Public politicies are institutionalized activities, which develop in the public space and which have to aim at a resource allocation (in a material sense or not) to the members of a community. Public politics aim at the common good of a society or a community, implying the insurance of the best...

Needs of people and communities in which they live are met through consumption of goods and services. They are very diverse and can be produced and provided under competitive market forces, or under public authorities, which are not fully subject to market laws. Given these issues, goods and...

This proposal is part of the thesis which is looking at the conception of the Campus Paris-Saclay (France) being part of the implementation of a nationwide public policy the main purpose of which to give France a higher education and research system of excellence. One of many reforms is to...

This article estimates what characteristics (e.g., location, number of casualties, and type of attack) are associated with an Islamic terrorist attack. This is established by identifying the significant determinants of the probability that an attack had been carried out by Islamic terrorists....

The transplantation of public policies is a powerful tool in the hands of economic development. Powerful as it may be, transplantation verbatim et litteratim is not inevitably successful, thus not always desirable. There are good economic reasons to consider the practice of grafting in public...

In this paper we analyse individual vocational rehabilitation clients’ decisions to enter active training or not. Although the Government pays the direct costs of training, the composition of the total costs of training may be decisive for individual choices. Based on labour market theory, we...

Experimental Economics provide a new set of tools in the tool box of the education economist. This paper review why experimental method may be useful to study how pupils behaviour, formed from their preference and beliefs, may influence their success or failure at school, what are its advantages...

</titre> <alinea/> The Cotonou Agreements bring civil actors to the fore in development programs carried out with European Development Funds. Although the concept of civil society is equivocal, the way programs aiming to strengthen civil society actors are developed and managed, without an in-depth and political...

Tax competition is particularly evident with regard to attracting foreign direct investment, portfolio investment to finance investment, higher skilled jobs, etc. Taxpayers may choose thus the tax for those residences that offer a combination of public goods and taxes that satisfy the highest...

Product diversification involving simultaneously microcredit, savings or insurance services –also called combined microfinance (CMF)- can both leverage and challenge policy outcomes. This paper reviews two complementary questions in this regard: Which are the possible effects of CMF on public...