Le rôle du temps dans le processus de transformation des organisations est à la fois évident et complexe. A travers l'exemple de la modernisation de la RATP entre 1989 et 1992, l'A. souhaite démontrer que le temps, tour à tour allié précieux (mais avec des pièges redoutables) et arbitre...

Il est désormais certain que nous vivons une révolution industrielle basée sur l'exploitation du réseau Internet comparable à celle de la création des réseaux ferroviaires au siècle précédent.S'il s'agit bien d'une révolution du transport et de la communication, cette fois ci, elle ne...

In this article the authors examine the motivation behind the formation of risk pools. They do so by using as suitable study data survey information collected among the rural poor of the Philippines. They discuss the possibility that network formation comes as the result of an attempt to...

This paper examines the evolution of wealth distribution in France during the urbanization process of the nineteenth century, based on a comprehensive dataset of individual inheritances. It presents a spatial decomposition between rural and urban areas, distinguishing Paris from the rest of...

Given the low condom use and high prevalence in some African countries, this paper addresses the question of whether these evidences are driven by a supply-side or a demandside issue. The role of road infrastructures on HIV/AIDS outcomes is investigated using data from the Demographic and Health...

In a concern to go further than a simple static report and to address poverty in its immense complexity, this study analyses its evolution over a period of time in relation to the macro-economic and social dynamics at work in Africa. On the basis of a certain number of elements of analysis,...

This paper proposes a study of the global impact of the level of wages paid to civil servants in the “Ile de la Réunion”, a French department located in the Indian Ocean, using historical data and a computable general equilibrium model. The wage bonuses paid to civil servants in French...