Abstract This paper examines the degree of polarization in African countries’ per capita GDP distribution between 1966 to 2004. We first use a nonparametric analysis and find that the countries tend to cluster in two classes of per capita GDP. Secondly, by using the Wolfson’s bipolarization measure, the results reveal that bipolarization has been accelerating […]
Abstract and Figures This paper examines the degree of polarization in African countries’ per capita GDP distribution between 1966 to 2004. We first use a nonparametric analysis and find that the countries tend to cluster in two classes of per capita GDP. Secondly, by using the Wolfson’s bipolarization measure, the results reveal that bipolarization has […]
Abstract The aim of this paper is to study the impact of spatial effects on convergence process in Africa over the period 1975-2000. Taking into account these effects through the methodology of Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis (ESDA) and spatial econometrics, we focus on the geographical dimension of economic convergence of African countries. This allows us […]
During 2008, many Sub-Saharan African economies have been obliged to suspend their imports tariffs to the magnitude of the food crisis. Frequent riots experienced in several cities have then raised the deep issue of food security. The purpose of this paper is to identify for the case of Senegal the major causes of food insecurity […]
Résumé Dans cet article, nous simulons, à l’aide d’un modèle d’équilibre général calculable dynamique, l’impact de chocs pluviométriques sur la pauvreté au Sénégal. Les résultats attestent que les périodes de chute pluviométrique correspondent à des phases de hausse de l’incidence de la pauvreté pour toutes les catégories de ménages. Cependant, les périodes d’excédents pluviométriques profitent […]
During 2008, many Sub-Saharan African economies have been obliged to suspend their imports tariffs to the magnitude of the food crisis. Frequent riots experienced in several cities have then raised the deep issue of food security. The purpose of this paper is to identify for the case of Senegal the major causes of food insecurity […]
The main purpose of the Senegalese accelerated growth strategy (AGS) is to boost economic growth so as to make poor people share its benefits. In any given economy, there is a relationship between growth, poverty reduction and income distribution. In this paper, a dynamic computable general equilibrium model was developed to simulate the quality of […]
Abstract Following a first study made to assess the impacts of sea level rise on the Senegalese coastline (Dennis et al., 1995), this vulnerability and adaptation (V&A) study tried to determine the impacts of climate change on two representative coastal zones, the Cap Vert peninsula and the Saloum estuary as well as potential adaptation options. […]
Abstract The aim of this article is to analyze the relationships between common shocks affecting the real economy and those underlying co-fluctuations in U.S. financial markets. In order to do this, we test for links between these common factors and also use the econometric theory of non-stationary panel data to estimate the relationships. The estimates […]
Abstract Following a first study made to assess the impacts of sea level rise on the Senegalese coastline (Dennis et al., 1995), this vulnerability and adaptation (V&A) study tried to determine the impacts of climate change on two representative coastal zones, the Cap Vert peninsula and the Saloum estuary as well as potential adaptation options. […]