation, and deliberate disengagement in electoral authoritarian regimes. Authors: Kevin Croke, Guy Grossman, Horacio A. Larreguy and John Marshall Abstract: A large literature examining advanced and consolidating democracies suggests that education increases political participation. However, in electoral... Read More