NOVAFRICA Webinar: “Psychological and Material Determinants of Economic Investments and Outcomes in Rural Kenya”
On Wednesday, July 1st, at 02.30 pm, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Kate Orkin from the University of Oxford, to present her work on the psychological and material determinants... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: new AEA P&P article on the adoption of mobile money in Mozambique
Congratulations to Catia Batista and Pedro C. Vicente, scientific directors of NOVAFRICA at Nova School of Business and Economics, for their article “Adopting Mobile Money:... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: congratulations to Cátia Batista and Pedro Vicente
Congratulations to Cátia Batista and Pedro Vicente, Scientific Directors of NOVAFRICA, for their article published in World Development. The article entitled “Improving Access to Savings... 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 Working Paper: “Aspirations, Expectations, Identities: Behavioral Constraints of Micro-Entrepreneurs”
A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Papers Series. Written by Catia Batista and Julia Seither, this paper experimentally evaluates an... Read More
Economics at the Service of People
The Nobel Prize of Economics awarded to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer celebrates a revolution in economics. It is a well-deserved distinction of... 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
62 days in Gambia: A life experience story by a NOVAFRICA Intern
During this summer I had the opportunity to participate on a field-experiment on migration and development economics as a research assistant. The internship took place... Read More
Europe is cool!
Britain votes to leave the European Union. Yellows vests color and unrest France and other European countries. Several European governments are elected with a mandate... 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
