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The study covers the first 6 months of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemics in 56 African countries (February 2020-August 2020). It links epidemiological parameters (incidence, case fatality) with demographic parameters (population density, urbanization, population concentration, fer…
The authors assess to what extent the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) provides assistance to LDCs through its “Diagnostic Trade Integration Study (DTIS)” towards more effective trade and development policies. The DTISs raison d’étre is to improve LDC’s trade capabilities and – thence – reduc…
Excess male morbidity and mortality is well recognised in neonatal medicine and infant health. In contrast, within global nutrition, it is commonly assumed that girls are more at risk of experiencing undernutrition. We aimed to explore evidence for any male/female differences in child undernutrit…
This paper performs a sensitivity analysis of the effects of the Economic Vulnerability Index (EVI) on economic growth both theoretically and empirically. The first part uses Continuous Time Stochastic Optimal Control techniques to build a stochastic endogenous growthmodel which illustrates that…
Dès sa création en 2003 le conseil d’administration de la Ferdi a pu s’enorgueillir d’avoir comme président d’honneur l’ancien grand Président de la République (1974-1981), devenu plus tard un exceptionnel Président de Région (1986- 2004). Son lien avec la Ferdi et précédemment avec le Cerdi étai…
In recent decades, international connectivity has improved significantly with the worldwide deployment of some 400 fiber submarine cables (SMCs), transmitting more than 99% of international telecommunications. If sub-Saharan African (SSA) has long remained excluded from this interconnection proce…
We estimate the tax burden on the mobile telecommunication sector in twenty-five African countries. This tax burden encompasses not only standard and particular taxes under the control of the Ministry of Finance (MoF), but also fees raised by national telecommunication Regulatory Agency (RA). Giv…
La taxe sur les appels internet via WhatsApp, Skype ou Viber a déclenché de nombreuses protestations au Liban entraînant la crise politique du pays quelques mois plus tard. De nombreux autres pays, particulièrement en Afrique sub-saharienne (comme l’Ouganda, la Zambie, ou encore le Kenya) ont ins…
During the last decades, international connectivity has improved significantly with the worldwide deployment of some 400 fiber submarine cables (SMCs), transmitting more than 99% of international telecommunications. If sub-Saharan African (SSA) has long remained excluded from this interconnection…