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This article suggests a conceptual framework for analyzing the consequences of the recent prices increase on the poorest people in the world. The complexity of mechanisms at work is demonstrated. At the global level, the analysis points out that Sub Saharan Africa exhibits the worst situation...
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French Abstract: Ce travail propose une mise en perspective des pratiques de modélisation macroéconomique, depuis les travaux de Robert E. Lucas dans les années 1970 jusqu'aux contributions actuelles de l'approche dite d'équilibre général dynamique stochastique (DSGE). Cette mise en...
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French Abstract: Les économistes ont coutume de distinguer entre une composante positive et une composante normative de leurs travaux, ce qui est une singularité de leur discipline, car cette distinction n'a pas de répondant exact dans les autres sciences sociales. Elle a fortement évolué...
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Le paradigme cosmique est constitué des principes aristotéliciens et cartésiens de l'analytisme et du mécanisme. D'après ce paradigme le phénomène intelligible doit être réductible, déterminé, évident et simplifiable. En faisant du mouvement le concept-clé de la compréhension et de...
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This twelth issue of the International Productivity Monitor, published by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards, differs from past issues. Five of the six articles address one topic, namely the impact of the Boskin Commission after one decade on price measurement. A final article...
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Are scientific arguments used for analysing "sustainable development" ? This issue is at the core of the EBP-biosoc research project of which we present a few aspects on the use of scientific knowledge through "Evidence Based Policy" method. The use of such a framework in social sciences...
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The author summarizes the report’s methods, findings, and recommendations, and then reviews the comments and criticisms that appeared soon after the report was issued. Changes in CPI methodology are also summarized and assessed, as is recent research on related issues. Based on recent...
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