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…

We develop a method for comparing levels and trends in inequality in mortality in the United States and France between 1990 and 2010 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 rema…

The study analysed the HIV/AIDS situation in Zambia six years after the onset of mass campaigns of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC). The analysis was based on data from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) conducted in 2001, 2007 and 2013. Results show that HIV prevalence among men aged…

This paper uses a meta-analysis to investigate the challenges of decentralized electrification for economic development. It uses an original database which has evaluation data on more than 400 projects. Technological innovations, notably for solar energy, are opening new space for electrificati…

La Chine fait désormais partie des dix plus grands donateurs bilatéraux pour l’aide publique au développement (APD) en santé en Afrique. Notre objectif est d’étudier les facteurs associés à l’aide à la santé chinoise en Afrique sur la période 2006-2013. L’APD en santé de la Chine est mesurée à pa…

This paper investigates the long-term implications of climate change on local, interregional, and international migration of workers. For nearly all of the world’s countries, our micro-founded model jointly endogenizes the effects of changing temperature and sea level on income distribution and i…

En Janvier 2019, Investisseurs & Partenaires et le Gouvernement Princier de Monaco signaient un accord de partenariat pour créer le premier fonds d’impact dédié à l’éducation en Afrique.

The purpose of this paper is to briefly present a methodological framework that does not require cumbersome investigations for a first assessment of the financial sustainability of policies aiming to remove or reduce healthcare user fees (the so-called free healthcare policy [FHCP]). This paper i…

This article examines financing in the fight against malaria. After briefly describing malaria control plans in Africa since 2000, it offers a stylized model of the economics of malaria and shows how health aid can help escape the malaria trap.

This paper estimates the impact of fiber-optic submarine cables (SMCs) deployment on the digital divide in 46 sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. It shows that the laying of SEACOM, MainOne and EASSy cables has yielded a 3-4% point increase in internet penetration rates. Moreover, it also shows …