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(english) This paper tests if agricultural and climatic shocks have persistent impacts on consumption growth in 7 rural areas from Madagascar. The empirical framework is inspired by a standard Solow growth model. Shocks are introduced directly in the reduced form model as controls for factor...
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(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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(english) Using a unique panel of household businesses for Vietnam, this paper sheds light on the links between households’ and entrepreneurs’ social networks and business performance. We address two related questions. One first question asks if we can find evidence of a differentiated...
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(english) The objective of this study is to identify factors that explain Malian women position in the labor market. We begin by presenting a theoretical framework that mobilizes three theories explaining women labor market integration: the feminist theory which shows that the disadvantaged...
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(english) Since the 1994 devaluation, growth has been quite strong in Mali (about 5% p.a. on average), but much weaker … like Mali, the likely effect of such policies is questionable, at least in the short or medium run. We propose to focus on …. _________________________________ (français) Depuis la dévaluation de 1994, la croissance au Mali se situe en moyenne à 5 % par an environ (soit la moitié en …
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-1989 locust invasion in Mali. Using exhaustive Population Census data, we construct birth cohorts of individuals and compare those … chocs de revenu à travers l’analyse des effets de l’invasion de criquets qui a eu lieu de 1987 à 1989 au Mali sur différents …
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(english) In Mali, the situation of cotton growing households has traditionally been considered as more favorable than … neglected step in the analysis of development policy. _________________________________ (français) Au Mali, il est entendu que …
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(english) This article explores the importance of fertilizer profitability in explaining the relative, apparent low use … profitable in most cases under the current level of subsidized fertilizer prices. These findings suggest that the low uptake of …
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in the Kayes area (Western Mali), the main source of Soninke labor migration to France … sur des données d'enquête collectées par l'un des auteurs au sein de la région de Kayes (Mali), la principale zone d …
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This paper presents a microsimulation model in a General Equilibrium framework applied to Madagascar. The model is primarily focused on labor markets and labor allocation at the household level, and consumption behavior is also modeled. At the aggregate level, it allows for the endogenous...
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