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The study investigates disparities in social development in 144 countries worldwide. In the paper we aim to investigate cross-country differences in social development level in year 2011, as well as to estimate inequalities on the field. Secondly, we assess relative social development level...
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situation of households in Senegal using both a quantitative analysis of household survey data and a qualitative analysis from … focus groups. Before the crisis, Senegal had experienced a dramatic reduction of poverty, and this is observed whether one …
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This article analyses the evolution of poverty and living conditions in Senegal using household surveys conducted over …
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The devaluation of the CFA Franc in 1994 generated a public investment boom in Senegal. The increase in public …) increase in private investment due in part to the attractiveness of Senegal as a place to do business within West Africa, at …
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This paper provides comparable estimates of poverty in Senegal from 1994 to 20076 using household surveys (ESAM I, ESAM …
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This chapter investigates the connection between grade repetition and school dropout. Household data is matched against a panel of academic test scores and the school career of each child inferred from the combined dataset. This chapter uses two original identification strategies to identify the...
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Matrix (SAM) for Senegal to assess how growth in various sectors of the economy, and especially in exports from tourism …
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This paper deals with the role of speculation on food prices' fluctuations in Senegal. The analysis is based on a …
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This paper studies the substitution between secular formal education and informal religious education for Senegalese households. We use the timing of the opening of formal schools to estimate whether Koranic and formal education systems compete for the children's time. Adapting the diff-in-diff...
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This paper deals with the effects of migrants remittances on poverty in Senegal. Data were extracted from the …
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