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The political dimension of inequality during economic development

Cogneau, Denis - DIAL - 2009

European Enlightenment thinkers were right in stressing the political dimension of inequality, rather than referring to "natural differences" as some others did after them in the 19th or 20th centuries. Drawing from recent theoretical and empirical contributions in social sciences and in...

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Migrations internationales, libre-échange et intégration régionale

Cogneau, Denis; Tapinos, Georges - DIAL - 2000

transfers, call for a change in perspective and suggest considering from now on migration and development as to separate … problems. Development is a self-sufficient goal for the whole society while emigration is an individual choice which may … reflect a lack of confidence in national development prospects. _________________________________ Le papier propose une …

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Colonisation and Development in the Former French West Africa: The Long-term Impact of the Colonial Public Policy

Huillery, Elise - DIAL - 2006

Frenchspeaking West Africa? This paper uses the differences in development outcomes across the areas of the former French West Africa … to show the existence of colonial long term effects on development paths. To correct from potential biases, I take … strong determinant of current development of the districts of the former French West Africa. First, the African chiefs …

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Equality of opportunity and other equity principles in the context of developing countries

Cogneau, Denis - DIAL - 2005

appears to be back on the ‘development agenda’. Nowadays the term equity tends to be most often associated with the equality …

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Colonisation, School and Development in Africa. An empirical analysis

Cogneau, Denis - DIAL - 2003

Macroeconomic data on 45 countries are combined with microeconomic data on 4 case-study countries to reveal significant differences in the levels of education attained under the different colonial powers in Africa during the colonial period. In 1960, former British colonies exhibited higher...

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Aspiration failure: a poverty trap for indigenous children in Peru?

Pasquier-Doumer, Laure; Brandon, Fiorella Risso - DIAL - 2013

(english) This paper aims to contribute to understand the mechanisms underlying the complex exclusion process of indigenous people in Peru, by analysing the role played by aspirations in the investment in education of indigenous children. To address these issues, the paper relies on a very rich...

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Informal Sector Dynamics In Times Of Fragile Growth: The Case Of Madagascar

Grimm, Michael; Lay, Jann; Roubaud, François; … - DIAL - 2011

(english) This paper investigates the dynamics of the informal sector in Madagascar during a period of fragile growth. Overall, the behavior of informal firms in terms of earnings, employment and capital accumulation points to a degree of heterogeneity which goes beyond a simple dualistic model...

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Éducation et marchés du travail à Brazzaville et Pointe Noire (Congo-Brazzaville)

Kuepie, Mathias; Nordman, Christophe - DIAL - 2011

(english) The aim of this study is to analyze the impact of education on labor market entry, particularly on earnings in the two largest cities of the Republic of Congo. We examine firsthand data from the 2009 Congo's Employment and Informal Sector Survey (Enquête sur l’emploi et le secteur...

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Poverty alleviation policy targeting: a review of experiences in developing countries

Lavallée, Emmanuelle; Olivier, Anne; Pasquier-Doumer, Laure - DIAL - 2010

(english) Fiscal constraints and policy changes to improve the effectiveness of programmes in reducing poverty have gradually led the international community to use tools to reach the poor. Poverty reduction policy targeting is one of them. This paper reviews targeted poverty alleviation...

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Inputs, Gender Roles or Sharing Norms? Assessing the Gender Performance Gap Among Informal Entrepreneurs in Madagascar

Nordman, Christophe; Vaillant, Julia - DIAL - 2013

(english) We use a representative sample of informal entrepreneurs in Madagascar to add new evidence on the magnitude of the gender performance gap. After controlling for business and entrepreneur characteristics, female-owned businesses exhibit a value added 28 percent lower than their male...

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