NOVAFRICA News: The COVID-19 pandemic decreased irregular migration, but only initially!
The COVID-19 pandemic has initially decreased irregular migration to Europe by the poorest African youth. But more recently the migration numbers have been rising –... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Workshop in The Gambia about Irregular Migration to Europe.
Join us online this Wednesday, July 7th, in a workshop that takes place in The Gambia about the NOVAFRICA project “Information Gaps and Irregular Migration... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: congratulations to Jules Gazeaud
Congratulations to NOVAFRICA resident member Jules Gazeaud for his article “On Cash Transfers and Migration: Theory and Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial” (joint Eric Mvukiyehe and Olivier... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: The Migrant Crisis in Spain
Thousands of migrants, many of them minors, have crossed the border from Morocco into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta. Catia Batista, scientific director of NOVAFRICA, analyzed... Read More
NOVAFRICA Working Paper “How has COVID-19 affected the intention to migrate via the backway to Europe? Survey evidence and a salience experiment”
A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series. Written by Tijan L.Banh, Catia Batista, Flore Gubert and David MacKenzie, this... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: How to support Cabo Delgado’s crisis?
The conflict in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, and the tragic humanitarian situation in the region were analysed in SIC Notícias by Cátia Batista and Pedro Vicente.... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: The need to create legal paths to replace irregular migration.
Catia Batista, Scientific Director of the Nova SBE’s NOVAFRICA knowledge center, talks about irregular migration to Portugal in SIC Notícias. The current crisis as... Read More
NOVAFRICA Session in the Eurafrican Forum: Is Africa affected by a “brain drain” or a “brain gain”?
The NOVAFRICA session in the Euroafrican Forum debated the topic “Retaining Talent in Africa”. Galina Vysotskaya and Alberto Marden da Cruz, two NOVAFRICA graduate students,... Read More
“NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks” Podcast
Listen here to the “NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks” Podcast. These series of audio talks about development in Africa bring together experts from a wide range... 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
