This paper evaluates the impact of an agriculture transformation program on poverty, migration, food security and agricultural revenue. We used Inverse Propensity Score Matching (IPSM) techniques, to correct the selection bias arising from the non-randomness of the allocation of farmers to the...

In this paper, we develop and estimate generalized hierarchical models of dropping out in Senegalese primary education using individual level data for an entire cohort of children 1996 to 2001 and a 2003 retrospective survey in the households of the same cohort of pupils. The model’s estimates...

This study evaluates the impact of school canteen programs on the performance of rural primary schools in Senegal using a “randomized experiment”. 120 schools which had never had school canteens were selected in the four poorest regions of Senegal. They were randomly assigned to treatment...

Revenue Distribution in Senegal West African Economic and Monetary Union members introduced in 2002 year a common external tariff and the internal taxation harmonization. With a calculable general equilibrium model, SenMCEG, we show that an alternative policy to the one the Senegalese Government...

This paper presents a detailed review of the main microeconomic and macroeconomic principles used to measure returns to education. We are also interested in major problems we encountered in empirically applying these models. The change in returns to higher learning in Sub-Saharan education is...