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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.
Tavneet Suri: Insights from her Work
Tavneet Suri is the Louis E. Seley Professor of Applied Economics and an Associate Professor of Applied Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management. ...
Leonard Wantchekon: Insights from his Work
Activist turned scholar Leonard Wantchekon is well-known for his research in Political Economy and Development Economics, particularly on the topics of democracy and governance, resource ...
News
Sexual Harassment in Public Spheres and Policing: Experimental Evidence from Urban India
On Wednesday, October 12th, at 02.30pm (Lisbon time), on Room B 134 the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Sofia Amaral from ifo Center for Labour and Demographic Economics ...
NOVAFRICA Welcomes New Faculty Resident Member: Nikita Melnikov
Professor Nikita Melnikov has joined Nova SBE in September 2022. His research focuses on Political Economy and Applied Microeconomics of developing countries. His current work focuses on Censorship, Propaganada, ...
“For Better or Worse? Subjective Expectations and Cost-Benefit Trade-Offs in Health Behavior
On Wendnesday, October 07th, at 02.30pm (Lisbon time), on Room B 134 the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Gabriella Conti from University College London to present her work ...
Women Leaders Improve Environmental Outcomes: Evidence from Crop Fires in India
Listen here to the fourth series of the “NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks” Podcast. This series of audio talks about development in Africa brings together experts ...
The Rise of Fiscal Capacity
On Wendnesday, September 28th, at 02.30pm (Lisbon time), on Room B 134 the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Davide Cantoni from University of Ludwig-Maximilianst to present his work on “The ...
Watch live on zoom the keynotes of the Migration and Development Conference
Watch live on zoom the keynotes speakers of the 15th International Conference on Migration and Development! Thursday, Sep 15, at 9.30am (PT time) Frédéric Docquier from Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), ...
Program for the 15th International Conference on Migration and Development
NOVAFRICA will host the 15th International Conference on Migration and Development on September 15-16 at Nova School of Business and Economics in Lisbon, Portugal. The conference ...
Real-life effects of health interventions in Guinea-Bissau
On Wendnesday, September 7th, at 02.30pm (Lisbon time), on Room B 134 the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Ane Fisker from University of Southern Denmark to present her ...
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 ...
NOVAFRICA in the Estoril Conferences
NOVAFRICA is part of the Estoril Conferences, contributing to discuss some of the global challenges of today. The NOVAFRICA knowledge center will have two key ...
The politics of policy reform – Experimental evidence from Liberia
A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series. Written by Wayne Aaron Sandholtz this paper examines the electoral effects of a randomized ...