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Endemic diseases and agricultural productivity: Challenges and policy response

Audibert, Martine - HAL - 2011

. After a long time of disinterest in the agriculture sector in Africa, several voices arise now in favour of greater efforts …Contrary to Asian countries, the agricultural sector in Africa had not benefited from the green revolution success … towards this sector. Several studies tend to show the crucial role of agriculture in African countries' growth and highlight …

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Progressive entry and the incentives to invest in alternative infrastructures

Bourreau, Marc; Drouard, Joeffrey - HAL - 2014

In this paper we study an entrant's incentives to build a network infrastructure, when there is an initial phase of service-based competition where it leases access to the incumbent's infrastructure. We build a model in which the phase of service-based competition allows the entrant to step into...

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Human capital investment and long-term poverty reduction in rural Mexico

Winters, Paul; Chiodi, Vera - HAL - 2008

By focusing on human capital investment, the Mexican Oportunidades program will influence the economic choices of the rural poor. To understand how beneficiaries may alter their behavior as a result of this intervention, this paper uses administrative data to analyze the economic activities of...

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Tax exemptions and rural development: Evidence from a quasi-experiment

Behaghel, Luc; Lorenceau, Adrien; Quantin, Simon - HAL - 2012

This paper provides quasi-experimental (RDD) estimates of the impact of a tax credit program targeted at less densely populated areas. The program was launched in the mid 1990s in rural France and includes corporate and payroll tax exemptions. Variations over time and across rm types allow...

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Sub-Saharan African Cotton Policies in Retrospect

Delpeuch, Claire; Leblois, Antoine - HAL - 2011

Calls for liberalizing cash crop sectors in sub-saharan Africa have been voiced for decades. Yet, the impact of reforms … West Africa. …

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Transportation Infrastructure and Development in Ghana

Jedwab, Rémi; Moradi, Alexandre - HAL - 2011

We study the impact of transportation infrastructure on agriculture and development in colonial Ghana. Two railway …

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Access to water as a determinant of rental values: A hedonic analysis in Rwanda

Choumert, Johanna; STAGE, Jesper; UWERA, Claudine - HAL - 2014

In this paper, we study the determinants of rental values in urban housing markets in Kigali, Rwanda. In particular, we study the value of access to piped water; due to the high costs associated with installing new piped connections, renting a property with an existing connection is often the...

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Braving the waves: the role of time and risk preferences in illegal migration from Senegal

Arcand, Jean-Louis; MBAYE, Linguère Mously - HAL - 2013

This paper aims to provide the first evidence concerning the relationship between time and risk preferences and illegal migration in an African context. Based upon our theoretical model and using a unique data set on potential migrants collected in urban Senegal, we evaluate a measure of time...

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Transportation Conditions and Access to Services in a Context of Urban Sprawl and Deregulation. The Case of Dar es Salaam

Olvera, Lourdes Diaz; Plat, Didier; Pochet, Pascal - HAL - 2003

Major deficiencies in urbanisation and transportation systems are reinforcing patterns of social and urban segregation in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania's largest city. Analysis of the 1993 Human Resources Development Survey shows that there are numerous obstacles to the daily travel of the city's...

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Meta-analysis of travel of the poor in West and Southern african cities

Behrens, Roger; Olvera, Lourdes Diaz; Plat, Didier; … - HAL - 2004

to transport planners and policy-makers in Africa to bridge the French-English language divide. The aim of the paper is … Faso, Mali, Niger, Senegal and South Africa, enables a meta-analysis of African travel survey findings amongst low …

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