This paper examines the time series behaviour of three variables (GDP, price level of consumption and population) in the eight countries that belong to the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), which are Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal and...

In this paper, we use data from a retrospective biographical survey in Burkina Faso to examine the effect of divorce and widowhood of the mother on children’s risk of mortality under age 5 and on the probability of their entering primary school. The results from piecewise exponential...

Cet article examine l’importance du risque dans les mesures de la pauvreté monétaire rurale au Burkina Faso. L’analyse est basée sur des données longitudinales récentes collectées dans le cadre des activités de suivi-évaluation du projet PNGT-2 portant sur le développement...

This article assesses the importance of risk in the measurement of rural poverty in Burkina Faso. The analysis is based on longitudinal data collected as part of monitoring and evaluation activities for the PNGT-2 project on community development in the country. The first part of the study is...