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
Demystifying Migration
International migration flows have been growing in the last decades all over the world. At the same time, anti-migration policies are being widely adopted as... Read More
The impact of Covid-19 on intentions to migrate from Africa to Europe
The COVID-19 pandemic restricted the already limited opportunities to emigrate legally from Africa to Europe. Border closures were a mechanism used by most countries to... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar: Household Expenditure in the Wake of Terrorism: evidence from high frequency in-home-scanner data
On Wednesday, November 24th, at 02.30 pm, Lisbon time, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Elena Stancanelli from Paris School of Economics to present her work on Household Expenditure... Read More
NOVAFRICA Merit Scholarship awarded with the support of Five Thousand Miles
The NOVAFRICA Merit Scholarship was formally awarded to Prince Okenna, a Nigerian student. of the Masters in International Development & Public Policy. This scholarship has... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Wayne Sandholtz AER article discussed in the Financial Times
Read the Financial Times news piece on the American Economic Review article “The complicated legacy of Liberia’s experiment in outsourcing school management” by Wayne Sandholtz from... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Special lecture by Manuel de Araújo on “Cities that work: the case of Quelimane, Mozambique”.
NOVAFRICA welcomes Manuel de Araújo Mayor of Quelimane City, Mozambique for a Special Lecture, on November 12th, at 04.00 pm, in Teresa and Alexandre Soares dos Santos... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Catia Batista talks to The Economist
In an article in The Economist, Cátia Batista talks about the benefits of emigration for politics and entrepreneurship in countries of origin. Read Kinley Salmon’s... Read More
NOVAFRICA Student Group previews the NOVAFRICA seminar by Jonathan Weigel
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a fragile state which needs to build completely a tax revenue base as it has the lowest tax-GDP ratios in... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar: Optimal Assignment of Bureaucrats: Evidence from Randomly Assigned Tax Collectors in the DRC
On Friday, November 10th, at 02.30 pm, Lisbon time, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Jonathan Weigel from the London School of Economics to present his work on Optimal Assignment of Bureaucrats:... Read More