People of NOVAFRICA: Stefan Leeffers
Stefan Leeffers, from the Netherlands, is a husband, father of three daughters, a consultant at the World Bank and a PhD candidate in Economics at... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Brotéria-NOVAFRICA seminar on conflict and natural resources by Pedro Vicente
“How can public policies prevent conflict and radicalization in resource-rich African contexts?” was the question addressed in this seminar by Professor Pedro Vicente. This seminar... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: new article on the curse of natural resources in Mozambique published in the AER
Congratulations to NOVAFRICA resident members, Alex Armand, Alexander Coutts, Pedro C. Vicente and Inês Vilela for their article “Does Information Break the Political Resource Curse?... Read More
NOVAFRICA In the News: Ways to Reduce the Conflict in Cabo Delgado
In an interview to Expresso Newspaper, Pedro Vicente, Scientific Director of NOVAFRICA, talked about two NOVAFRICA projects that are helping to reduce conflict and religious... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: new cycle, new challenges in Mozambique
Pedro Vicente, Scientific Director of the Nova’s knowledge center, analyses the re-election of Mozambique’s President Filipe Nyusi in an interview to SIC Notícias. The Scientific... 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 Seminar: “Follow the leader: Using videos to make information on resource revenue management more relevant”
On Thursday, September 26, at 02.30 pm, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Christa Brunnschweiler from the University of East Anglia, to present her work on resource revenue management. Author: Christa... Read More
NOVAFRICA Working Paper: “Does Information Break the Political Resource Curse? Experimental Evidence from Mozambique”
A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Papers Series. Written by Alex Armand, Alexander Coutts, Pedro C. Vicente and Inês Vilela this... Read More
NOVAFRICA Working Paper: “The Gold Digger and the Machine Evidence on the Distributive Effect of the Artisanal and Industrial Gold Rushes in Burkina Faso”
A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Papers Series. Written by Remi Bazillier and Victoire Girard this paper analyzes the Distributive Effect... Read More
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
