Using the works of Steven Lukes, John Kenneth Galbraith and Kenneth Boulding, this paper gives a typology of power relationships in economics, a concept that has been “forgotten” by the mainstream. Secondly, this typology is used to evaluate and show the real aim of neo-liberal policies...

The purpose of this article is to study the effect of public investment on economic growth. To achieve this objective, we used the method of Hansen (1996). The results of the econometric tests indicate an optimal threshold of public investment of 22% of the GDP, threshold above which the public...

This paper explores the role of public investment in the process of economic growth, in the context of Madagascar’s economy, using the vector autoregressive approach (VAR). The model also includes monetary supply and exportation. The result show that public investment has positive effect on...

This paper explores the role of public investment in the process of economic growth, in the context of Madagascar’s economy, using the vector autoregressive approach (VAR). The model also includes monetary supply and exportation. The result show that public investment has positive effect on...

A review of health budgets reflects a budget shortfall in Togo. Togolese health facilities are characterized by a lack of qualified staff, obsolete technical equipment and outdated health infrastructure. The rate of hospital attendance which was 60% in 1990, declined to 31% in 2010. Barely half...

A review of health budgets reflects a budget shortfall in Togo. Togolese health facilities are characterized by a lack of qualified staff, obsolete technical equipment and outdated health infrastructure. The rate of hospital attendance which was 60% in 1990, declined to 31% in 2010. Barely half...

The relationship between public expenditures and the economic growth attracts more and more the interests of most economists, especially after the financial crisis of 2008. A return to Keynesianism has been the subject of contemporary debates and still one of the most proposed solutions to this...

The paper focuses on the links between telecommunication networks and local development, emphasizing on the peculiar case of Metropolitan Area Networks (MAN). From tools of network economics, the paper studies the market dynamics of telecommunication networks and the infrastructure diffusion...

This paper focuses on the market dynamics of broadband access and the implications on territorial planning. From the tools of the « economic geography of network », we study the supply conditions of internet-based infrastructures, taking into account the peculiar role played by local public...