The wind of democratisation, which has been blowing across Sub-Saharan Africa for the last decade, must be considered as a superb opportunity for public statistics. The increase in power of the civil society and the liberation of the media have opened up a dynamic public space where statistics...

In Turkey, between 1994 and 2005, growth has been pro-poor in terms of rate of growth of income, but not in absolute values. This result is debatable. Firstly because the poorest (centiles 0 to 20) did increase more than the average their expenditures on health and education, which should be...

We define ‘failing states’ are those low-income states in which policy and governance is persistently very bad. We develop a theory of reform in these states in which several characteristics of the society might potentially be the binding constraint on change. We then introduce aid,...

Analyse l'épargne mondiale et explore les voies qui permettraient d'améliorer le fonctionnement des marchés boursiers et financiers, afin de rééquilibrer le partage de l'épargne entre Etats-Unis, Europe et pays pauvres et d'assurer un développement plus équitable au niveau mondial....

This text is drawn from a talk given on October 2 on the occasion of the inauguration of the chair in “Ecological Reconversion, Work, Employment and Social Policy” at the Collège d’Études Mondiales, in collaboration with the University of Paris-Dauphine.

Le texte constitue un extrait de la conférence inaugurale de la Chaire « Reconversion écologique, travail, emploi, politiques sociales » du Collège d’études mondiales, mise en place par la Fondation Maison des sciences de l’homme en coopération avec l’Université Paris Dauphine....

This report presents a structural analysis of the Ghanaian economy, an outlook of its recent evolution and growth estimations for 2001 and 2002. Ghana holds a special position in West Africa, because of its strong economic growth during the last twenty years and its flexible exchange rate...