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La croissance est-elle pro-pauvres au Mali ?

Günther, Isabel; Marouani, Mohamed Ali; Raffinot, Marc - DIAL - 2006

(english) Since the 1994 devaluation, growth has been quite strong in Mali (about 5% p.a. on average), but much weaker in terms of GDP per person (about 2.6% p.a.) due to a very high index of fecundity. Growth is still very unstable, due to a large share of agriculture in GDP and very sensitive...

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The methodological challenge of monitoring living conditions. Insights from a tracking experience in Madagascar.

Vaillant, Julia - DIAL - 2010

(english) Most longitudinal surveys recontact households only if they are still living in the same dwelling, producing very high attrition rates, especially in developing countries where rural-urban migration is prevalent. In this paper, we discuss the implications of the various follow-up rules...

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Do remittances affect poverty and inequality? Evidence from Mali

Gubert, Flore; Lassourd, Thomas; Mesplé-Somps, Sandrine - DIAL - 2010

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 receiving remittances. We show that remittances reduce poverty rates … by 5% to 11% and the Gini coefficient by about 5%. Households in the bottom quintiles are more dependent on remittances …

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"To Have and Have Not”: Migration, Remittances, Poverty and Inequality in Algeria

Margolis, David; Miotti, Luis; Mouhoud; Oudinet, Joël - DIAL - 2014

, Fortin and Lemieux (1996) is used to analyse the effects of remittances on the distribution of household incomes. The … calculation of the impact of migration on the distribution of household income. Remittances, and especially foreign pensions … Nedroma. At the same time, they help reduce poverty by nearly 13 percentage points. Remittances have a strong positive impact …

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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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Development at the border: a study of national integration in post-colonial West Africa

Cogneau, Denis; Mesplé-Somps, Sandrine; Spielvogel, Gilles - DIAL - 2010

In Africa, boundaries delineated during the colonial era now divide young independent states. By applying regression discontinuity designs to a large set of surveys covering the 1986-2001 period, this paper identifies many large and significant jumps in welfare at the borders between five...

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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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Employment Vulnerability and Earnings in Urban West Africa

Bocquier, Philippe; Nordman, Christophe; Vescovo, Aude - DIAL - 2010

(english) In this article, we develop indicators of vulnerability in employment in seven economic capitals of West Africa and study their links with individual incomes from the main job. We draw on data from the 1-2-3 Surveys in 2002-2003 to make a cross-country comparison using rigorously the...

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