In this paper, we analyse the potential contribution of the Internet and its commercial application to the development process in poor countries. In historical perspective, the Internet has diffused at a far faster rate than earlier generations of communications technology: from 1990 to early...

Ce document technique a utilisé toutes les données disponibles sur la malnutrition des enfants dans les <I>Demographic and Health Surveys</I> de 20 pays. Il présente donc l’analyse la plus complète des facteurs de malnutrition en Afrique. Cette analyse suit l’approche standard qui fait...</i>

The main policy implication that emerges from this study is that subsidised education without at the same time provision for the creation of growth-enhancing jobs can be good for the individual but bad for growth (and presumably public finances). There is evidence of very high private returns to...

Quelles sont les mesures les plus efficaces pour assurer des connaissances de base à un grand nombre d'enfants ? Cette question est analysée par la base de données exceptionnellement riche du Programme d'Analyse des Systèmes Educatifs des pays de la CONFEMEN (PASEC), standardisées et...

Expectations of a broader convergence of living standards worldwide have spread at the same time as emerging markets and mature democracies seek to attract foreign investment in order to accelerate economic growth. In this increasingly competitive global environment, the protection of property...

Are capital inflows associated with faster income growth? There are a large number of empirical studies that identify the most relevant determinants of a country’s growth rate. However, this literature has not explored the growth impact of the various types of capital inflows. The present...

The paper develops the view that the perspective on the HIPC initiative is distorted by the fact that -contrary to the Brady deal itself- it lacks all perspective on the “market value” of the debt which is written down. The appropriate “market value” is one that takes account of the risk...

Ce travail fait le point sur la dette extérieure du Burkina Faso, de la Côte d’Ivoire, du Ghana, du Mali, de l’Ouganda et de la Tanzanie. La première partie présente la situation de chaque pays en termes d’endettement au travers de différents indicateurs, notamment l’importance de...

Can devaluations and exchange controls be co-ordinated at the regional or global level, to lessen their beggar-thy-neighbour character? Probably not without co-ordination mechanisms among monetary and fiscal authorities like the ones found in the EU. How precisely the mechanisms may apply to...

Both the magnitude and the composition of capital flows from rich to poor countries have changed markedly over the past decade. While official flows have stagnated, private flows have mushroomed and portfolio investment and bank lending have grown more rapidly than foreign direct investment...