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Finance, The Discreet Regulator : How Financial Activities Shape and Transform the World

Richard, Chrystelle; Huault, Isabelle - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2012

most current analysis focuses on the way finance can be regulated in the topical context of the economic crisis, this book … on a series of case studies, Finance: The Discreet Regulator highlights how public authorities and private actors jointly …

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Financiarisation des marchés de matières premières

Lambinet, Rémy - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2014

Commodity prices rise observed during the 2000s being concomitant with the increasing presence of financial agents has sparked the researchers’ interest. This price increase occurred while commodity markets have been transformed by new financial instruments or larger investments in these...

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Energy Consumption and Economic Growth: Evidence from Cameroon

Fondja Wandji, Yris D. - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2013

other side, a lack of energy is a major bottleneck for further economic development in Cameroon. …

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Colonisation, School and Development in Africa. An empirical analysis

Cogneau, Denis - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2003

Macroeconomic data on 45 countries are combined with microeconomic data on 4 case-study countries to reveal signifi cant differences in the levels of education attained under the different colonial powers in Africa during the colonial period. In 1960, former British colonies exhibited higher...

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Introduction thématique

Jacquemot, Pierre - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2009

Africa has been hard hit by the international crisis. Initially exogenous and above all financial, it has exacerbated various internal crises already present in the region. Like the DRC, which is a test case in many respects, Africa could experience severe setbacks that could cancel out the...

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Market Access Liberalisation in the Doha Round : Scenarios and Assessment

Fontagné, Lionel; Guérin, Jean-Louis; Jean, Sébastien - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2005

the Doha Development Agenda. The dispersion of tariffs remains very large, translating into sizeable economic distortions …

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Colonization, Institutions and Inequality. A Note on Some Suggestive Evidence

Cogneau, Denis; Guénard, Charlotte - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2003

What is the kind of institutions that affect economic inequalities? Using a database on national income inequality for 73 non-European countries, we show that 'good governance' not only contributes to the level of income but also to a more equal distribution by increasing the income share of the...

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Colonisation and Development in the Former French West Africa: The Long-term Impact of the Colonial Public Policy

Huillery, Elise - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2006

Africa? This paper uses the differences in development outcomes across the areas of the former French West Africa to show the … existence of colonial long term effects on development paths. To correct from potential biases, I take carefully into account … determinant of current development of the districts of the former French West Africa. First, the African chiefs’ association to …

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Migrations internationales, libre-échange et intégration régionale

Cogneau, Denis; Tapinos, Georges - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2000

public transfers, call for a change in perspective and suggest considering from now on migration and development as to … separate problems. Development is a self-sufficient goal for the whole society while emigration is an individual choice which … may reflect a lack of confidence in national development prospects. …

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Migrant Remittances and their Impact on Development in the Home Economies: The Case of Africa

Gubert, Flore - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2005

According to the latest figures from the United Nations,1 the number of migrants throughout the world has more than doubled since 1975. At the turn of this new century it is reported to stand at around 175 million persons (including refugees), or 2.9% of the global population. Still largely from...

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