Publications

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 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 …

We estimate the impact of Internet diffusion on local firm performance in developing and transition economies, by adopting an instrumental variable approach reflecting firm’s vulnerability to seismic shocks upon the telecommunications submarine cable (SMC) network. IV within fixed-effect estima…

In this paper, we use univariate instrumental estimations to study the interactions between firm-level innovation, exports and productivity in the Indian manufacturing sector. To differentiate incentives to innovate from the ability to innovate, we distinguish the inputs of innovation (R&D and tr…

This paper analyzes the factors underlying the evolution of the worldwide distribution of skills and their implications for global inequality. We develop and parameterize a two-sector, two-class, world economy model that endogenizes education and mobility decisions, population growth, and income …

Si les trajectoires industrielles africaines demandent à être nuancées selon les indicateurs retenus, reste que le continent, non seulement tarde à s’industrialiser dans son ensemble, mais fait montre d’une désindustrialisation prématurée dont les conséquences sont incertaines.

The FERDI and AFD organized a workshop at the AFD in Paris on November 15, 2018, on “Agricultural value chain development and smallholder competitiveness”. Participating institutions to the workshop included Ferdi, AFD, the University of California at Berkeley, Leuven University, CIRAD, IFPRI and…

Almost all coastal economies are now connected to the global Internet through over 300 telecommunications submarine cables (SMCs), so digital vulnerability is now shaped by two structural factors, independent from policy: exposure to broadband infrastructure outages and physical distance to…

Les technologies de l’information et de la communication (TIC), plus particulièrement l’internet haut-débit et l’industrie mobile, jouent désormais un rôle de premier plan dans le développement économique. En contribuant à l’émergence et la diffusion des innovations dans le commerce, l’agricultur…