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Global Handbook of Impact Investing
“Global Handbook of Impact Investing: Solving global problems via smarter capital markets towards a more sustainable society”
A development movie suggestion: “Toilet: A Love Story”
Recommendation #1 – Toilet: A Love Story (originally: Toilet: Ek Prem Katha) is an Indian comedy released in 2017.
“Two sides of the aid debate and the way forward”
In 2019, the developed world sent almost 156 billion dollars on foreign aid to developing countries. However, the debate around aid is fierce. For some, ...
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Targeting Social Assistance with Machine Learning
On Wednesday, April 26th, at 3pm (Lisbon time), on Room B 133 the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Joshua Blumenstock from University of California, Berkeley to present ...
Zero-sum Thinking and the Roots of US Political Divides
On Wednesday, April 05th, at 3pm (Lisbon time), on Room B 133 the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Sandra Sequeira from London School of Economics to present ...
Expanding access to schooling in Nigeria: Impact on Marital Outcomes
On Wednesday, March 29th, at 3pm (Lisbon time), on Room B 133 the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Sarah Chloe Deschene from Northwestern University a to present ...
Team size and diversity
A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series. Written by Brais Álvarez Pereira, Shan Aman-Rana and Alexia Delfino this paper ...
Public Opinion, Racial Bias, and Labor Market Outcomes
Episode 9 of the 4th Season of the NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks was recorded with Professor Silvia Prina, from the Northeastern University. Our guest talked about her paper entitled “Public ...
Public Opinion, Racial Bias, and Labor Market Outcomes
On Wednesday, March 8st, at 3pm (Lisbon time), on Room B 133 the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Silvia Prina from Northeastern University a to present her ...
Who gets to speak? Gender, party effects and parliamentary floor access in Ghana and South Africa
On Wednesday, March 1st, at 3pm (Lisbon time), on Room B 133 the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Edalina Rodrigues Sanches and António Dias from Instituto de ...
Stefan Leeffers, PhD
Congratulations to Stefan Leeffers for the successful defense of his PhD thesis “Mitigating the effects of climate change among urban population in Mozambique”!
Catia Batista explain on Antena 1 why inspiration can change lifes
Can inspiration change life choices?
Paddy and Prejudice: Evidence on the Agricultural Origins of Prejudice from China and 12 other Asian Societies
On Wednesday, February 15th, at 03.00pm (Lisbon time), in Room D 012, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Paulo Santos from Monash University to present his work ...
“Measuring Corruption in the Field Using Behavioral Games” just out in the Journal of Public Economics
“Measuring Corruption in the Field Using Behavioral Games” Is the paper just published at Journal of Public Economics by Nova SBE and NOVAFRICA Professors Armand ...