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(english) Vietnam is a very important country for the World Bank. It is the first recipient of IDA credits. It is also …, the Bank is very active in Vietnam: it is the first provider of development aid; it is also the leader in economic … research. Starting from a detailed diagnosis on the Bank’s activities in Vietnam and on the contents of policies it promotes in …
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(english) This paper is an attempt to assess the relevance of the use of the North, Wallis and Weingast (2009) framework to explain the performances of Burkina Faso in terms of economic growth and development. The political history of Burkina Faso has been very unstable until president Campaoré...
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(english) This paper sheds light on the role of family networks in the dynamics of a West African labour market, i.e. in the transitions from unemployment to employment, from wage employment to selfemployment, and from self-employment to wage employment. It investigates the effects of three...
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(english) This article explores the importance of fertilizer profitability in explaining the relative, apparent low use of chemical fertilizers by farmers in Burkina Faso. Using large-scale plot data, we estimate maize yield response to nitrogen to be 19 kg/ha on average and to vary with soil...
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The theoretical literature on pro-poor growth as well as its applications have not paid sufficient attention to the issue of varying inflation rates across the income distribution. Ignoring inflation inequality in pro-poor growth measurements can however severely bias assessments of pro-poor...
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(english) Since 1997, governments of Burkina Faso and Mali have decided to introduce results-oriented programme budgeting alongside the traditional state budget. This reform was implemented with insufficient coordination with others reforms in progress: Public Expenditure Review (PER), Sector-...
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Previous poverty assessments for Burkina Faso were biased due to the neglect of some important methodological issues. This led to the so-called ‘Burkinabè Growth-Poverty-Paradox’, i.e. relatively sustained macro-economic growth, but almost constant poverty. We estimate that poverty...
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(english) Using a unique panel of household businesses for Vietnam, this paper sheds light on the links between …. _________________________________ (français) En utilisant un panel de microentreprises familiales au Vietnam, cet article met en relation le réseau social des …
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segmentation and dualism. However, in developing countries such as Vietnam which is the focus of this study, wage work is marginal … segmentation in Vietnam (section 2). Section 3 describes the institutional background related to firm registration and social … protection in Vietnam, and analyses the reasons for informality in relationship with the institutional framework. Section 4 …
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In spite of rapid economic growth for the last decades, the informal economy still has a predominant weight in Vietnam …’ instigation. The first part highlights the major role played by the informal sector in employment in Vietnam, describes its … économique rapide enregistrée au Vietnam au cours des dernières décennies, l’économie informelle conserve un poids prédominant …
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