🎄 Season’s Greetings from NOVAFRICA! This holiday season, we celebrate the spirit of learning & collaboration. Thank you for being part of our journey in driving impactful research and change. Here’s to joy and an exciting 2025 ahead! Merry Christmas and warm wishes! 🌟

📢 Call for Papers 2026 NOVAFRICA Conference on Economic Development June 18-19 - @NovaSBE Lisbon, Portugal Submit your paper by Feb 15: bit.ly/4pKGkjs Keynotes: Abhijit Banerjee #MIT Isaac Mbiti @notredame.bsky.social Sandra Sequeira @sandrasequeira.bsky.social #LSE #NOVAFRICA2026

🌟 New NOVAFRICA Working Paper! “Socially responsible investing and multinationals’ pollution: Evidence from global remote sensing data” by NOVAFRICA @NOVASBE researcher @victoiregirard.bsky.social, with @gianiv.bsky.social, #MehdiLehlali & #MelissaPorrasPrado. 🔗 bit.ly/4q1odFB

📢 Upcoming NOVAFRICA Seminar with Prof. Subhrendu Pattanayak from Duke University on "Electrifying Empowerment: Women & Energy Access" 📅 Wed, 10 Dec | 11:30 AM | Room B 008, @NovaSBE & Online 🔗 bit.ly/3KzWsVw

What can we learn from H-2A programs about migration and labor mobility? New NOVAFRICA @NovaSBE #SustainableDevelopmentTalks with Prof. Melanie Morten from Stanford University on her research: “The effects of legal short-term migration: Evidence from the H-2A program.” Listen here: bit.ly/3JIKLeZ

📢 Interview highlight: #MobileMoney in #Mozambique is reducing remittance barriers, strengthening resilience, and boosting financial inclusion. Findings from NOVIFRICA research by @catiabatista.bsky.social and #PedroVicente featured in Economia & Mercado. 🔎 issuu.com/media4develo...

Join us learning #DevelopmentEconomics at @NovaSBE #MasterInEconomics! Apply here: www.novasbe.unl.pt/en/programs/...

📢 Upcoming NOVAFRICA Seminar with Prof. Ariel BenYishay on Landmine Clearance and Economic Development: Evidence from Multispectral Satellite Imagery, Nighttime Lights, and Conflict Events in Afghanistan 📅 Nov 14 11:30 AM B113 @NovaSBE Join online: bit.ly/4ok00K7

🎧 New Podcast Feature! NOVAFRICA @NovaSBE Scientific Director, Prof. @catiabatista.bsky.social, joins "Our Long Walk" to discuss migration, remittances, financial inclusion & structural change - and even an AI-generated song summarizing her findings! Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/4jOb...

At our conference in Cape Verde, researchers shared evidence, from brain drain vs. brain gain to youth migration aspirations, showing how migration and education policies can reinforce each other. 🔗 bit.ly/42VtmpG cc: @liser.lu @catiabatista.bsky.social #AnaBalcaoReis @marcelloperez.bsky.social

Join us for the next NOVAFRICA seminar with Prof. Oliver Vanden Eynde @pse.bsky.social on his paper: Cooperation between National Armies: Evidence from the Border Regions in the Sahel 📅 Oct 29 | 11:30 AM (PT) | 📍Room D012, @NovaSBE 🔗 Find more info: bit.ly/4nlYhTj

Do you want to learn more about @NovaSBE #PhD in #Economics and how you can pursue your doctoral studies in #DevelopmentEconomics? Do you have questions to ask? Join us online Wednesday Oct 29 | 4pm: lnkd.in/dh_XMcKX Apply here: lnkd.in/dCkjAdGc

📢 New in the Economic Journal! “Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining, Deforestation, and Economic Resilience in Africa” By NOVAFRICA affiliates @victoiregirard.bsky.social and @tmolinamillan.bsky.social together with #GuillaumeVic. 🔗 Read here (open access): academic.oup.com/ej/article/1...?

