The sectors of coffee and cocoa in Côte d?Ivoire represented, before the political crisis, approximately 15% of the GDP and 40% of exports. The production zone of these two crops is the forest, which is a malaria endemic area. The cultivation of these crops is less constraining than that of the...

Following decentralization, township hospitals (TH) have been set during the 90?s at the heart of the Chinese health care supply in rural area. We have collected data from a sample of 21 TH in Shandong province to analyze the determinants of their activities and assess their efficiency during...