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Development at the border: a study of national integration in post-colonial West Africa

Cogneau, Denis; Mesplé-Somps, Sandrine; Spielvogel, Gilles - DIAL - 2010

In Africa, boundaries delineated during the colonial era now divide young independent states. By applying regression …

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The Sikasso Paradoxe: Cotton and Poverty in Mali

Delarue, Jocelyne; Mesplé-Somps, Sandrine; Naudet, … - DIAL - 2009

(english) In Mali, the situation of cotton growing households has traditionally been considered as more favorable than that of food crop producers. However, official statistics on poverty suggest that the cotton growing region of Sikasso is among the poorest regions of the country and that...

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Do remittances affect poverty and inequality? Evidence from Mali

Gubert, Flore; Lassourd, Thomas; Mesplé-Somps, Sandrine - DIAL - 2010

Using a 2006 household survey in Mali, we compare current poverty rates and inequality levels with counterfactual ones in the absence of migration and remittances. With proper hypotheses on migrants and a selection model, we are able to impute a counterfactual income for households currently...

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Inequality of Opportunity for Income in Five Countries of Africa

Cogneau, Denis; Mesplé-Somps, Sandrine - DIAL - 2008

This paper examines for the first time inequality of opportunity for income in Africa, by analyzing large … agriculture. Nevertheless, it displays marked regional inequality insofar as being born in the Northern part of this country …

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Inequalities and equity in Africa

Cogneau, Denis; Bossuroy, Thomas; Vreyer, Philippe De; … - DIAL - 2006

time inequality of opportunity in Africa, aside inequality of resources and of living standards. We confirm the prevalence … dans les structures de ces inégalités. L’essentiel de ces différences provient des écarts de revenu entre l’agriculture et …

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Quelques réflexions sur la situation économique et sociale africaine et les politiques économiques préconisées par le NEPAD (Nouveau Partenariat pour le Développement de l'Afrique)...

Mesplé-Somps, Sandrine - DIAL - 2002

The paper presents the NEPAD initiative (the New Partnership for Africa’s Development initiative) and criticizes some … Africa and how incorrectly the document addresses this question. The second one is on the fact that policies against poverty …

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Présentation du modèle démo-économique développé par le Club du Sahel pour analyser le développement des économies locales d’Afrique de l’Ouest Hypothèses et premières critiques...

Mesplé-Somps, Sandrine - DIAL - 2001

The paper presents a demo-economic model developed by Jean-Marie Cour, OECD-Club du Sahel. It is a prospective and spatial model of West African countries. The document does not present the results of the model, but examines its hypothesis and its equations which are...

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