Publications

This paper provides a tour d’horizon on where we stand with the information, and analysis of Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs). The analysis of NTMs has been fragmentary, not keeping pace with their increasing prevalence and their increasing complexity. Capturing and classifying these NTMs is still a daunting task because of the data limitations identified in this […]

This paper empirically investigates the link between foreign aid and pollution, specifically CO2 emissions in developing countries. We use a more complete and recent dataset to re-assess the environmental impact of foreign aid. Focusing on 112 aid recipient countries over the period 1980 – 2013, we find that the effect of aid depends on the […]

La théorie de l’endogénéité des Zones Monétaires Optimales (ZMO) a identifié deux canaux de justification ex-post du critère de synchronisation des cycles : l’intensité commerciale et la convergence budgétaire des pays membres. Dans ce papier, nous analysons dans une perspective empirique le rôle des Unions Économiques et Monétaires africaines dans la convergence budgétaire des pays […]

This paper assesses the effects of structural reforms on firm-level productivity for 37 developing countries from 2006 to 2014 period. It takes advantage of the IMF Monitoring of Fund Arrangements dataset for reform indexes and the World Bank Enterprise Surveys for firm-level productivity. The paper highlights the following results. Structural reforms such as financial, fiscal, […]

Agriculture market reforms that allow quality recognition enable farmers to capture higher prices and lead to adoption of better technology. A lire sur VoxDEv  

The recognition of climate change as a dominant issue for the global economy and policy has led to a search for resources for financing mitigation and adaptation. While raising funds for mitigation and for adaptation meet similar problems, their allocation between countries cannot be ruled by the same criteria. For the  concessional funds devoted to […]

La science du climat est désormais claire sur un point au moins : si les efforts d’atténuation des émissions de gaz à effet de serre sont plus que jamais nécessaires pour limiter l’ampleur du changement climatique sur le(s) siècle(s) à venir, celui-ci est désormais partiellement irréversible. Cela signifie concrètement qu’une partie de ses impacts est inévitable. […]

Conditions in the Sahel are grim—some say emigration is the only recourse as economic, social, demographic, and environmental vulnerabilities worsen there. The Sahel—Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Chad—often called the “G-5” in recognition of the group set up to deal with their precariousness—are either in, or are about to fall into, poverty and conflict […]

We examine the impact of being located in areas with higher availability of electricity on manufacturing firm profits in Myanmar. Using a survey of 497 manufacturing firms conducted in 2014 and covering the whole territory of Myanmar, we investigate whether firms belonging to industries that tend to make more intensive use of electricity show better […]

Nous proposons un indicateur d’intensité de l’activité cyclonique calculé au niveau pays par année. Cet indicateur, simple, utilise des données historiques géolocalisées sur les cyclones, leur puissance, leur position, dont nous déduisons la part du territoire touchée, et leur durée. Cet indicateur est calculé (et est non-nul) pour 128 pays et territoires sur la période […]