NOVAFRICA in the Spotlight
On July 3rd, 2018, Cátia Batista and Pedro Vicente gave an interview to the University of Notre Dame. Catia and Pedro discussed their three-year study on mobile money... Read More
NOVAFRICA Conference on “Community health and the reduction of maternal and infant mortality”
NOVAFRICA, in partnership with VIDA, organised a conference on December 11, 2017. The event, which took place at Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, addressed the topic “Community... Read More
NOVAFRICA Program: First MDI in Portuguese
NOVAFRICA organized the first Management Development Institute (MDI) in Portuguese, which occurred from 03 to 09 December 2017 in Maputo, Mozambique. The MDI is a... 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 CONFERENCE: “Community health and the reduction of maternal and infant mortality”
On December 11, NOVAFRICA in partnership with VIDA will host a conference on Community health and the reduction of maternal and infant mortality. The conference is an... Read More
A talk with Pedro Vicente
On January 21th, 2017, Pedro Vicente gave an interview to the RDP Africa program “Cientificamente”. Pedro discussed several topics related to economic development in Portuguese-speaking African... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar:
“Child Height and Intergenerational Transmission of Health: Evidence from Ethnic Indians in England”
On Monday, October 10th, at 2.30pm, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Alessandro Tarozzi from Universitat Pompeu Fabra to present his work. Authors: Alessandro Tarozzi (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) Abstract:... 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:
“Secondary school as a contraceptive: almost experimental evidence from Burundi”
On Wednesday, 11 May, at 2.30 pm, the NOVAFRICA Center hosted Philip Verwimp of the Université Libre de Bruxelles to present his work on the... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar: “Vitamin A Deficiency and Training to Farmers: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Mozambique”
On Tuesday, January 12th, at 2.30pm, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Rute Martins Caeiro, from the Nova School of Business and Economics to present her work on vitamin... Read More
