The food crisis of 2007-2008 and the resulting urban riots observed in about forty developing countries placed the question of price instability at the very heart of the debate. The paper states that, since the 80s, the prevailing idea is that the best option is to manage risks without...

Les ménages ouest-africains sont particulièrement touchés par la flambée des prix de 2007-08. Ils dépendent des marchés pour deux-tiers de leurs approvisionnements. Les prix sont désormais un facteur clé de l'accessibilité économique à l’alimentation. Ils sont plus élevés de 30 à...

La région du Sahel et de l'Afrique de l'Ouest est confrontée à une grave crise de sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle : des taux de dénutrition sévère élevés y côtoient une forte prévalence des carences nutritionnelles et de la suralimentation – le « triple fardeau de la...

L’intégration de la problématique femmes-hommes dans les systèmes d’alerte précoce est essentielle afin de prévenir et gérer les crises de façon plus équitable. Cette Note examine la prise en compte dans les systèmes d’alerte précoce pour la sécurité alimentaire et...

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...

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...

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...

This study examines the optimization of farm-gate prices in Côte d'Ivoire, particularly in strategic agricultural sectors such as cocoa and coffee. The research adopts a multidimensional approach, incorporating general equilibrium theories, econometric models, and stochastic methods. We analyze...

This paper deals with the role of speculation on food prices' fluctuations in Senegal. The analysis is based on a nonlinear rational expectations commodity storage model which seems to be the appropriate approach to explain the behavior of the speculators who intervene on the food markets. The...