Large petroleum revenues make Norway an enviable fiscal loner. The fiscal policy rule adopted from 2001 transforms petroleum wealth into foreign assets, and only the real return on the financial fund should be spent annually. Despite this ambitious saving of the petroleum wealth, we find it...

Social assistance and inactivity traps have long been considered as one of the main causes of the poor employment performance of EU countries. The success of New Labour in the UK has triggered a growing interests in instruments capable of combining the promotion of responsibility and...

Persistent and widespread poverty in less favored areas (LFAs) is attributed to fragile natural resources and poor markets. Limited assets may keep households outside the reach of poverty policies targeted at LFAs. We explore in a stylized manner the role of heterogeneous household assets for...

Depuis plusieurs années, le Maroc s’est inscrit dans une nouvelle dynamique de politiques économiques dont la libéralisation à tous les niveaux et l’attraction des investissements directs étrangers dans plusieurs secteurs d’activité. L’impact économique et social de ces politiques...

The effects of trade liberalization on poverty in Tunisia are examined, using a layered dynamic CGE-microsimulation approach. A dynamic CGE model endogenously generates the evolution of prices, as well as income paths under protection and freer trade assumptions for each household group. These...

Dans ce travail, nous analysons les effets simulés de la réduction des droits de douane, telle que prévue dans l'Accord d'Association entre le Maroc et l'Union Européenne. Cette dernière s'accapare les deux tiers des échanges commerciaux marocains. L'analyse se fait à l'aide d'un MCEG. Ce...