The international financial crisis is likely to produce very different impacts on the various African countries, depending on their degree of openness to commercial and financial flows. The volume of foreign flows is a matter of concern given that exports, loans, public grants and remittances...

L’étude analyse la relation entre l’aide et le Syndrome dit Hollandais, qui prédit qu’un fort accroissement de l’aide pourrait entrainer une appréciation du taux de change réel des pays bénéficiaires de l’aide, ce qui à terme, se traduirait par un déclin du secteur exportateur,...

The adoption of export-led growth strategies by developing countries is directly responsible for the considerable expansion of export processing zones (EPZs) in recent years. Such zones are frequently considered key instruments in the array of policies adopted by countries to attract foreign...

After debt cancellations, in particular MDRI (Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative) debt ratios in Low Income Country dropped to historic lows. They are now getting into debt again, because of Bretton Woods Institutions (BWI) new loans, of emerging countries’ (namely China) loans, and sometimes...