How far is it a benefit to be classified as a LDC? To address this issue several approaches are conceivable.A first approach would be to consider how the developing countries themselves perceive the benefits and costs of membership. [...]A second approach consists to review all the measures that...

How far is it a benefit to be classified as a LDC? To address this issue several approaches are conceivable.A first approach would be to consider how the developing countries themselves perceive the benefits and costs of membership. [...]A second approach consists to review all the measures that...

Les trois premiers Forums ont fait émerger un discours apparemment consensuel sur l’efficacité de l’aide, nourri d’un vocabulaire convenu, d’autant mieux accepté qu’il était souvent ambigu. Ainsi s’est développée une rhétorique sur l’efficacité de l’aide où l’on n’a...

This paper examines the vulnerability of African countries to climate change, for which they are not responsible. It is based on an index of structural or physical vulnerability to climate change at the country level, denominated below by the acronym PVCCI. This index has been created recently...

This paper considers why and how the PBA (performance based allocation) used in multilateral development banks and in particular at IDA, could be improved by taking the structural vulnerability of eligible countries into account. This improvement is needed for several reasons. The PBA relies on...

Developing country performance with respect to economic policies and institutional behaviour is a common criterion for the allocation of aid among recipient countries. This paper questions the manner in which performance is used in this regard, arguing that performance is too narrowly defined. A...

À la demande du Général de Gaulle, Jean-Marcel Jeanneney a rédigé en 1963 un rapport sur ce que devrait être à l’avenir la politique de coopération de la France avec les pays en développement. Ce texte, largement commenté et critiqué à l’époque, fit date. La cohérence des...

Making development financing in LDCs more conducive to development should be a priority for the next Programme of Action of the Istanbul Conference. It needs to go beyond the old and emblematic target of ODA to LDCs, which is too far to be reached. The present paper examines four issues.