Paying local taxes remains a persistent challenge in many contexts, shaping both public revenues and the trust between citizens and local governments. In the next session of the NOVAFRICA – International Growth Centre at Quelimane 2025 Webinar Series, Professor Wayne Sandholtz from Nova School of Business and Economics will present on: Willingness to Pay Local... Read More

What are the effects of legal short-term migration on households in origin countries? As we begin the 2025/2026 NOVAFRICA Seminar Series, we are pleased to welcome Professor Melanie Morten from Stanford University, who will present her paper on Wednesday, September 10, at 11:30 AM (Lisbon time) in Room D-115 at Nova School of Business and... Read More

NOVAFRICA affiliates Cláudia Custódio and Diogo Mendes, together with Daniel Metzger, used a randomized controlled trial to assess the impact of an executive finance program on medium and large firms in Mozambique. The results? ✅ Executives made smarter, more strategic financial decisions. ✅ Firms reduced working capital and accounts receivable, freeing up cash flow. ✅... Read More

The NOVAFRICA – International Growth Centre at Quelimane 2025 Webinar Series brings together international researchers working on Quelimane, Mozambique, to present their research on economic development, climate change, taxation, migration, and urban infrastructure. To kick off the series, we are pleased to welcome Professor Pedro Vicente, NOVAFRICA Scientific Director and Professor at Nova School of... Read More

By NOVAFRICA Nova School of Business and Economics professor Adeline Delavande with co-authors, Sonia Bhalotra, Paulino Font Gilabert, and Joanna Maselko. Using survey-based measures of mothers’ expectations, the authors examine how perceived effort costs and expected returns shape two key maternal investments in newborns: breastfeeding and stimulation. They find: ✅ Significant heterogeneity across mothers in... Read More

A new study in the Journal of Development Economics explores whether wage subsidies can help break the cycle of long-term unemployment. In a large-scale randomized experiment in North Macedonia, NOVAFRICA Nova School of Business and Economics Professor Alex Armand, together with NOVAFRICA External Member Pedro Carneiro, Federico Tagliati, and Yiming Xia, tested a simple idea:... Read More

🎙️ New! Episode 8 of season 7  of the NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks, we welcome Professor Tanguy Bernard from the Bordeaux School of Economics to discuss his paper: “Promoting Unobservable Food Safety in Smallholder Agriculture: Evidence from Nigeria.”   Professor Bernard explores the challenges smallholder farmers face in adopting food safety practices—focusing on aflatoxin contamination... Read More

“Is Mobile Money Changing Rural Africa? Evidence from a Field Experiment”   By NOVAFRICA Scientific Directors, Professors Cátia Batista and Pedro C. Vicente. This paper evaluates the introduction of mobile money in rural Mozambique through a randomized field experiment, providing causal evidence on how it increased out migration from rural villages by reducing remittance transaction... Read More

In episode 7 of season 7 of the NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks, we chat with Professor Lydia Assouad from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) about her article: “Leadership and Nation-Building.”   In this conversation, Professor Assouad discusses how political leadership shaped nation-building in Turkey. She examines the effects of Atatürk’s visits... Read More