Au cœur de la controverse qui oppose actuellement les partisans de la mondialisation et les mouvements « alter-mondialistes » se trouve la question des effets de la libéralisation commerciale sur les pays en développement (PED), et donc en particulier sur l'un des problèmes majeurs de ces...

Already evoked in the years 1970 by American economists such as Sargen, the concept of country risk returned to the front of the economic scene following the financial crises of the years 1990.The concept of country risk is not new insofar as it is inherent in the swaps between two economic...

Globalization goes with the extension and the increased density of the networks. Through Internet, the “network of networks”, information flows thrive, they are seen as a new means of development. It's the reason why the development of the Internet penetration in Southern countries is a...

This study apprehends the functioning of the informal sector of Mauritania in terms of access to goods and services, jobs and social rights. It examines in what measure the institutional environment of this productive system raises its development potentialities. Furthermore, macro-...

The application of marginalist instruments for understanding the behaviour of Southern individuals has always met numerous oppositions. According to them, the rationality claimed by the neo_classical theory is not convenient for studying these non_western societies and the underlying...

Based on the estimate of demand functions for adult goods and the evaluation of outlay equivalents, the present study suggests that, contrary to what is sometimes asserted, the hypothesis of a gender bias within the household - so that girls receive less than boys - seems more probable in...

First used by the New Institutional Economics, concept of governance analyzes all dimensions of State (politic, economic and administrative ones) keeping on relationship between State, private sector and civil society. Applied to micro-enterprises growth, it puts forward features of State and...