Organizers
#PedroVicente ( #NovaSBE, @novafrica.bsky.social & @cepr.org), #NikitaMelnikov ( #NovaSBE, @novafrica.bsky.social & @cepr.org) & #ErikSnowberg ( @utah.edu & @nber.org

Conference Scientific Committee
#AlexArmand @catiabatista.bsky.social
#AdelineDelavande @victoiregirard.bsky.social
#CarolineMiehe #NikitaMelnikov #PriscilaOliveira #BraisPereira #PedroPires #MarionRichard #RobertoRocha
@wsandholtz.bsky.social #YannikSchenk #PedroVicente
@duncanwebb.bsky.social

Is Mobile Money Changing Rural Africa? Evidence from a Field Experiment Abstract. Rural areas in sub-Saharan Africa are typically underserved by financial services. Mobile money brings a substantial reduction in the transaction costs of remittances. We follow the introduc...

@catiabatista.bsky.social & #PedroVicente (2025)
"Is Mobile Money Changing Rural Africa?"
Review of Economics and Statistics

Main finding:
Newly introducing #MobileMoney in #Mozambique promoted #StructuralTransformation by inducing #Migration out of rural areas

direct.mit.edu/rest/article...

NOVAFRICA Scientific Committee

#AlexArmand @catiabatista.bsky.social #AdelineDelavande

@victoiregirard.bsky.social #CarolineMiehe #NikitaMelnikov

#PriscilaOliveira #BraisPereira #PedroPires #MarionRichard

#RobertoRocha @wsandholtz.bsky.social #YannikSchenk

#PedroVicente @duncanwebb.bsky.social

📢 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...

I spoke with #Media4DevelopmentMoçambique about our work on the impacts of #MobileMoney in rural #Mozambique, based on research joint with #PedroVicente published in the #ReviewOfEconomicsAndStatistics. 🧵👇

Interview: issuu.com/media4develo...

Paper: doi.org/10.1162/rest...

📢 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

Paper by NOVAFRICA researchers: #RuteCaeiro, #AlexanderCoutts, @tmolinamillan.bsky.social and #PedroVicente

The project is led by NOVAFRICA Scientific Director #PedroVicente together with #AlexanderCoutts,
@tmolinamillan.bsky.social, and #BraisAlvarezPereira.

#NOVAFRICA #PublicHealth

🌟 NOVAFRICA Project Spotlight!
In Quelimane, Mozambique, a community-driven project uses technical support & small grants to boost flood resilience.

Led by #PedroVicente, #StefanLeeffers, #CarolineMiehe & @jacobmacdonald.bsky.social.

🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4mtahU0

🌍✨ Advancing Women's Empowerment Through Financial Inclusion

On the occasion of International Women’s Day, this month's NOVAFRICA Feature paper:

"Closing the Gender Profit Gap"

by NOVAFRICA Scientific Directors @catiabatista.bsky.social & #PedroVicente w/ Sandra Sequeira

🔗 bit.ly/41RBB5M