Pedro Vicente
Pedro Vicente is an Associate Professor in Economics at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa and is also the Scientific Director for NOVA Africa. He is the Lead Academic for the IGC-Mozambique programme. Previously he was a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Economics at Trinity College Dublin, and a Visiting Lecturer/Research Associate at the Centre for the Study of African Economies at the University of Oxford. He researches on the political economy of development, namely on corruption, vote buying, and conflict, with a special interest in Africa. He designed and conducted field experiments during elections in Nigeria and Sao Tome and Principe. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chicago and is affiliated with BREAD.
Content by Pedro Vicente
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Blog post
Closing the gender profit gap through savings and training: Evidence from Mozambique
Access to mobile savings accounts and financial management skills can lead to improved profits and financial security of female-led micro-enterprises The ILO estimates that 78% of the world’s poor living in low-income countries are self-employed (ILO 2017). Yet female-led microenterprises often struggle with low levels of growth and rates of survival. Indeed, a...
1 Mar 2022 | Cátia Batista, Sandra Sequeira, Pedro Vicente
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Project
A field experiment on integrating rural migrants in cities: Mapping the city of Quelimane
The current rapid urbanisation in sub-Saharan Africa is likely to lead to both economic development and political destabilisation. How can local leaders integrate rural migrants into labour markets with minimal harm to existing residents? And how does rural-urban migration change the political incentives and behaviour of local leaders, existing residents, and migrants...
22 Nov 2021 | Frederica Mendonça, Wayne Sandholtz, Alex Armand, Pedro Vicente
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Blog post
Increasing COVID-19 vaccine acceptance: Evidence from Mozambique
The COVID-19 pandemic has heavily impacted low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) with widespread food insecurity and falling living standards. To fully recover, countries will need not only an effective rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations, but also significant public trust and acceptance to ensure that they are taken up. In Mozambique, we conducted a study on how the...
29 Sep 2021 | Alex Armand, Mattia Fracchia, Pedro Vicente
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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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Project
Beliefs and behaviours towards COVID-19 in Mozambique
There is considerable uncertainty around the current state and future developments of the COVID-19 crisis in Mozambique, both for health outcomes as well as economic and social outcomes. As in many sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries, measures such as imposed lockdowns are likely to be particularly challenging and even counterproductive in the face of fragile...
1 Jul 2020 | Mattia Fracchia, Pedro Vicente
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Project
Preventing Islamic radicalisation in Mozambique: Through faith or employment?
The economics and political science literature on conflict and civil wars is vast. Mostly, it focuses on the causes of the outbreak and duration of conflicts and distinguishes between (lack of) economic opportunity and grievance motivations. The generalised consensus is that economic variables are highly correlated with (and even affect) the outbreak of conflict (e.g....
11 Dec 2019 | Pedro Vicente
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Project
Preventing Islamic radicalisation in Mozambique: through faith or employment?
There are vast economics and political science literature on conflict and civil wars. Mostly, the literature focuses on the determinants of the outbreak and duration of conflicts and distinguishes between economic opportunity and grievance motivations. The generalised consensus is that economic variables are highly correlated, and even affect the outbreak of conflict....
20 Sep 2019 | Pedro Vicente
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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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Data: Counteracting illicit behaviour during elections: The role of observers and cell phones in a field experiment
African elections often reveal low levels of political accountability. We assess different forms of voter education during an election in Mozambique. Three interventions providing information to voters and calling for their electoral participation were randomized: an SMS-based information campaign, an SMS hotline for electoral misconduct, and the distribution of a free...
28 Feb 2019
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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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Publication - Working Paper
The diffusion of mobile money: Evidence from a lab experiment in the field
20 Jun 2016 | Cátia Batista, Marcel Fafchamps, Pedro Vicente
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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
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Publication - Policy Brief
The Determinants of Electronic Means of Payment in Mozambique (Policy Brief)
6 May 2015 | Pedro Vicente
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Publication - Working Paper
Electronic Payments in Mozambique: A Baseline on their adoption in Maputo and Matola (Working Paper)
1 Mar 2015 | Pedro Vicente
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Blog post
Is vote-buying always bad for development?
