Alors que le secteur pétrolier principal moteur de l'économie gabonaise arrive à une étape critique de son évolution, les gisements d'uranium et de manganèse s'amenuisent au fil des années, et que le pays traverse une crise particulièrement délicate, les autorités gabonaises comme...

Au Mexique les perspectives historiques, en matière d’investissement étranger, mettent en équation les fluctuations périodiques de l'économie (croissance et crise) avec les implantations d’entreprises étrangères. Les questions économiques des IDE au Mexique évoquent leurs...

From the perspective of redistributing income from rich to poor, equalizing intergovernmental grants are bound to have some perverse effects. For such grants, although transfering income from wealthy to poor on average, will inevitably result in some income transfers from poor individuals who...

Depuis la chute du régime communiste, la Bulgarie est engagée dans la transformation de son économie centralisée et planifiée en une économie de marché. La restructuration économique bulgare est accompagnée d’une détérioration de la situation bancaire. La corrélation nécessaire...

From the perspective of redistributing income from rich to poor, equalizing intergovernmental grants are bound to have some perverse effects. For such grants, although transfering income from wealthy to poor on average, will inevitably result in some income transfers from poor individuals who...

Ce rapport a pour but d’appuyer la mise en œuvre de l’approche contractuelle pour les relations entre niveaux de gouvernement au Maroc ; l’appropriation par les Régions de leurs compétences propres ; le renforcement de la cohérence des stratégies de développement territorial entre...

This paper aims at questioning the link between local finances and the economic dynamism of cities. This issue is based on the frequently stressed cases (by the media) of uncontrolled expenses of cities, increased level of local taxes and negative effects on local economics. Therefore, as a...

Considering that the French metropolitan area makers decided not to respect the 1999’s law and its spirit, this paper intends to highlight the reasons why the French State accepted this situation so easily. First, the degrees of freedom taken by local elected actors are stressed thanks to two...

This paper intends to question the current development of metropolitan areas in France, and its induced effects. Contrary to the expected benefits (lower costs for the production of public services, scale economies), metropolitan, areas in France has entailed an increase in local taxes and tax...

It is a long time since the problem of the lack of direct universal suffrage for the French metropolitan areas with own taxes (MAOT) has been pointed out. Nevertheless, nothing has ever been done to change this current situation, in spite of a wide agreement in favor of direct universal suffrage...