✨ Wrapping up the NOVAFRICA – IGC @theigc.bsky.social at Quelimane 2025 Webinar Series, join @fredam22.bsky.social PhD candidate @NovaSBE to explore how local initiatives improve resilience in developing cities: Waste Recycling and Cyclists 📅 Mon, Oct 27 | 1pm PT / 3pm Moz 📍 Teams: bit.ly/4oDRYvz

🌍 How can urban planning shape fair & efficient cities? Join the next NOVAFRICA seminar with Prof. #VernonHenderson at LSE on his paper: Economics of Greenfield Urban Planning. 📅 Oct 24 | 2 PM (PT) | 📍 Room D010, NovaSBE 🔗 Find out more info: bit.ly/3Jk9F45

Our next session in the NOVAFRICA – IGC @theigc.bsky.social at Quelimane 2025 Webinar is here! Join Patrícia Caetano PhD Candidate at @usc.edu for a discussion on: Mobilisation, Small Infrastructure, and Floods 📅 Monday, Oct 20 | 1pm PT / 2pm Moz 📍 Online via Teams: bit.ly/4nV9viJ

⭐ Highlights from our #CapeVerde workshops featured on RTC CaboVerde! NOVAFRICA @NovaSBE Professors @catiabatista.bsky.social #AnaBalcãoReis #PedroFreitas @goncalolima.bsky.social shared insights from their RCT project on improving students’ information on higher education abroad. 📺 bit.ly/3J00Gow

🚀 Applications are open for the #PhD in #Economics at @NovaSBE ! Shape the future of #DevelopmentEconomics with hands-on research, full funding and collaboration with NOVAFRICA researchers. 🔗 Apply: www.novasbe.unl.pt/en/programs/... 🔗 More about NOVAFRICA: novafrica.org

I really enjoyed joining the "Our Long Walk" podcast to discuss my research on migration in Africa and its role in structural transformation and development — among other migration & development topics. Plus, an AI-generated music of my research findings! 😊 open.spotify.com/episode/4jOb...

🎉 New NOVAFRICA blog post alert! “Research is as much about people as it is about data.” We are excited to hear from NOVAFRICA @NovaSBE PhD Candidate @vcavalcante.bsky.social on his journey across Africa & Europe and his PhD on migration & finance. 🔗 Read more in our blog: bit.ly/4pUQyON

🚨 New in Econometrica (@ecmaeditors.bsky.social)! “Gangs, Labor Mobility, and Development” by NOVAFRICA @NovaSBE Prof #NikitaMelnikov, Carlos Schmidt-Padilla & Micaela Sviatschi. The paper examines how criminal activity shapes labor mobility and development in El Salvador. 🔗 t.co/jF4tEsf8MV

In a recent BBC Business Daily interview, @catiabatista.bsky.social @NOVAFRICA discusses brain drain and brain gain, and the case of Cyprus. This follows her Science article “Brain Drain or Brain Gain? The Impact of High-Skilled Migration on Origin Countries.” 🎧 www.bbc.com/audio/play/w...

Conference on #Migration and #Education - Sept 30 Join us online on Tuesday starting 11m GMT / 6am EST with interesting presentations and discussion throughout the day! Watch live: www.youtube.com/live/geZISI-... Program: bit.ly/4nJoXya @novafrica.bsky.social @liser.lu @liser-cb.bsky.social

Conference on Migration and Education – Sep 30 | Cabo Verde NOVAFRICA promotes a discussion on youth & high-skilled migration and its impact on economic development. w/ #NovaSBE #EconomicsEducationKC @liser.lu & #UnivCaboVerde Program: bit.ly/4nJoXya Watch live: www.youtube.com/live/xrv5T0X...

