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Managing the Impact of Resource Booms on the Real Effective Exchange Rate: The Role of Financial Sector Development
Whereas most of the literature related to the so-called “resource curse” tends to emphasize on institutional factors and public policies, in this research we focus on the role of the financial sector, which has been surprisingly overlooked. We find that countries that have financial systems with more depth, as well as those that actively manage their central banks’ balance sheets experience less exchange-rate appreciation than countries that do not. We analyze the relationship between these two findings and suggest that they appear to follow separate mechanisms.
Efficiency of Public Spending in Education, Health, and Infrastructure
Governments of developing countries typically spend between 20 and 30 percent of gross domestic product. Hence, small changes in the efficiency of public spending could have a major impact on aggregate productivity growth and gross domestic product levels. Therefore, measuring efficiency and comparing input-output combinations of different decision-making units becomes a central challenge. This paper gauges efficiency as the distance between observed input-output combinations and an efficiency frontier estimated by means of the Free Disposal Hull and Data Envelopment Analysis techniques. Input-inefficiency (excess input consumption to achieve a level of output) and output-inefficiency (outpu...
Systèmes éducatifs, orientation et insertion professionnelle en Afrique francophone
Malgré la croissance démographique importante des pays africains et leur population jeune, ces pays parviennent difficilement à tirer pleinement profit de cet avantage en raison du manque d'opportunités d'emploi pour les jeunes. Les systèmes éducatifs sont également considérés comme inadaptés aux besoins du marché du travail. Cet ouvrage examine le système éducatif, l'orientation scolaire et professionnelle ainsi que leur contribution à l'insertion socioprofessionnelle des jeunes dans trois pays d'Afrique francophone (Burkina Faso, Cameroun et Togo), dans le contexte de la promotion de l'entrepreneuriat et du travail décent.
Fertility and Population Policy
There have been significant changes in both the fertility rates and fertility perception since 1970s. In this paper, we examine the relationship between government policies towards fertility and the fertility trends. Total fertility rate, defined as the number of children per woman, is used as the main fertility trend variable. We use panel data from the United Nations World Population Policies database, and the World Bank World Development Indicators for the period 1976 through 2013. We find significant negative association between a country's fertility rate and its anti-fertility policy. On the other hand, there is no significant and robust relationship between the fertility rate and a country's pro-fertility or family-planning policies. In addition we find evidence of spatial autocorrelation in the total fertility rate, and spatial spillovers from government's policy on fertility.
Realizing Africa's Rice Promise
At a time when Africa's food security stands threatened, Realizing Africa's Rice Promise provides a comprehensive overview of state-of-the-art research and recommendations for dealing with future challenges. With contributions from the key scientists working on rice in Africa, this volume addresses policy, genetic diversity and improvement, sustainable productivity enhancement, innovations and value chains. The book is useful for researchers, policy makers, agricultural ministries, donors, regional and sub-regional organizations, non-governmental development organizations and universities.
Mental Health in Healthcare Workers and its Associations with Psychosocial Work Conditions
The work environment can be considered one of the main determining factors that can influence the mental health of workers, especially as it regards the structural and organizational conditions to which the worker is subjected. This work environment has positive effects when work provides satisfaction and well-being or negative effects provoked by situations of stress, inadequate working patterns and schedules, possible situations of abuse and/or harassment, etc., which may contribute to the appearance of alterations in the mental health of the worker.
Readings in Methodology
This volume is a collection of papers presented during methodological workshops organized by CODESRIA. Its objective is to revitalize theory and methodology in field work in Africa while contributing to the creation of a critical space hinged upon the mastery of epistemological bases which are indispensable to any scientific imagination.
Les processus d'apprentissage chez des adultes en formation universitaire en Afrique de l'ouest: quelques caractéristiques du rapport au savoir
Cette recherche a été conduite dans cinq pays d'Afrique de l'Ouest (Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger et Togo), auprès d'adultes inscrits dans un programme de formation universitaire sous-régional, logé au sein de l'université de Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso). L'objectif était d'éclairer les processus d'apprentissages chez ces adultes. Une enquête longitudinale a permis de révéler les significations des expériences de formation telles que formulées et reformulées par les adultes eux-mêmes en début, en cours et en fin de formation. Ces discours révèlent trois problématiques d'intérêt. Les adultes ont un projet de formation déclaré conforme aux attentes de leurs institutions et un autre caché de mobilité professionnelle personnelle. Le rapport au savoir chez ces adultes se double d'un rapport hirérarchique aux enseignants. Ils ont acquis de meilleures compétences en communication qu'ils appliquent dans les sphères familiale, sociale et professionnelle. Cette recherche privilégie la démarche compréhensive et le séminaire histoire de vie en formation.
Decent Work, Inclusion and Sustainability
This content-rich and inspirational book offers complementary theoretical and practical perspectives from detailed research and analysis of decent work, inclusion and sustainability issues in Brazil, Canada, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Singapore, the United Kingdom, the United States and West Africa. In today’s turbulent world marked by risk and uncertainty, the values of decent work, inclusion and sustainability are no longer a simple choice, but vital guiding principles that enable individuals, organisations, and governments to reimagine work as a source of dignity and purpose, even in the face of adversity. The thirteen chapters in this volume focus on effective ways to support i...
