Publications

There has been much discourse on how long-term climate change will affect human mobility over the course of the 21st century. This column estimates the long-term welfare and mobility responses to climate change. Depending on the scenario, climate change will force between 210 and 320 million peop…

In the context of stagnating development assistance for health, the sixth Replenishment Conference of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, held on Oct 9–10, 2019, in Lyon, France, was a success. Pledges from donors for the next 3 years reached the minimum US$14 billion target…

This paper examines whether the loan strategy of a microfinance institution is shaped by the entry of a bank. Specifically, we investigate whether the distance between a borrower of a microfinance institution and the closest bank influences loan conditions provided by the microfinance institution…

Le samedi 21 décembre 2019, le Président de la République française et le Président de la Côte d’Ivoire réunis à Abidjan à l’occasion de la visite du premier, ont ensemble annoncé la fin du franc CFA et son remplacement par l’éco. Ce changement présenté comme historique par les deux président…

Over the 25 years of investigation, the average height of children increased by +1·88 cm, their average weight by +0·10 kg, but their BMI decreased by −0·53 kg/m2. Corresponding changes expressed in Z-scores were +0·454 in HAZ, +0·109 in WAZ and −0·302 in WHZ. This pattern of decreasing stunting …

Regional foreign banks expanded quickly over the past decade in developing and emerging countries and have a growing influence in banking systems. We question whether the development of African regional foreign banks, also called Pan-African banks, influences financial inclusion of firms and hous…