(English) National accounts data indicate good performance since 1997. But how far can we trust this diagnostic given the weakness in official statistics? If the improvement in real growth reveals effective, do households benefit from it? To address these questions, this study analyzes reliable...

(English) A wealth of information can by obtained by analysing nuptiality using biographical methods (questionnaires and analytical methods). Such methods help us trace the evolution of given phenomena, but also enable us to try to explain the evolution and to apprehend the relevant...

Informal social support contributes in different ways to individuals’ social integration and to poverty reduction. This article makes a comparison between Antananarivo and Paris. The data is taken from a survey carried out as part of a multidisciplinary international research programme,...

Since the beginning of the 80’s, the developing countries have been forced to launch a fiscal reform. Most African countries are currently right in the middle of this reform process. This reform has two objectives : first, to increase fiscal pressure; second, to substitute domestic taxes to...

(English) Victims of the long crisis that has affected their countries, the youth of three African capitals (Dakar, Yaoundé, and Antananarivo) find themselves forced to postpone their entry into adult life. They postpone not only obtaining their first paid employment but also moving into their...

(english) Unreliability and biases prevent us from analysing homicides using direct sources in most African countries. Victimisation surveys in Africa proved to be considerably biased regarding the recording of homicides. In the absence of more reliable and exhaustive sources, press reports can...

(English) The transition to democracy undertaken by many developing countries implies a greater role for the electoral process in determining the directions of social and economic policies, and of national development. The consolidation of democracy requires a better understanding of electoral...

(english) This contribution proposes to re-examine the contribution of migration to urbanization in the developing world, by presenting a comprehensive review of research on Francophone West Africa. The contribution of migration to urbanization is examined from different points of view:...

(English) Twenty years after Independence, the land question is still an urgent unresolved issue in Zimbabwe. The government launched the land reform after 1980 and led an active policy in favour of the rural areas. But the land reform programme slowed down considerably in the second half of the...