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Strong participation in Global Supply Chains (GSCs) (aka Global Value Chains (GVCs) is an indication of the structural transformation at the heart of the ‘Africa we want’ described in African Union’s Agenda 2063 project. We discuss challenges at measuring GSCs and report new input- output based m…
L’étude se propose d’estimer le rapport de masculinité à la naissance (sex-ratio) au Nigéria. L’étude se concentre sur les enquêtes démographiques qui ont enregistré les histoires des maternités des femmes, soit environ 0,50 million de naissances. Elle compare ces résultats aux estimations publié…
Le 8ème Forum sur la coopération sino-africaine (FOCAC) de Dakar en octobre 2021 a consolidé les piliers d’une « nouvelle ère » de la coopération Chine-Afrique dans divers domaines dont celui de l’Energie. Ainsi la Déclaration sur la coopération Sino-Africaine de lutte contre le changement climat…
This paper investigates the response of consumer price inflation to changes in domestic fuel prices, looking at the different categories of the overall consumer price index (CPI). We then combine household survey data with the CPI components to construct a CPI index for the poorest and richest in…
An explosion of different Rules of Origin (ROO) has accompanied the spread of Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs) around the world. These apply equally to non-reciprocal PTAs like GSP (Generalized System of Preferences), AGOA (African Growth and Opportunity Act), EBA (Everything but Arms) and al…
Depuis plusieurs années, des programmes d’accélération ont vu le jour un peu partout dans le monde, notamment sur le continent africain. L’objectif de ces initiatives est de soutenir les jeunes entreprises qui ont fait la preuve que leur modèle était viable et qui cherchent à faire croître leur a…
Developing countries need to raise sufficient tax revenue to finance development. Revenue mobilization is often hampered by limited tax compliance, weak institutions, and technical problems with tax collection. One solution to these challenges is person-to-government (P2G) mobile phone payments, …
Présentation de Jaime de Melo, conseiller scientifique à la Ferdi, pour l’événement de lancement de l’ouvrage « Africa in the New Trade Environment: Market Access concerns in Troubled Times », 10 février 2022.
The taxation of fisheries: rationale and overarching debates Many low-income countries (LICs) have long struggled to increase their domestic revenue mobilisation, which is often seen as a necessary step to achieve a more sustained economic development. A wider fiscal space can lead to more funds…
Based on the innovative database, we use a discounted cash flow model to study the rent sharing and the mining tax design in African gold-producing countries. Two main tax designs emerge: those that favour production-based taxes in order to secure government’s revenues and those that favour profi…