Frederica Mendonça is a PhD student in Economics at Nova SBE. She is affiliated with Nova SBE NOVAFRICA Knowledge Center. She is primarily interested in Development Economics with a focus on political economy. She also aims at studying economic policies that can improve education and health outcomes in developing contexts. Her research uses data collection and analysis with micro econometric models. Her teaching experience includes Microeconomics, Public Policy and Macroeconomics of Financial Markets.