Pedro Vicente

Professor of Economics
Nova School of Business and Economics

Roles

IGC Staff

Country advisors

Lead academics

Research affiliates

Researchers

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Pedro C. Vicente is a Full Professor of Economics at Nova School of Business and Economics (Nova SBE), where he is also the founding scientific director of the knowledge center NOVAFRICA. He is also the Lead Academic for the IGC-Mozambique programme. Pedro specializes in development economics and Africa, with a focus on political economy issues. Previously to Nova SBE, Pedro was a professor and researcher at the University of Oxford and Trinity College Dublin. He was also a visiting professor at the University of Notre Dame and a consultant to the World Bank. Pedro Vicente has published in leading economics journals such as the American Economic Review, the Review of Economics and Statistics, the Economic Journal, the Journal of Development Economics, and the Journal of Public Economics. His research has entailed substantial fieldwork efforts in African countries including Mozambique, Nigeria, Guinea-Bissau, Angola, Cape Verde, and São Tomé and Príncipe, as well as funding by national and international agencies such as FCDO, USAID, 3IE, IZA, and FCT. Pedro has a PhD in economics from the University of Chicago

Pedro Vicente

Projects

Urbanisation meets the environment: can community-level technical assistance and incentives induce local adaptation and protect against flooding?

Urbanisation meets the environment: How can communities manage migration and protect against floods in a coastal Mozambican city?

On the political economy of urbanisation: A natural and two field experiments around the 2023 local elections in Mozambique

A field experiment on integrating rural migrants in cities: Mapping the city of Quelimane

Countering Islamic radicalisation in northern Mozambique: Radio campaigning and adolescent sensitisation in religious schools

Beliefs and behaviours towards COVID-19 in Mozambique

Preventing Islamic radicalisation in Mozambique: through faith or employment?

Preventing Islamic radicalisation in Mozambique: Through faith or employment?

On the mechanics of the political resource curse: Behavioural measurements of information and local elite behaviour in Mozambique

Electronic payments in Mozambique: Diagnosis and impact evaluation of dissemination

The diffusion of mobile money: Evidence from a lab experiment in the field

Evaluation of the impact of mobile banking and financial literacy on microenterprise development in Mozambique

The role of mobile banking and business training in mobilising savings for microenterprise development in Mozambique (Phase Two)

A Randomized Impact Evaluation of the Introduction of Mobile Banking in Mozambique

Counteracting illicit behaviour during elections: The role of observers and cell phones in a field experiment

All contributions

The political economy of integrating rural migrants in a Mozambican city

Integrating rural migrants: Mapping of the city of Quelimane, Mozambique

Integrating rural migrants: Experimental evidence from Mozambique

Tax morale, public goods, and politics: Experimental evidence from Mozambique

On the political economy of urbanisation: Experimental evidence from Mozambique

Tax morale, public goods, and politics: Experimental evidence from Mozambique

TRA-IGC-REPOA International Conference on Tax for Growth

Migration and urbanisation in Mozambique

Closing the gender profit gap through savings and training: Evidence from Mozambique

Vaccine acceptance: Promoting rapid immunisation against COVID-19 in Mozambique

Increasing COVID-19 vaccine acceptance: Evidence from Mozambique

Increasing religious awareness and professional training

Counteracting illicit behaviour during elections: The role of observers and cell phones in a field experiment

On the mechanics of the political resource curse

Natural resource management and FDI: Challenges for Mozambique

The diffusion of mobile money: Evidence from a lab experiment in the field

Workshop on Private Sector Development in Mozambique – Focus on Managers and Workers

Africa Growth Forum 2015: Pedro Vicente and William Jack

The Determinants of Electronic Means of Payment in Mozambique (Policy Brief)

Electronic Payments in Mozambique: A Baseline on their adoption in Maputo and Matola (Working Paper)

Is vote-buying always bad for development?

Is Information Power? Using Mobile Phones and Free Newspapers during an Election in Mozambique (Working Paper)

A Randomized Impact Evaluation of the Introduction of Mobile Banking in Mozambique (Working Paper)

A Randomized Impact Evaluation of the Introduction of Mobile Banking in Mozambique (Policy Brief)

Is Information Power? (Policy Brief)

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