NOVAFRICA Working Paper: Can Information and Alternatives to Irregular Migration Reduce “Backway” Migration?
A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series! Title: Can Information and Alternatives to Irregular Migration Reduce “Backway” Migration from... Read More
NOVAFRICA Working Paper: “Adopting Mobile Money Evidence From An Experiment in Rural Africa”
A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Papers Series. Written by Catia Batista and Pedro C. Vicente, this paper describes the mobile... Read More
NOVAFRICA Welcomes New Faculty Member: Alex Armand
NOVAFRICA Welcomes New Faculty Member: Professor Alex Armand has joined Nova SBE in September 2019. His research focuses on human capital and the political economy... Read More
NOVAFRICA Working Paper: “Experimental Long-Term Effects of Early-Childhood and School-Age Exposure to a Conditional Cash Transfer Program”
A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Papers Series. Written by Teresa Molina Millán, Karen Macours, John A. Maluccio and Luis Tejerina,... 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
Knowledge in Motion with Professor Cátia Batista
Professor Cátia Batista was invited to be part of the Nova SBE series “Knowledge in Motion”. This time the theme is about the recent publication “Migrant Remittances and... Read More
2016 NOVAFRICA Conference on Economic Development in Africa
On the 14th and 15th of July, NOVAFRICA held a conference on innovations and challenges of economic development in Africa. The conference, in which renowned... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar:
” Asymmetry of Information within Family Networks”
On Wednesday, May 18th, at 11.00am, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Alice Mesnard, from the City University London to present her work on the effects of... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar:“Girls’ Schooling Choices and Home Production: Evidence from Pakistan”
On Wednesday, November 25th, at 2.30pm, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Hugo Reis, from the Bank of Portugal to present his work on children’s schooling and mothers’ labour... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar:“Measuring and Changing Control: Women Empowerment and Targeted Transfers”
On Wednesday, October 6th, at 2.00pm, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Alex Armand, from Universidad de Navarra to present his work on women empowerment and cash transfers in Macedonia.... Read More
