In this paper, we develop and estimate generalized hierarchical models of dropping out in Senegalese primary education using individual level data for an entire cohort of children 1996 to 2001 and a 2003 retrospective survey in the households of the same cohort of pupils. The model’s estimates...

The new economic policy in Senegal aims to increase income of the poor and reduce its incidence. Poverty reduction strategy will be implemented in the context of trade liberalization in the agricultural sector. In the paper we develop a microsimulation computable general equilibrium model to...