NOVAFRICA Podcast: Monetary Incentives and Image Motivation: Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Experiment
Listen to the fourth series of the “NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks” Podcast. This series of audio talks about economic development in Africa brings together experts... Read More
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 Working Paper: Can Information and Alternatives to Irregular Migration Reduce “Backway” Migration?
A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series. Written by Tijan L.Bah, Catia Batista, Flore Gubert and David McKenzie this... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Pre-conference PhD Workshop on Experiments in Development Economics
Can´t miss the pre-conference PhD Workshop on Experiments in Development Economics! The initiative of the NOVAFRICA PhD students will take place on June 21 at... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: PhD Summer School Courses on Economic Development
You can’t miss this year’s Ph.D. Summer School on Economic Development. From June 27th to 30th, Professor David McKenzie, from the World Bank, will teach a... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: NOVAFRICA supports Female Empowerment!
On 2022 International Women’s Day, NOVAFRICA celebrates and suppports female empowerment. In Mozambique we reduced the gender profit gap by providing female-led businesses with management... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Annual newsletter
NOVAFRICA‘s welcome to 2022! In this new year, we would like to share with you our achievements in 2021 and our goals for 2022. Read... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Wayne Sandholtz AER article discussed in the Financial Times
Read the Financial Times news piece on the American Economic Review article “The complicated legacy of Liberia’s experiment in outsourcing school management” by Wayne Sandholtz from... 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
New NOVAFRICA Working Paper: “Let’s Call! Using the Phone to Increase Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccines”
A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series. Written by Alex Armand, Mattia Fracchia, and Pedro Vicente this paper develops and... Read More