How do property rights affect investment in developing countries? Join NOVAFRICA @NovaSBE PhD candidate Marta Botelho for the next NOVAFRICA – IGC @theigc.bsky.social at Quelimane 2025 Webinar on: Property Titles, Investment, and Taxes 📅 Mon, Sep 29 | 1pm PT / 2pm Moz 📍 Teams: bit.ly/41WmojO

✨ We are delighted to welcome Roberto Hsu Rocha as a new resident member at NOVAFRICA @NovaSBE! His research focuses on labor economics, with an emphasis on informality, entrepreneurship, finance, and the design of public policies. 👉 Learn more about Rocha's work: sites.google.com/view/roberto...

How can timely information help communities during floods? Join Prof. Stefan Leeffers @ucl.ac.uk for the next NOVAFRICA – IGC @theigc.bsky.social at #Quelimane 2025 Webinar on: Information and Floods 📅 Mon, Sep 1 | 1pm (PT) / 2pm (Moz)📍Teams More info: bit.ly/46XjbDQ

✨ We are thrilled to welcome @duncanwebb.bsky.social as a new resident member at NOVAFRICA @NovaSBE! Duncan is a development economist focusing on behavioral insights, discrimination, social change, and human capital. 👉 Learn more about Duncan’s work here: sites.google.com/view/duncan-...

Local tax compliance is a key challenge for revenues & governance. 🎙️ Join Prof. @wsandholtz.bsky.social @NovaSBE for the next NOVAFRICA – IGC @theigc.bsky.social at Quelimane 2025 Webinar on: Willingness to Pay Local Taxes 📅 Mon, Sep 15 | 1pm PT / 2pm Moz 📍 Online via Teams: bit.ly/48awYHy

Looking forward to a brilliant start to this year's @novafrica.bsky.social @NovaSBE seminars!

📢 Final Call for Papers – #CEPR Political Economy Symposium 2026 🗓️ Deadline: 14 Sept 2025 | 📍 Lisbon, @NovaSBE @cepr.org invites submissions on political economy topics—development, conflict, inequality & more. 🔗 Full details & submission link: ow.ly/bPfT50Wof2t

✨ NOVAFRICA Seminar Series 2025/2026 kicks off! Join us for the start of the series with Prof. Melanie Morten @stanford.edu on her paper: “The effects of legal short-term migration: Evidence from the H-2A program” 🗓 Wed, Sept 10th | 11:30 am (PT) Room D-115 @NovaSBE 🔗 bit.ly/4g5okMI

⭐Two weeks left to submit a paper for the CEPR Political Economy Symposium 2026! cepr.org/events/cepr-... @novafrica.bsky.social @warwickecon.bsky.social #EconSky #EconConf #CallForPapers

🚨New publication in the Journal of Finance on #Mozambique! “The Impact of the Financial Education of Executives on the Financial Practices of Medium and Large Enterprises” By NOVAFRICA affiliates #CláudiaCustódio #DiogoMendes & @danielmetzger.bsky.social 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

📢 NOVAFRICA – IGC @theigc.bsky.social Quelimane 2025 Webinar Series Join us for the start of the series with NOVAFRICA Scientific Director & @NovaSBE Professor #PedroVicente on: Integration of rural migrants into cities 📅 Mon, Sep 1st | 1pm (PT) / 2pm (Moz)📍Teams Info: bit.ly/46XjbDQ

🌟 Welcome to Discovery Week at Nova SBE! Are you a new student interested in #DevelopmentEconomics and our work at NOVAFRICA? We’d love for you to visit our stand to learn about our research, explore our initiatives, and connect with the @novafricasg.bsky.social. 📅 28th August 11am-5pm

🆕 In The Economic Journal Maternal Investments in Children: The Role of Expected Effort and Returns By NOVAFRICA @NovaSBE Professor Adeline Delavande, together with Sonia Bhalotra, Paulino Font-Gilabert & Joanna Maselko Read the paper here: academic.oup.com/ej/article/1...

