This paper examines the relationship between armed conflict and school/work time allocation for children aged 10 to 14 years. The paper uses household level data from Côte d’Ivoire combined with information on the exact location and date of conflict events. The identification strategy uses the spec...

How much does environment pay for politicians?

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Mohamed Boly et al. (Oct 5, 2020)

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We empirically explore how elections impact climate change policy and environmental degradation, using a sample of 76 democratic countries over the period 1990‐2014. Three key results emerge from our system‐GMM estimations. First, election years are characterized by an increase in C02 emissions, eve...

Are ICT's boosting tax revenues? Evidence from developing countries

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Jean-François Brun et al. (Oct 27, 2020)

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This paper investigates the effect of ICT readiness and ICT usage on tax revenue mobilization in developing countries. The paper uses a panel fixed effect methodology on a sample of 96 developing countries from 2005 to 2016. We provide evidences that although ICT readiness affects positively tax rev...

L’impact à court terme de la crise Covid19 sur l’industrie manufacturière en Afrique : évaluations d’experts africains

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Michaël Goujon et al. (Sep, 2020)

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The purpose of this document is to provide more details on a survey conducted among African experts during April and May, the main results of which being published in September in a paper in the journal Secteur Privé et Développement (Goujon et Mien, 2020) and relayed by Jeune Afrique. This survey f...