Elections in the developing world suffer from considerable problems such as ballot fraud, low voter education. electoral violence, and clientelism. If developing world elections do not revolve mainly around policy accountability, there could be important consequences for economic development Vote-buying seems thoroughly undemocratic. Lobby-groups capturing the democratic...
3 Dec 2014 | Pedro Vicente, Charles Beck
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Project
Evaluation of the impact of mobile banking and financial literacy on microenterprise development in Mozambique
Mobile banking provides a means for saving and managing money, contributing to broader economic growth and financial inclusion. Projects developed from ongoing collaboration between IGC Mozambique and the Central Bank facilitated discussion amongst the main financial institutions operating in the country. Researchers found that the mobile money agent network is of...
4 Sep 2014 | Sandra Sequeira, Pedro Vicente, Cátia Batista
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Project
Electronic payments in Mozambique: Diagnosis and impact evaluation of dissemination
The Central Bank of Mozambique has chosen financial inclusion as one of its top policy priorities. This has been underlined over the last few years, namely as a recurrent theme of its annual meetings. The recent and relatively widespread dissemination of electronic means of payment such as POSs, mobile banking (provided by banks), and mobile money (provided through cell...
1 Jul 2014 | Margarida Ortigão, Esselina Macome, Pedro Vicente
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Project
The diffusion of mobile money: Evidence from a lab experiment in the field
The success story of M-PESA in Kenya raised hopes that massive mobile money adoption would promote financial inclusion of the poor. This is particularly true in sub-Saharan Africa where the poor had very limited access to formal financial services before the introduction of mobile money technology. In Mozambique, recent research has shown considerable adoption of mobile...
1 Jun 2014 | Pedro Vicente, Cátia Batista, Marcel Fafchamps
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Publication - Working Paper
Is Information Power? Using Mobile Phones and Free Newspapers during an Election in Mozambique (Working Paper)
1 May 2013 | Jenny Aker, Paul Collier, Pedro Vicente
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Publication - Working Paper
A Randomized Impact Evaluation of the Introduction of Mobile Banking in Mozambique (Working Paper)
1 Mar 2012 | Cátia Batista, Pedro Vicente
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Project
The role of mobile banking and business training in mobilising savings for microenterprise development in Mozambique (Phase Two)
This project investigates the role of technology in increasing the savings capacity of microentrepreneurs, and the importance of financial literacy in ensuring the optimal management of these savings towards enterprise development. We will apply a randomized control trial methodology to measure causal changes in savings rates, investment levels and firm productivity, among...
1 Feb 2012 | Sandra Sequeira, Pedro Vicente, Cátia Batista
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Publication - Policy Brief
A Randomized Impact Evaluation of the Introduction of Mobile Banking in Mozambique (Policy Brief)
1 Jan 2012 | Cátia Batista, Pedro Vicente
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Project
A Randomized Impact Evaluation of the Introduction of Mobile Banking in Mozambique
The recent introduction of mobile banking services in rural areas of Mozambique created the opportunity to undertake a randomized impact evaluation of the introduction of this technology in rural and traditionally unbanked areas. Aware of the importance of urban-rural remittances to previous successful cases in similar contexts (namely M-PESA in Kenya), this project focuses...
1 Aug 2011 | Pedro Vicente, Cátia Batista
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Publication - Policy Brief
Is Information Power? (Policy Brief)
1 Mar 2011 | Jenny Aker, Paul Collier, Pedro Vicente
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Project
Counteracting illicit behaviour during elections: The role of observers and cell phones in a field experiment
Democracy requires elections that are free and fair, in order to bring legitimacy to governments and therefore give them the mandate to pursue their policies. But in many developing countries, and especially Africa, elections are marred by intimidation, fraud, and even civil conflict. This project seeks to develop our understanding of how electoral conduct can be improved...
1 Jul 2009 | Paul Collier, Jenny Aker, Pedro Vicente