octobre 2018
Does fiscal decentralization enhance citizens’ access to public services and reduce poverty? Evidence from Côte d’Ivoire municipalities in a conflict setting
Fiscal decentralization has been implemented in many countries with an explicit objective of improving public service delivery and reduce poverty. However, its effectiveness in achieving these goals are much debated and the empirical literature has mostly focused on poverty reduction using cross-country analysis. This paper analyses whether, and how, the devolution of revenue raising responsibilities […]
octobre 2018
Pauvreté, Egalité, Mortalité: Mortality (In)Equality in France and the United States
We develop a method to compare levels and trends in inequality in mortality in the United States and France in a similar framework. The comparison shows that while income inequality has increased in both the United States and France, inequality in mortality in France remained remarkably low and stable. In the United States, inequality in […]
This paper studies how decentralization affects poverty, vulnerability, and inequality in Morocco, in the context of ongoing regionalization reforms. We use different non-parametric approaches to assess spending efficiency of Moroccan municipalities and regions over the period 2005-2009. The results indicate that the efficiency of spending in improving pro-poor outcomes is dependent on the fiscal autonomy […]
The paper examines how the Government of Morocco has addressed the issue of decentralization in recent years and how these processes have evolved and affected fiscal and public policies. More specifically, this paper analyzes the current legislative and institutional provisions governing administrative, political and fiscal decentralization in Morocco and presents a detailed analysis of the […]
Séjour de recherche de monsieur Arcade Ndoricimpa
Dans le cadre de son partenariat avec l’African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), la Ferdi accueillera à Clermont-Ferrand Arcade Ndoricimpa à partir du 1er octobre pour un séjour de 2 mois.
Conférence internationale : les accords de partenariat économique (APE) dans l’Océan indien
Jaime de Melo (Ferdi, Université de Genève) intervenait sur les accords commerciaux préférentiels dans le cadre des ODD.
Claude Diebolt, Directeur de Recherche au CNRS à l’Université de Strasbourg et Président de la Section 37 (Economie et Gestion) du Comité National de la Recherche Scientifique, donnera une conférence le 4 juillet 2018 sur le thème: We are Ninjas: How Economic History Has Infiltrated Economics Through Cliometrics. Son intervention portera sur l’application de la […]
Natural Resources and Political Patronage in Africa: An Ethnicit Level AnalysisAbstract : We investigate the effect of resource discoveries on ethnicity level political patronage in Africa using a large geospatial dataset of more than 250 ethnic groups in 15 countries over the period 1960 to 2004. We find that the first (or single first) resource […]
11h30 Kinepolis Une intervention de Teresa Ribera lors de la conférence Gasnam, sur le thème « Gaz naturel : une écologie intelligente pour la mobilité ». La conférence réunira des experts nationaux et internationaux pour discuter de questions telles que la qualité de l'air …
Le 21 février 2018 s’est tenu à Dakar, Sénégal, le premier comité de pilotage du projet offshore Afrique de l’ouest de l’Iddri. Réunissant l’ensemble des parties prenantes, cet évènement a permis de dresser un plan d’action 2018 identifiant les activités qui seront mises en œuvre …
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