empirically observe the first democratic changeover in Ghana in 2000. Implement- ing a diff-in-diff strategy, we find that …

and swing districts. Our results, however, suggest that the opposite was true of Ghana. We observe that pro … opposition leaders. Our analysis also shows that, when controlling for votes and other covariates (including wealth, urbanization …

Women’s disadvantaged position in the labour market can be explained by conflicts between their roles in exercising an … economic activity and in assuming their domestic activities. Husbands’ insufficient or inexistent income has increased women … does in Lomé. When women in Dakar take part in an economic activity outside the domestic sphere this clashes with the …

significantly change the Gini coefficient in nearly any of the counterfactual scenarios. However, migration reduced poverty by 40 … per- cent, with different effects across regions for extreme poverty. Foreign transfers, especially foreign pensions, have …

In this paper, we examine the effect of migrants’ remittances on poverty and inequality. The survey data were collected … scenario without remittances; this is then compared with its current income. We find that the poverty rate and the …

insecurity in terms of monetary poverty. Using a Malian survey that incorporates exceptionally detailed information on food …

This article attempts to assess empirically the impact of remittances on household expenditure and relative poverty in … poverty. The results show a statistically significant and positive impact of hose remittances on recipient households …’ expenditures. They are also significantly associated with a decline in the probability of being in poverty for rural households; it …

impact in terms of poverty reduction is important in both projects involved in this type of analysis (Modernization of …