Cet article traite des difficultés méthodologiques soulevées par l’évaluation du niveau des recettes publiques dans les PED. Pour procéder à cette évaluation, il est tenu compte du niveau effectif des recettes publiques, de leur instabilité et enfin de l’effort fiscal. L’effort...

L’objet de cet article est de mettre en évidence le rôle crucial dans les réformes des facteurs d’économie politique très souvent négligés dans les pays en développement mais qui, ces dernières années, ont constitué un obstacle très important aux réformes de transition fiscale....

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In the literature, when the price of primary products is booming, developing countries are generally facing an increase in the availability of foreign financing. The STABEX payments should occur after a shortfall export earnings, and as a consequence when government revenues are falling. We show...

When compared to other developing countries, most Sub-Saharan African countries are characterized by a disappointing level of development. Among the factors explaining this poor performance, the inadequate supply of public goods is often advocated. This inadequate supply is due either to poor...

L'objectif de l'étude est d'analyser la relation entre l'aide au développement et le prélèvement public. Il s'agit de d'évaluer si l'aide incite les pays receveurs à réduire leur taux de prélèvement, autrement dit s'il existe en effet d'éviction des recettes publiques par l'aide...

The impact of exchange policy on macroeconomic targets (growth, inflation…) is rather difficult to assess empirically. There is a lack of accurate quantitative tools to define the strategy used, then a dummy variable (fixed or floating rate) is generally used in econometric studies. This paper...

Most developing and transition countries have adopted a mixed strategy in the management of their exchange rate. This article provides an indicator that measures the trade-off between nominal anchor and real target strategies. The relevance of the indicator is assessed for the cases of Poland...

The recent boom and bust in commodity prices has renewed the policymakers’ interest in three complementary issues: i) characteristics and determinants of commodity price instability, ii) its macroeconomic effects and, iii) the optimal policy responses to this instability. This work falls...

This article investigates the causes of the deflation which occurs in China since 1998. The analysis is based on a theoretical model which addresses supply shocks as well as demand shocks and on the estimation of a reduced equation of consumer prices variations for the period 1986-2002, the...