July 14th and 15th,
2016 Lisbon, Portugal.
Keynote Presentations
Stefan Dercon
Professor of Economics at the University of Oxford
Organizers
David McKenzie
Lead Economist at the World Bank
Edward Miguel
Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley
Cátia Batista
Universidade Nova de Lisboa | CReAM | IZA
Pedro Vicente
Universidade Nova de Lisboa | BREAD
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Arrival Information
Airplane
The easiest way to come to Lisbon is by airplane. The Lisbon Portela Airport connects Lisbon to more than 100 destinations. The airport is 7km away from the city centre. After arriving you can take the metro (every day from 6.30am until 1.00am), which will only take approximately 30 minutes to the venue and it will cost 1.90€. You can also take the airport shuttle that connects the airport to the city centre (every day from 7.00am until 23.20pm), which will cost 3.50€. Alternatively you can also take a taxi which will cost approximately 10€ or rent a car at the airport (all price are reference prices). Prices are subject to change without notice and may vary from time to time). Find out more here.
Train
You can travel overnight by train. There are trains connecting Madrid (Lusitânia Comboio Hotel), Vigo (Celta train) and Irun (Sud Expresso) to Lisbon.
Local Accommodation
Intercontinental Lisboa
web map 135€/Night – Single Deluxe Room | 155€/Night – Double Deluxe Room Location: 9 minutes walking to conference venue Instructions: Email Carla Coutinho referring to NOVAFRICA Conference via carla.coutinho@ihg.com.
Hotel Real Palácio 5*****
web map 80€/Night – Single Room | 90€/Night – Double Room Location: 8/9 minutes walking to conference venue Instructions: Go to the website, choose the hotel (Hotel Real Palácio), and on the window “Corporate/Promotion Code”, insert the code “104”.
Hotel Real Parque 4****
web map 60€/Night – Single Room | 70€/Night Location: 9/10 minutes walking to conference venue Instructions: Go to the website, choose the hotel (Hotel Real Parque), and on the window “Corporate/Promotion Code”, insert the code “104”.
Sana Executive
web map Location: 5 minutes distance by taxi to conference venue Instructions: Email sanaexecutive@sanahotels.com, referring to NOVAFRICA Conference and you will benefit 20% reduction on the price.
Sana Rex
web map Location: 8/9 minutes walking to conference venue Instructions: Email sanarex@sanahotels.com, referring to NOVAFRICA Conference and you will benefit 20% reduction on the price.
Program
Please find a printable version of the program here.
Pre-Conference Event: 1st NOVAFRICA Workshop on Migration and Development
See here for further information.
JUL 14th
Palacete Henrique de Mendonça
08h30
Registration
09h00
Opening (Hall)
Daniel Traça
Dean, Nova School of Business and Economics
09h15
Institutional Address (Hall)
José Augusto Duarte
Foreign Relations Advisor to His Excellency, the President of the Portuguese Republic
09h30
Keynote Address (Hall)
Stefan Dercon
Chief Economist at UK-AID and Professor of Economics at University of Oxford
10h30
Coffee Break
11h00
Parallel Sessions A:
Finance (Hall)
Banking with Agents – Experimental Evidence from Senegal
Presenter: Sinja Buri, International Finance Corporation Discussant: Martin Fouraux Koppensteiner
Financial Inclusion Households and Welfare – Evidence from the Expansion of Mobile Money in Tanzania
Presenter: Martin Fouraux Koppensteiner, University of Leicester Discussant: Emma Riley
Mobile Money and Risk Sharing against Aggregate Shocks
Presenter: Emma Riley, University of Oxford Discussant: Catia Batista
Introducing Mobile Money in Mozambique – Evidence from a Field Experiment
Presenter: Catia Batista, Nova School of Business and Economics Discussant: Sinja Buri
Education (Sala dos Azulejos)
Smarter Social Protection? Impacts of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net on Child Cognitive Achievement
Presenter: Catherine Porter, Heriott-Watt University Discussant: Yannick Dupraz
French and British Colonial Legacies in Education: A Natural Experiment in Cameroon
Presenter: Yannick Dupraz, Paris School of Economics Discussant: Kim Lehrer
Learning from Peers: Experimental Evidence of Group Learning in Senior High School in Ghana
Presenter: Kim Lehrer, University of Oxford Discussant: Catherine Porter
13h00
Lunch
14h00
Keynote Address (Hall)
Edward Miguel
Professor at University of California, Berkeley Founder and Faculty Director of the Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA)
15h00
Coffee Break
15h30
Parallel Sessions B:
Political Economy (Hall)
Democratic Spillovers – Rent-Seeking Elites, Mobile Capital, and the Coevolution of Political Institutions
Presenter: Arthur Silve, Harvard University Discussant: Michele Valsecchi
Ethnic Favoritism: an Axiom of Politics?
