Aid has been for decades an important source of financing for developing countries, but more recently remittance flows have increased rapidly and are beginning to dwarf aid flows. This paper investigates how remittances affect aid flows, and how this relationship varies depending on the channel...

Aid has been for decades an important source of financing for developing countries, but more recently remittance flows have increased rapidly and are beginning to dwarf aid flows. This paper investigates how remittances affect aid flows, and how this relationship varies depending on the channel...

The rapid growth of Islamic banking has attracted much attention lately in the economic literature. At the same time, a mature body of the literature has shown that financial development is broadly conducive to economic growth, which raises the question as to whether a similar conclusion holds...

The rapid growth of Islamic banking has attracted much attention lately in the economic literature. At the same time, a mature body of the literature has shown that financial development is broadly conducive to economic growth, which raises the question as to whether a similar conclusion holds...

This paper presents a unique tax revenue dataset for Sub-Saharan Africa, which main innovation is the level of detail it provides about tax revenue sources for a large number of countries (41) and over a long time period (1980-2010). The paper describes how the dataset was constructed,...

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...

Cette étude propose une présentation générale des indicateurs de politique économique «révélée» par les résultats. La construction de ces indicateurs repose sur une méthode économétrique qui permet de faire la part entre le «structurel» et le «discrétionnaire» dans le...

Il existe de nombreux indicateurs de politique de développement et une présentation critique de ces indicateurs apparaît nécessaire. Ce document présente un premier guide critique des principaux indicateurs disponibles, l’utilisation opérationnelle de certains des indicateurs et les...

Il existe de nombreux indicateurs de politique de développement et une présentation critique de ces indicateurs apparaît nécessaire. Ce document présente un premier guide critique des principaux indicateurs disponibles, l’utilisation opérationnelle de certains des indicateurs et les...

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...