Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 90
Cover Image
Household transport expenditure in Sub-Saharan African cities: measurement and analysis
Olvera, Lourdes Diaz; Plat, Didier; Pochet, Pascal - HAL - 2008
In Sub-Saharan Africa the cost of transport faced by city dwellers, particularly the poor, tends to add to their travel and economic difficulties. Knowledge of the burden of transport expenditure in the household budget seems essential for passenger transport policy formulation in order to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008790892
Cover Image
When unstable, growth is less pro poor
Guillaumont, Patrick; Korachais, Catherine - HAL - 2011
is a factor slowing down poverty reduction. But it can also result in slower poverty reduction for a given average rate … of growth, due to poverty traps, often examined at the microeconomic level. Testing a model of poverty change on a panel … of data for 70 countries from 1981 to 1999, we do find that income instability results in a lower poverty reduction for a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008805948
Cover Image
Presidential elections and the manipulation of exam success rate in Sub-Saharan Africa
Ebeke, Christian; Etoundi, Mireille Ntsama - HAL - 2011
This paper investigates whether the exam success rate in Africa increases significantly in the months prior to the occurrence of the presidential elections. It hypothesizes that the incumbent is tempted to increase the exam success rate to retain a form of social cohesion and to 'buy' votes. A...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009644163
Cover Image
The Rise of China in Sub-Saharan Africa: its Ambiguous Economic Impacts
Sindzingre, Nicole Alice - HAL - 2011
The paper analyses the economic relationships between China and Sub-Saharan African countries, including original contractual relationships that link exports from Sub-Saharan Africa to China and investment by Chinese firms in Sub-Saharan Africa. Unlike the 'traditional' partners of Sub-Saharan...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009353553
Cover Image
Accounting for the effects of AIDS on growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
Cahu, Paul; Fall, Falilou - HAL - 2011
In this paper, we first, perform a quantitative assessment of the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on growth. Second, we precisely account for the effects of the epidemic on income per capita through human and physical capital accumulations, population and labor force. That is, we disentangle the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010605309
Cover Image
Does malaria control impact education? A study of the Global Fund in Africa
Kuecken, Maria; Thuilliez, Josselin; Valfort, Marie-Anne - HAL - 2014
We examine the middle-run eff ects of the Global Fund's malaria control programs on the educational attainment of primary schoolchildren in Sub-Saharan Africa. Using a quasi-experimental approach, we exploit geographic variation in pre-campaign malaria prevalence (malaria ecology) and variation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010751023
Cover Image
The puzzle of mobility and access to the city in Sub-Saharan Africa
Olvera, Lourdes Diaz; Plat, Didier; Pochet, Pascal - HAL - 2013
This paper examines access to the city as revealed by the daily travel behaviour of urban dwellers. It is based on secondary analyses of six household travel surveys carried out in cities in West and Central Africa between 1992 and 2003. Vehicle ownership rates are low in these cities and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010820734
Cover Image
Tax Revenue Instability in Sub-Saharan Africa: Consequences and Remedies
Ebeke, Christian; Ehrhart, Hélène - HAL - 2011
This paper focuses on the sources and consequences of the instability of tax revenue in Sub-Saharan African countries. We take advantage of a unique and extraordinarily rich dataset on the composition of tax revenues for a large number of countries. Using panel data for 39 countries observed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008793657
Cover Image
How do African populations perceive corruption: microeconomic evidence from Afrobarometer data in twelve countries
Attila, Gbewopo - HAL - 2011
In this paper, we examine the microeconomic determinants of the perception of corruption in twelve Sub-Saharan African countries. Unlike the indicators of corruption based on the opinion of international experts, the study focuses on corrupt practices as experienced by the African people...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008805919
Cover Image
Refining opportunity cost estimates of not adopting GM cotton : An application in seven sub-saharan african countries
Bouet, Antoine; Gruere, Guillaume - HAL - 2010
A computable general equilibrium model is applied to evaluate the opportunity costs of not adopting Bt cotton, a genetically-modified (GM) insect resistant cotton, in Benin, Burkina- Faso, Mali, Senegal, Togo, Tanzania, and Uganda when it is adopted in other countries. Our model uniquely employs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010899543