NOVAFRICA Seminar: Asymmetry in Civic Information: An Experiment on Tax Participation among Informal Firms in Togo
On Friday, December 10th, at 02.30 pm, Lisbon time, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Moussa Blimpo from the World Bank to present his work on Household Expenditure in... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Visit of the Governor of the Central Bank of Cape Verde
It was an honor to receive the visit of Oscar Santos, the Governor of the Central Bank of Cape Verde, at the NOVAFRICA Knowledge center.... Read More
NOVAFRICA Student Group previews the NOVAFRICA seminar by Elena Stancanelli
How does the consumer behavior change due to terrorism? Elena Stancanelli from the Paris School of Economics will present the paper “Household Expenditure in the... 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: 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