Inês Vilela
Inês Vilela is a PhD student is an economics PhD student at the Nova School of Business and Economics.
Content by Inês Vilela
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Project
Countering Islamic radicalisation in northern Mozambique: Radio campaigning and adolescent sensitisation in religious schools
In recent years, major global violent conflicts have happened in Muslim-majority countries. Of these conflicts, a substantial and increasing share has been related to Islamist insurgents. However, the process of radicalisation and the effectiveness of measures to counteract it are widely understudied. Northern Mozambique is where a substantial discovery of natural gas took...
18 Feb 2021 | Pedro Vicente, Inês Vilela, Alex Armand, Flavio Cunha
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Blog post
Increasing religious awareness and professional training
The discovery of natural gas triggered violent extremism in Northern Mozambique. Could religious awareness and professional training quell violence? [caption id="attachment_28440" align="alignnone" width="768"] Figure 1: The Economist, Aug 9th 2018.[/caption] There is vast economic and political science literature on conflict and civil wars, which mostly focuses on the...
1 May 2019 | Inês Vilela, Pedro Vicente
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Publication - Project Report
On the mechanics of the political resource curse
14 Jun 2018 | Alex Armand, Pedro Vicente, Inês Vilela
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Project
On the mechanics of the political resource curse: Behavioural measurements of information and local elite behaviour in Mozambique
Mozambique discovered substantial natural resources in recent years. Known gas reserves in the Rovuma basin have the potential to transform Mozambique into a global player in Liquefied Natural Gas exports. Being a recent democracy, and with relatively weak institutions, Mozambique also faces considerable risks of resource and revenue mismanagement in the future,...
10 Feb 2016 | Pedro Vicente, Inês Vilela, Alex Armand