Presenter: Michele Valsecchi, University of Gothenburg Discussant: Patrick Domingues
On the Economic Consequences of Political Turnover: Evidence from Mozambican Firms
Presenter: Patrick Domingues, Université Paris Est Créteil (UPEC) Discussant: Guy Grossman
The Effect of Administrative Unit Creation on Electoral Behavior: Evidence from Senegal
Presenter: Guy Grossman, University of Pennsylvania Discussant: Arthur Silve
Health (Sala dos Azulejos)
The Health Costs of Ethnic Distance: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
Presenter: Joseph Flavian Gomes, University of Navarra Discussant: Yuya Kudo
Malaria Infection and Fetal Growth during the War: Evidence from Liberia
Presenter: Yuya Kudo, Institute of Development Economies Discussant: Berber Kramer
From Awareness to Adverse Selection: Cardiovascular Risk and Health Insurance Decisions
Presenter: Berber Kramer, International Food Policy Research Institute Discussant: Ram Fishman
The Green Revolution and Infant Mortality: Evidence from 600,000 Children
Presenter: Ram Fishman, George Washington University Discussant: Joseph Flavian Gomes
17h30
Coffee Break
17h45
Policy Roundtable (Hall)
Economic Development and Natural Resources in Africa
Chair: Pedro Vicente, NOVAFRICA Scientific Director António Costa e Silva, Partex Oil and Gas, CEO Gonçalo Teles Gomes, Camões Mission – Institute for Cooperation and Language, Vice-President Luís Mira Amaral, Banco BIC Portugal, CEO Murade Murargy, CPLP Executive Secretary Nazim Ahmad, Aga Khan Development Network, Representative in Portugal and Mozambique
JUL 15th
Palacete Henrique de Mendonça
09h00
Parallel Sessions C:
Insurance (Sala dos Azulejos)
Coping With Health Shocks: Remittances, Insurance or Both? Evidence from Financial and Health Diaries Data in Kenya
Presenter: Berber Kramer, International Food Policy Research Institute Discussant: Teresa Molina
Regional Migration, Insurance and Economic Shocks: Evidence from Nicaragua
Presenter: Teresa Molina, Nova School of Business and Economics Discussant: Berber Kramer
Labor (Hall)
Self-Employment, Capital and Job Search: Evidence from a Structural Model
Presenter: Michael Koelle, University of Oxford Discussant: Yuki Higuchi
Short and Longer Run Impacts of Kaizen Management Training: The Case in Tanzania
Presenter: Yuki Higuchi, Nagoya City University Discussant: Armando José Garcia Pires
Gender and Entrepreneurial Success: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Presenter: Armando José Garcia Pires, Norwegian School of Economics Discussant: Juan Pablo Rud
Wage Dispersion, Job Creation and Development: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa Preliminary
Presenter: Juan Pablo Rud, University of London Discussant: Michael Koelle
11h00
Coffee Break
11h30
Parallel Sessions D:
Agriculture (Hall)
Time vs. State in Insurance: Experimental Evidence from Contract Farming in Kenya
Presenter: Jack Willis, Harvard University Discussant: Ram Fishman
How Sustainable are Benefits from Extension for Smallholder Women Farmers? Evidence from a ‘Reverse-Randomized Control Trial’ in Uganda
Presenter: Ram Fishman, Goerge Washington University Discussant: Pedro Vicente
Agricultural Savings and Network Pressure: Experimental Evidence using Mobile Money in Mozambique
Presenter: Pedro Vicente, Nova School of Business and Economics Discussant: Jack Willis
Conflict (Sala dos Azulejos)
War and Local Governance: Evidence from Angolan Veterans
Presenter: Wolfgang Stojetz, International Security and Development Center Discussant: Arinze Nwokolo
Oil Price Shocks and Civil Conflict in Nigeria
Presenter: Arinze Nwokolo, University of Navarra Discussant: Ameet Morjaria
