Achieving fiscal convergence between countries of a monetary union helps in the design and implementation of policies to strengthen macroeconomic convergence, which mitigates the contagion effects of macroeconomic instability and ensures the long-term viability of the proposed union. This paper...

Achieving fiscal convergence between countries of a monetary union helps in the design and implementation of policies to strengthen macroeconomic convergence, which mitigates the contagion effects of macroeconomic instability and ensures the long-term viability of the proposed union. This paper...

This contribution is highlighted the quite striking paradox between the dominant discourse over the last twenty years or so, calling on the State to reduce its role, and the stability or even inertia of the major macroeconomic aggregates (public spending to GDP, tax burden), the permanent budget...

The Atkinson Report examined measurement of public services' output and productivity. Traditionally, only inputs to the government sector were reflected in the National Accounts. This treatment imposed zero productivity growth for the government sector. From the late 1990s, the United Kingdom...

Les 16 et 17 septembre 2010, la Direction générale des Études et des Relations internationales a organisé en collaboration avec le Bureau d’économie théorique appliquée (BETA) de l’université de Strasbourg une conférence réunissant 70 économistes issus du monde académique...

Expliciter un cadre général d'analyse des évolutions institutionnelles contemporaines pour caractériser les grands traits d'un régime de croissance post fordiste, tel est l'objectif général du présent article. Après un rappel de quelques faits stylisés sur le régime de croissance...

Ce papier étudie les problèmes d’endettement extérieur du Cameroun en analysant son évolution globale (structure, service de la dette, conditions des emprunts, etc.). Cette analyse est complétée par l’examen de la dette intérieure compte tenu de son poids dans la dette totale du pays....

In the 1980s most of Sub-Saharan African countries (SSA) especially the HIPCs faced an unprecedented indebtedness. Different mechanisms of debt relief as well as economic reforms have been put in place with the objective of enabling these countries to reach long-term economic growth and reduce...