It is widely believed that international wage differences are a result of international productivity differences. That … belief has been criticized by various economists for the differential in wages being much higher than in productivity …. Another criticism has been that productivity increases in developing countries have tended to lead to lower world prices for …

democracy and the fight against corruption on trade. We use a gravity model inspired and adapted from Anderson and van Wincoop … bilateral trade, before regressing the country fixed-effects to test for the consequences of democracy and the fight against …

, Governance and Democracy) were added to the 1-2-3 surveys carried out in 2001, 2002 or 2003 in major cities in eight countries …(english) New factors such as governance, ownership and citizen’s participation are now a central focus of development …

New factors such as governance, ownership and citizen’s participation are now a central focus of development programmes … development and for monitoring them in quantitative terms. Three specific modules (Multiple Dimensions of Poverty, Governance and … Democracy) were added to the 1-2-3 surveys carried out in 2001, 2002 or 2003 in major cities in eight countries (Benin, Burkina …