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
NOVAFRICA Workshop on Impact Evaluation of Transparency and Accountability Initiatives on the Extractives Industry
On the 6th of March, NOVAFRICA organized, in partnership with the University Eduardo Mondlane and the University of Navarra, a workshop on Transparency and Accountability Initiatives on the Extractives Industries in Mozambique. The workshop was carried out as a prospective initiative for the design of a new research project on the impact of transparency policies... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar:“Firms’ Growth, Corruption, Taxation and Financial Intermediation in Developing Countries”
Next Wednesday, March 18th, at 2.00pm, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Jonathan Goyette, from Sherbrooke University to present his work on distortions on firms’ growth, corruption, taxation and economic development. Authors: Jonathan Goyette Abstract: Evidence at the firm-level of the effects of various distortions on firms’ growth focus usually on a distortion in isolation or on a specific country. A systematic... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar:“Regional Migration, Insurance and Economic Shocks: Evidence from Nicaragua”
Next Friday, March 13th, at 11.30am, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Teresa Molina Millán, from the Paris School of Economics to present her work about internal migration, and co-insurance motives. Authors: Teresa Molina Millán Abstract: In developing countries, the large majority of migrants move inside their own countries or to neighboring regions, yet there is limited evidence on whether internal migrants represent... Read More
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