We argue that a better understanding of the relocation process needs a regional analysis based on firms? behavior. We illustrate our assertion by summarizing the results of a research project in the Aquitaine region. The first section proposes a typology and an evaluation of firms? mobility at...

Structural adjustment and globalization have deeply modified the content of industrial policy and the way it is implemented. In this paper, we show, in the case of North African countries, that a significant change in international advice has been a key factor in the shift towards the definition...

Is decentralisation in West Africa promoting local development ? An appraisal of the situation in Senegal underscores the stakes and difficulties of a decentralized control of public actions and development programs. Decentralisation reinforces the power of aid promoters and the...

Emerging economies can be characterized by highly hybrid socio-economic systems undergoing deep structural change, under directions that can be contrary to economic orthodoxy. One possible, however not exclusive, explanation to those varied paths of transformation can be found in the interplay...