This study analyzes the global manganese value chain, with the objective of understanding types and sources of project finance, and the role of development finance institutions (DFIs). We find that DFIs participation in transactions involving the iron group of metals, which encompasses...

This paper discusses the potential role that SWFs could play in African economies, both as recipient countries and home countries. We use new hand collected data to document the landscape of African SWFs as well as SWFs interventions on the continent. Our analysis shows that African SWFs are...

Using three nationally representative surveys from the country, we estimate the private rates of returns to education in The Gambia. To obtain consistent estimates, we exploit exogenous variation in school availability in the country at the district level at the time current wage earners where...

This paper anticipates the impacts of program based budgeting on senegalese economy. According to the PEFA evaluation, Senegal is eligible to implement such reform. Results from an Intertemporal dynamic CGE model show an overall positive impact of the reform on the senegalese economy....