NOVAFRICA Seminar:
“Homogeneous teams and productivity – Experimental Evidence from Kenya”
Next Wednesday, March 11th, at 2pm, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Vincent Pons, from Harvard University to present his work about team composition, ethnic homogeneity and team productivity. Authors: Benjamin Marx, Vincent Pons and Tavneet Suri. Abstract: We present findings from a randomized experiment manipulating the composition of teams in a Kenyan organization. Staff members in a canvassing exercise... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar:
“Using Preference Parameter Estimates to Tailor Incentives: Evidence from Polio Vaccination Drives in Pakistan”
Last Wednesday, February 18th, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomed Michael Callen, from the Harvard Kennedy School who presented his work on how to optimize public sector wage contracts in Pakistan. The research project, funded by the IGC, proposes a set of technological and incentive contract innovations aimed at making vaccination efforts more cost-effective. Eliminating polio in Pakistan is a central global public health... Read More
NOVAFRICA Working Paper: “Leadership paradoxes in Angolan organizations”
A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series. Written by Miguel Pina e Cunha, Armanda Fortes, Filipa Rodrigues and Arménio Rego, this paper explores the emergence of paradox in the leadership of Angolan organizations. Title: Leadership paradoxes in Angolan organizations: Emic paradoxes, etic paradoxes, and paradox work Authors: Miguel Pina e Cunha, Armanda... Read More
NOVAFRICA Lecture: Professor Sir Paul Collier on “Effective Organizations – Why they are Scarce in Africa and What Can be Done About It”
On 9th of January, NOVAFRICA kickstarted the new year with a lecture by a prestigious guest – Sir Paul Collier – Professor at Oxford University and Co-Director of the Centre for the Study of African Economies, who recently received a knighthood for services to promoting research and policy change in Africa. Paul Collier, who is an Advisory board... Read More
NOVAFRICA Working Paper: “Do Migrants Send Remittances as a Way of Self-Insurance?”
A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series. Written by Catia Batista and Janis Umblijs, this paper uses a tailored representative survey conducted in Ireland to examine the relationship between risk aversion and migrant remittances. Title: Do Migrants Send Remittances as a Way of Self-Insurance? Authors: Catia Batista and Janis... Read More
NOVAFRICA Internship in Mozambique: Research and Implementation of Mobile Banking
During the summer of 2014, I was granted the Experiencing the World Fellowship through the Kellogg Institute for International Studies. My fellowship allowed me to do a six weeks long research internship in Maputo, Mozambique with NOVAFRICA. Specifically, the team with which I was working was doing a research on the impact of the introduction... Read More
NOVAFRICA News in ‘El Pais’
Godfrey Madigu, Research Assistant at the Instituto Cultura y Sociedad de la Universidad de Navarra, wrote about his experience as a field research assistant this summer at NOVAFRICA and the work of the Center in Mozambique in the spanish newspaper ‘El Pais’. More about the research project on the role of technology, financial resources and... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar: “Competition and Relational Contracts: Evidence from Rwanda’s Coffee Mills”
Next Wednesday, November 5th, at 2pm, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Ameet Morjaria, from Harvard University to present his work about competition and relational Contracts. Authors: Rocco Macchiavello and Ameet Morjaria. Abstract: We study the effects of competition in the procurement of raw materials on relational contracts (RC) using Rwanda’s coffee sector as a case study.... Read More
NOVAFRICA Welcomes First Student For the Kofi Annan Business School Foundation Scholarship
During the annual board meeting of the Kofi Annan Business School Foundation, that took place on october 16th and 17th at Nova SBE, NOVAFRICA also presented the first fellow of the program in Lisbon, Elmira Gama. Elmira, originally from São Tomé and Príncipe, came to Nova SBE in December 2010 to obtain a Bachelor in... Read More
Nova SBE hosts Annual Board Meeting of the Kofi Annan Business School Foundation
On October 16th and 17th, Nova SBE will host the annual board meeting of the Kofi Annan Business Schools Foundation (KABS Foundation). Nova SBE is one of the associated business schools of the KABS Foundation since January 2013, and NOVAFRICA became responsible for the management of the Kofi Annan fellowship. This fellowship is awarded for... Read More