Publications

This paper aims to determine an optimal allocation of the European Cohesion Fund (ECF) and compares it with the observed allocation. This optimal allocation is the solution of a donor optimization problem which maximizes recipient countries’ GDP per capita to achieve economic convergence in the E…

Value chains (VC) have become increasingly prevalent instruments through which smallholder farmers link to markets and potentially overcome market failures and government deficiencies that constrain their competitiveness. With multiple agents involved in the VC, coordination is important to inves…

This paper studies how the geographical distribution of imports, in the audiovisual sector, varies with aggregate income across countries to confront existing fears of cultural homogenization with increasing purchasing power. Relying on new predictions derived from an heterogenous firms model (He…

For most poor countries of today, investing in agriculture and the associated sectoral linkages is the most promising strategy for sustained growth and poverty reduction. Yet, in these countries, investment in agriculture has generally been lagging relative to international norms and recommendat…

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…

Tax competition is often associated with the “race to the bottom:” a decrease in the tax rate of one jurisdiction (country, region or municipality) triggers similar reactions in neighboring jurisdictions. This race can be related to two properties of the tax competition game: positive tax spillov…

Parmi les nombreuses contributions de Jean-Claude Berthélemy à l’économie du développement, il en est une qui a particulièrement retenu l’attention, son article sur les facteurs de l’allocation géographique de l’aide entre pays receveurs. Je partirai de cet article bien connu (Berthélémy, 2006, v…

The value of preferential market access schemes has fallen sharply. Drawing on a relaxation announcement of July 2016 simplifying origin requirements for access to the EU that should help improve market access, thereby contributing to alleviate the refugee crisis in Jordan, this paper argues that…

La Revue d’Économie du Développement est une revue d’analyse économique appliquée au développement et aux relations internationales, un lieu d’échanges scientifiques sur des thèmes économiques essentiels.