This study examines the optimization of farm-gate prices in Côte d'Ivoire, particularly in strategic agricultural sectors such as cocoa and coffee. The research adopts a multidimensional approach, incorporating general equilibrium theories, econometric models, and stochastic methods. We analyze...

This paper empirically analyzes the impact of agricultural exports on economic growth in Tunisia. Econometrical specifications are based on a neoclassical production function to explain this goal and the data cover the period 1988-2014. Empirical results show that agricultural exports have a...

French Abstract: L’objectif de cet article est de réexaminer les effets de l’intégration des producteurs de coton togolais au marché mondial. Plus spécifiquement, ce papier analyse les effets d’une trans-mission directe du prix international et les effets d’une transmission indirecte...

Ce document expose les nouveaux travaux qui ont été menés sur l’évolution des exportations agroalimentaires de 69 pays entre 1996 et 2006 et cherche à répondre aux questions suivantes : les exportations agricoles au cours de cette période ont-elles davantage augmenté à la marge...

The paper analyses how carmakers integrate the Southern America Cone into their worldwide strategies: As a local emerging market? As a source for production and exports towards industrialised countries? As a source for design and export to other emerging markets? The discussion about...

We estimate the degree of trade integration among Brazilian states and calculate the magnitude of the Brazilian states' engagement in international trade in the years 1991, 1997, 1998 and 1999 using the methodology of border effects. We show that the Brazilian market is rather highly fragmented...

This paper deals with the role of speculation on food prices' fluctuations in Senegal. The analysis is based on a nonlinear rational expectations commodity storage model which seems to be the appropriate approach to explain the behavior of the speculators who intervene on the food markets. The...

The food crisis of 2007-2008 and the resulting urban riots observed in about forty developing countries placed the question of price instability at the very heart of the debate. The paper states that, since the 80s, the prevailing idea is that the best option is to manage risks without...