[eng] Oil shocks effects a retrospective simulation : 1973-1982. . This article clraws a retrospect of the consequences of oil shocks for the french economy from 1973 to 1982. It is based on computations of a long term energy-economy model. We show significant impacts of the oil shocks in the...

I examine in detail the motives of bilateral aid allocation decisions, as they are revealed by data on bilateral aid commitments. I identify both self-interest and recipient needs and merits motives in aid allocation. Self-interest motives are related to economic and political ties between...

Over the last ten years, health has received a higher priority in development policies, as shown by a sharp increase in health expenditure. This increase will contribute effectively to poverty reduction only if such expenditure is efficient and if access to health services becomes more...

Historically population health improvements and economic development are closely interrelated. The theme ?Health and Development? poses indeed a large number of both theoretical and empirical questions, and social policy issues in this area are obvious. The issue of bidirectional causality...

Historically population health improvements and economic development are closely interrelated. The theme ?Health and Development? poses indeed a large number of both theoretical and empirical questions, and social policy issues in this area are obvious. The issue of bidirectional causality...

[spa] Penuria de divisas y crisis de la agriculture comercial en Africa subsahariana, . por Jean-Claude Berthélemy y Christian Morrisson.. . En este artículo se presenta un análisis macroeconómico simple que permite explicar la aparición de una penuria de divisas en países africanos de...

BackgroundIn spite of massive efforts to generalize efficient prevention, such as insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITN) or long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs), malaria remains prevalent in many countries and ITN/LLINs are still only used to a limited extent.MethodsThis study proposes a new...

In this paper, I provide an overall empirical assessment of the motivations of official development assistance granted by rich countries to developing countries, as they are revealed by their aid allocation behaviours. Such behaviours result from a combination of self-interest purposes and of...

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