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(english) In January 2010, Haiti has been hit by the worst earthquake in its dramatic history. It was followed by an unprecedented international mobilization. Since then, a succession of natural disasters has struck the country (floods, epidemics, etc.). At the commemoration of the fourth...
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This article analyses the distributional impact of international migration across two regions of Algerian emigration (Nedroma and Idjeur) using an original survey we conducted of 1,200 households in 2011. The non-parametric technique of DiNardo, Fortin and Lemieux (1996) is used to analyse the...
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European Enlightenment thinkers were right in stressing the political dimension of inequality, rather than referring to … dedicated to the politics of inequality on the one hand, to political inequalities on the other hand …
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aid and migrants’ remittances. Results suggest that FDI increases inequality, while remittances tend to reduce inequality …
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(english) The aim of this paper is to realize an in-depth analysis of the growth and poverty interactions in Syria, which undertook a series of economic reforms in the past decade to reduce the intervention of the Government in the economy. One of the main tools of the pro-poor growth literature...
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(english) The objective of this study is to take stock of the economic and social achievements of Senegal during the first part of president Wade’s term of office (2001 to 2006). More specifically, we examine the efficiency of the “Accelerated Growth Strategy” (Stratégie de Croissance...
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Using a 2006 household survey in Mali, we compare current poverty rates and inequality levels with counterfactual ones …
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What is the kind of institutions that affect economic inequalities? Using a database on national income inequality for …
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Since 2004, the Government of Senegal has adopted an accelerated growth program in the aim of reducing poverty by half before 2015 (Millennium Development Goal). This article criticizes this program by analysing his pro-poor components. It shows that policies are too much oriented towards...
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15 % and 50 % and that inequality levels in both countries are nearer to level of countries like Brazil than it is said …
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