Who is afraid of urbanization?
Since the green revolution of the 1950s and 1960s, we have all believed that the development of the African continent involves improving its agricultural productivity.... Read More
NOVAFRICA Webinar: “Search Cost, Intermediation, and Trade: Experimental Evidence from Ugandan Agricultural Markets”
On Wednesday, April 21th, at 02.30 pm, Lisbon time, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Craig McIntosh from University of California to present his work on Search... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: congratulations to Cátia Batista and Pedro Vicente
Congratulations to Cátia Batista and Pedro Vicente, Scientific Directors of NOVAFRICA, for their article published in World Development. The article entitled “Improving Access to Savings... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar “From Learning to Doing: Diffusion of Agricultural Innovations in Guinea-Bissau”
On Wednesday, November 27, at 02.30 pm, Rute Martins Caeiro from Nova School of Business and Economics will present her job market paper on the pathways of... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar: “Land Trade and Development: A Market Design Approach”
On Thursday, January 31, at 2.30 pm, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Gharad Bryan, from the London School of Economics (LSE), to present his work. Author: Gharad Bryan, LSE... Read More
The Uses of Development Economics: A talk with Abhijit Banerjee
On November 7, 2017, NOVAFRICA welcomes Professor Abhijit Banerjee from MIT for a talk under the theme “The Uses of Development Economics”. This event, co-organized by NOVAFRICA,... Read More
NOVAFRICA Working Paper:
“Improving Access to Savings through Mobile Money: Experimental Evidence from Smallholder Farmers in Mozambique”
A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series. Written by Cátia Batista and Pedro Vicente this paper analyzes the access to... Read More
Improving Access to Savings through Mobile Money: Experimental Evidence from Smallholder Farmers in Mozambique
ISSN 2183-0843 Working Paper No 1705 August 2017 Abstract Investment in improved agricultural inputs is infrequent for smallholder farmers in Africa. One barrier may be... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar:
“Low Quality, Low Returns, Low Adoption: Evidence from the Market for Fertilizer and Hybrid Seed in Uganda”
On Wednesday, April 6th, at 2.30pm, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Jakob Svensson, from the Institute for International Economic Studies to present his work on the... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar:
“Can Network Theory-based Targeting Increase Technology Adoption?”
On Wednesday, March 2nd, at 2.30pm, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Jeremy Magruder, from the University of California, Berkeley to present his work on theory-driven network... Read More
