2016 NOVAFRICA Conference on Economic Development in Africa, July 14th and 15th, 2016 Lisbon, Portugal.

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.

Keynote Presentations

Stefan Dercon
Professor of Economics at the University of Oxford

David McKenzie
Lead Economist at the World Bank

Edward Miguel
Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley

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.

Conference website