In the Sahel subregion, which extends over Central and Western Africa, low labor productivity poses a challenge to poverty reduction, economic growth, and social stability. Social Safety Net Projects target the poorest households who derive their livelihoods from low-productivity activities. As...

</titre> Trying to measure over-indebtedness can be seen as an attempt to legitimate decisions like debt rescheduling, debt relief or debt cancellation. The HIPC initiatives introduced such measures in 1996. The choice of thresholds has been made in a specific logic (debt overhang) very different from...

[eng] Rolf Meier, Marc Raffinot — Working out programs with the IMF in Africa : A new approach ? Analysis of the Rwanda and Burkina Faso cases Since 1999, programs supported by the IMF must align with a poverty reduction strategy designed by government. However, this prerequisite of ownership,...