🚨 New in the Journal of Development Economics: Can wage subsidies break the cycle of long-term unemployment? By NOVAFRICA @NovaSBE Professor Alex Armand with Pedro Carneiro, Francesco Tagliati and Yiming Xia A large-scale RCT puts it to the test and the results are striking!🧵

🌟 Spotlight on "Higher Future" A @NOVAFRICA experimental project studying how info sessions in Cape Verdean high schools impact students’ international #study #migration decisions. By @catiabatista.bsky.social, Pedro Freitas @goncalolima.bsky.social, Ana Balcao Reis. Read here: bit.ly/3H09r11

📢 Can wage subsidies cut long-term unemployment? New insights by Alex Armand @NOVAFRICA @NOVASBE & co-authors show wage subsidies + job matching led to lasting formal employment gains—especially for vulnerable workers. 🔗 Read the @voxdev.bsky.social article: voxdev.org/topic/labour...

🧪 NOVAFRICA #SustainableDevTalk w/Prof. Tanguy Bernard @bsebordeaux.bsky.social on his paper “Promoting Unobservable Food Safety in Smallholder Agriculture: (Preliminary) Evidence from Nigeria.” He discusses low Aflasafe use, weak incentives & policy solutions. 🔗 Full episode here: bit.ly/40BvoKt

🚨 New Paper Alert "Is Mobile Money Changing Rural Africa? Evidence from a Field Experiment" By NOVAFRICA Scientific Directors & NovaSBE Professors @catiabatista.bsky.social and #PedroCVicente in print in The Review of Economics and Statistics @restatjournal.bsky.social 📄 doi.org/10.1162/rest...

🎙️ New NOVAFRICA #SustainableDevelopmentTalk with Prof. Lydia Assouad from LSE on her paper: “Leadership and Nation-Building.” She discusses how political leadership shaped Turkey’s nation-building—through naming practices and cultural reforms following Atatürk’s visits. 🔗 bit.ly/46H4nZE

📢 Call for Papers: CEPR Political Economy Symposium 2026 🗓️ Deadline: 14 Sep 2025 | 📍 Lisbon, Nova SBE @cepr.org brings together top researchers to explore key political economy topics—development, conflict, inequality & more. Limited slots for in-depth feedback. Apply: ow.ly/bPfT50Wof2t

🎙️ In a recent @voxdev.bsky.social talk, NOVAFRICA Scientific Director @catiabatista.bsky.social & Caroline Theoharides discuss key findings from their @science.org paper: “Brain Drain or Brain Gain? The Impact of High-Skilled Migration on Origin Countries.” 🔗 voxdev.org/topic/migrat...

🌟 As part of NOVAFRICA ongoing efforts to understand health and social dynamics in Guinea-Bissau, this study examines how local female leaders shape the uptake of community-based health insurance. “Follow the Leader: Community-based Health Insurance in West Africa” 🔗 bit.ly/4niU5F2

🎧 New Podcast Alert! Episode 6 of NOVAFRICA NovaSBE #SustainableDevelopmentTalks, with Prashant Bharadwaj @ucsandiego.bsky.social on his paper: “Statistical Discrimination and the Distribution of Wages.” 🎙️ Listen now: bit.ly/43PDJfv or at NOVAFRICA #Spotify

🔎 Can local collaboration reduce maternal & infant mortality in Guinea-Bissau? NOVAFRICA project “Reducing Maternal and Infant Mortality in Guinea-Bissau” explores if a community health campaign bringing together traditional healers & health workers can reduce preventable deaths. 🔗 bit.ly/4mXerDP

Join us for the next NOVAFRICA seminar with Prof. Tanguy Bernard @bsebordeaux.bsky.social on his paper: "Promoting Unobservable Food Safety in Smallholder Agriculture, (preliminary) Evidence from Nigeria" 📅 Wed, June 18th | 3:30 pm (PT) 📍Room D O10 @NovaSBE 🔗 More Info: bit.ly/4e0hozm

📢 Brain Drain or Brain Gain? In a recent @Visao_PT interview, @catiabatista.bsky.social @NOVAFRICA @NovaSBE explains how high-skilled emigration can boost the development of origin countries. 🔗 Full Interview: visao.pt?p=2219198 📄 Science Article: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...