“Accelerated Growth Strategy” (Stratégie de Croissance Accélérée in French or SCA) in the fight against poverty. We start by an … analysis of the macroeconomic foundations of growth in Senegal and then examine the evolution of labor market and social … indicators over the period under study. We show that growth achievements did not meet the targets set by the SCA. Despite the …

(english) Since the 1994 devaluation, growth has been quite strong in Mali (about 5% p.a. on average), but much weaker … in terms of GDP per person (about 2.6% p.a.) due to a very high index of fecundity. Growth is still very unstable, due to … a surge after the devaluation, poverty incidence plummeted slightly. Extreme poverty decreased, and growth has been pro …

Since 2004, the Government of Senegal has adopted an accelerated growth program in the aim of reducing poverty by half … growth strategy is not really in accordance with the Senegalese Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper …

(english) This paper is dedicated to a theoretical and empirical survey of the relationship between trade, growth …, poverty and inequality in developing countries. This relationship has been widely discussed by economists during the last few … results of empirical studies on the impact of openness (as measured by the protection rate) on growth are not robust. Some …

(english) This paper tests if agricultural and climatic shocks have persistent impacts on consumption growth in 7 rural … areas from Madagascar. The empirical framework is inspired by a standard Solow growth model. Shocks are introduced directly … measured by village rainfall deviations from long term means. Growth is measured by consumption growth. We use household total …

-called “left-populist” governments, have failed to effectively reduce inequality in the 2000s and have only benefitted from high …

factor contributing to the growth in inequality over the past 30 years. …The OECD recently published a lengthy volume examining the causes of rising inequality in most wealthy countries over … the last three decades. This paper examines that study, finding that the OECD misses most of the story of inequality …

Social Security benefits will have the effect of increasing inequality. …