Cet article propose une réflexion sur l’action publique pour accompagner, orienter et réguler les transformations et les différenciations régionales face à la mondialisation. Les défis pour l’État sont importants dans la mesure où il existe, à côté des grandes agglomérations, des...

Face à la mondialisation et à l'élargissement de l'Union européenne, le groupe de travail présente les conséquences pour les entreprises françaises notamment pour la répartition des activités entre les régions, les évolutions possibles des économies régionales, l'emploi et propose...

This paper empirically analyzes the influence of road proximity on HIV- infection using geographical data on road infrastructure and the Demographic and Health Surveys collected in six African countries. Firstly we show that living in proximity to a major road increases the individual risk of...

Microsimulation constitutes a particularly powerful instrument for evaluating the distributive impact of macro-economic shocks. All existing models applied to developing countries remain static. I develop a dynamic model able to account for the temporal dimension of macro-economic shocks and...

Given the low condom use and high prevalence in some African countries, this paper addresses the question of whether these evidences are driven by a supply-side or a demandside issue. The role of road infrastructures on HIV/AIDS outcomes is investigated using data from the Demographic and Health...

We use Moroccan data to study the determinants of international migrants’ remittances, testing the altruistic and welfare hypotheses. In particular, we analyze and assess what motivates migrants to send remittances back home. Our results lend support to the altruistic hypothesis suggesting...

In this issue, El Mouhoub Mouhoud addresses the complexity of the different forms of migrations within the current globalisation of capitalism and brings out the paradoxes arising from them. Without migrants, the countries which are the least well placed in this international competition would...

From official records, it would appear that the labour market significantly shifted from the formal to the informal sector in Kenya. However, a careful examination of different data sources for Nairobi show that in the 1990s there has been no direct transfer of employment from the formal sector...