Guns and Roses: Flower Exports and Electoral Violence in Kenya
Presenter: Ameet Morjaria, Kellogg School of Management Discussant: Wolfgang Stojetz
13h00
Lunch
14h00
Keynote Address (Hall)
David McKenzie
Lead Economist, Development Research Group, World Bank
15h00
Parallel Sessions E:
Networks (Hall)
Leader Networks and Targeting: A Randomized Controlled Trial testing the Effectiveness of Local Religious and Governmental Leaders
Presenter: Molly Lipscomb, University of Virginia Discussant: Dany Jaimovich
The Evolution of Networks during the Development Process: Evidence from Rural Gambia
Presenter: Dany Jaimovich, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt Discussant: Alex Coutts
Social Learning in Experimental Games: Evidence from Rwanda
Presenter: Alex Coutts, Nova School of Business and Economics Discussant: Molly Lipscomb
Households (Sala dos Azulejos)
Income Hiding and Informal Redristribution – A Lab-in-the-Field Experiment in Senegal
Presenter: Paola Villar, Paris School of Economics Discussant: Pauline Rossi
Strategic Choices in Polygamous Households – Theory and Evidence from Senegal
Presenter: Pauline Rossi, University of Amsterdam Discussant: Olivia Bertelli
Beyond Profits – The Non-Monetary Benefits of Cattle Rearing: Evidence from Uganda
Presenter: Olivia Bertelli, Paris School of Economics Discussant: Matt Collin
Does Anyone Pay Attention to Age-Of-Marriage Laws? Discontinuity Evidence from 57 Developing Countries
Presenter: Matt Collin, Center for Global Development Discussant: Paola Villar
17h00
Coffee Break
17h30
Parallel Sessions F:
Accountability (Hall)
Interventions to Improve Public Service Delivery via Politician Performance – A Field Experiment in Ugandan District Governments
Presenter: Guy Grossman, University of Pennsylvania Discussant: Nathan Fiala
The Impact of Social Accountability on Service Delivery: Experimental Evidence from a Large Scale Community Driven Development Program in Uganda
Presenter: Nathan Fiala, University of Connecticut Discussant: Danila Serra
Can Patients’ Reports improve Health Providers’ Performance? Experimental Evidence from Kenya
Presenter: Danila Serra, Southern Methodist University Discussant: Guy Grossman
Macro Approaches to Development (Sala dos Azulejos)
On a Mission from God: The Historical Roots of Development Aid Allocation
Presenter: Eivind Hammersmark Olsen, University of Oslo Discussant: Nkunde Mwase
Revisiting the Concept of Dollarization: The Global Financial Crisis and Dollarization in Low-Income Countries
Presenter: Nkunde Mwase, International Monetary Fund Discussant: Gerhard Toews
Resource Discoveries and FDI Bonanzas
Presenter: Gerhard Toews, University of Oxford Discussant: Eivind Hammersmark Olsen
19h00
Closing Remarks
Catia Batista and Pedro Vicente
Nova School of Business and Economics
Call For Papers - Deadline: April 4th, 2016
Invitation to submit:
We are looking for contributions on the broad theme of economic development in Africa. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: mobile money and financial innovation; natural resource management; the quality of education and health; migration, remittances and the brain drain; the quality of public services and political economy; or entrepreneurship and management practices in the African context.
Submission timetable:
Submissions of full papers (PDF files) are expected by April 4, 2016. Extended abstracts may also be submitted but priority will be given to full papers. Decisions will be made by April 14, 2016.
Submission guidelines:
Please email your submission to novafrica@novasbe.pt.
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