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(institutions, governance, and social and political participation). To take up this challenge, modules on Governance, Democracy and … in the political class; the “need for the State”, particularly of the poorest; the extent of petty corruption; the … corruption ; l'efficience des institutions ; la fiabilité des enquêtes-experts sur la gouvernance ; l’appréciation des politiques …
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(english) Impact evaluation has recently gained significant momentum with good reason, as they help to quantify the social impacts of interventions. With increased importance being attached to evaluation, one spillover effect could be capacity development in African countries with increased...
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, Governance and Democracy) were added to the 1-2-3 surveys carried out in 2001, 2002 or 2003 in major cities in eight countries …
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(english) After debt cancellations, in particular MDRI (Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative) debt ratios in Low Income Country dropped to historic lows. They are now getting into debt again, because of Bretton Woods Institutions (BWI) new loans, of emerging countries’ (namely China) loans, and...
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(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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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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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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2001, the Malian National Statistics Office has appended three specific modules on Governance, Democracy and Multiple … a diagnosis on governance, democracy and poverty reduction policies. This report presents the first results of these …
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government of an emerging democracy may fear political instability and keep the lid on potential unrest by bargaining with …
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(english) The classical and more recent theories on development all fail to explain Madagascar’s long-running economic underperformance. This paper proposes a reinterpretation of Malagasy history based on the analytical framework of political economy. Our analyses point to the fact that,...
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