We examine the effects of the ‘natural resource curse’ on Chad and find little evidence for Dutch disease. Structural … effects are small. Consistent with empirical evidence for neighbouring Cameroon, we observe minimal impact on Chad …

The Chad Rural Policy Note builds on the findings of a rural sector stocktaking exercise. An initial draft of the note … was prepared as a just-in-time study designed to contribute to the preparation of the Chad Interim Strategy Note. This … to summarize existing information about the rural sector in Chad, identify knowledge gaps, and highlight key policy …

dimension contribute nearly to the half in poverty in Chad. In the northern regions, on the contrary to southern regions and N …

Since 2003, Guinea has been affected by a deep economic crisis that has contributed to exacerbating already high levels … of poverty. This paper documents poverty trends in Guinea using the last three household surveys available, implemented …

This paper examines empirically the link between macro-instability and private investment rate in Guinea, in comparison … results, the paper shows that macroeconomic instability is, in general, higher in Guinea than WAEMU countries. Consequently … rate regime as that of Guinea. While the panel data approach shows no evidence of negative impact of macroeconomic …

countries in recent years. The first contribution of this paper is to summarize some of that research as applied to Guinea … Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for Guinea to assess how growth in various sectors of the economy could affect the incomes of …

over a 12-year period from all major regions of Niger, a landlocked country that is extremely vulnerable to volatility in …

case study on Niger. …