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Erik Charas Presents NOVAFRICA Seminar
On February 28th, 2013, Erik Charas gave a talk in the INOVA – NOVAFRICA Seminar Series.
Investing in Education in Africa
In a previous article, I wrote about the launch conference of the NOVAFRICA center held at the beginning of September and attended by the Dean ...
Improve Public Services with the Support of the People
The improvement of education services and health in Africa is central to economic development of the continent. Since they are public goods, the state has ...
News
“Diffusion of Rival Information in the Field”
On Wednesday, December 4, at 02.30 pm, Inês Vilela from Nova School of Business and Economics will present her job market paper about the effect of ...
Aga Khan University visited NOVAFRICA
Fight against poverty is our common purpose!
“From Learning to Doing: Diffusion of Agricultural Innovations in Guinea-Bissau”
On Wednesday, November 27, at 02.30 pm, Rute Martins Caeiro from Nova School of Business and Economics will present her job market paper on the pathways of ...
“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 ...
NOVAFRICA in the News
The NOVAFRICA Knowledge Center has been under the spotlight following the award of the Nobel Prize of Economics 2019.
Congratulations to Tijan L. Bah for his PhD
The NOVAFRICA researcher Tijan L. Bah received his official PhD hold on October 23 for his doctoral work “Essays in International Migration”.
“Political Voice and Prosociality: evidence from a lab-in-the-field experiment in Uganda”
On Wednesday, November 6, at 02.30 pm, Ana Garcia-Hernandez from Nova School of Business and Economics will present her job market paper on the impact of ...
“Why do People Migrate Irregularly? Evidence from a Lab in the Field Experiment in West Africa”
On Wednesday, October 30, at 02.30 pm, Tijan L. Bah from Nova School of Business and Economics will present his job market paper on the determinants ...
Kenyan delegation visits NOVAFRICA
NOVAFRICA received a delegation from the Kenyan Government at Nova SBE on October 23, 2019. The Deputy Governor of Mombassa, William K. Kingi, and Innocent ...
“Are Muslim immigrants really different? Experimental Evidence from Lebanon and Australia”
On Wednesday, October 23, at 02.00 pm, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Maleke Fourati from University of Geneva, to present her work on the effect of religion on individual ...
NOVAFRICA celebrates the Nobel Prize of Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer
NOVAFRICA celebrates the Nobel Prize of Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer.