Burundi, a small fragile economy, went through sporadic civil war since its independence in 1962 during which rampant … insecurity had adverse impact on the country’s social and economic development. While Burundi is agriculturally rich, high rate … employs a structural composition model. In so doing, it provides quantitative evidence that Burundi’s economic growth is …

Due in part to 40 years of cyclical violence, economic growth in Burundi has remained well below the sub-Saharan Africa … average, and Burundi is now the third poorest country in the world. The status quo is unacceptable, and it is essential that …

Due in part to 40 years of cyclical violence, economic growth in Burundi has remained well below the sub-Saharan Africa … average, and Burundi is now the third poorest country in the world. The status quo is unacceptable, and it is essential that …

Burundi is still experiencing a major food crisis. One important element that will help to avoid new episodes of … from the region. This chapter explains the food security issue in Burundi and identifies priority actions that will help …

Burundi is still experiencing a major food crisis. One important element that will help to avoid new episodes of … from the region. This chapter explains the food security issue in Burundi and identifies priority actions that will help …

tendency towards polarization of households with regard to saving rates. Comparing the results for 2007-2010 with the authors …

, the polarization (P) index, and the total relative deprivation (TRD) index. The paper proposes a tentative guide to …

The aim of this paper is to analyze the processes of polarization and agglomeration, to explain the mechanisms and … cumulative phenomena, but with different perspectives, in other words, the polarization with a view of economic development and …

results in output, consumption and welfare being inefficiently low. The larger is the degree of polarization, the greater is … the inefficiency. Political stability mitigates the effects of polarization by making the incumbent internalize the …

This paper revisits one of the bipolarization indices of the large class of Duclos-Estebane-Ray polarization measures …. The relationship between polarization, inequality and poverty is analyzed via the index. First, polarization measure for … headcount ratio, the income gap ratio and the overabundance gap ratio. In particular, it is shown that polarization is high when …