This paper is an attempt to assess the relevance of the use of the North, Wallis and Weingast (2009) framework to explain the performances of Burkina Faso in terms of economic growth and development. The political history of Burkina Faso has been very unstable until president Campaoré took power in 1987. Since then, the stability has been based on low intensity violence, with bursts ofopen violence like those of the mutinies of 2011. This “stability” is based on the balance of power between two main “elite” groups, the army and the traditional chiefs. Trade unions, the Catholic Church and Donors also play a role, especially in case of trouble. The political class in power and its cronies are extracting rents by creating de facto monopolies,...
Recent research identifies weak institutions as a leading cause of the under-performance of developi...
Economic growth generally refers to GDP growth. The studies on the link between growth and poverty d...
Conflict and political instability have considerably weakened Guinea-Bissau’s productive infrastruct...
Nous évaluons dans ce document la pertinence de l’approche de North, Wallis and Weingast (2009) pour...
This paper assesses the relevance of the North, Wallis and Weingast (2009) framework to explain the ...
Les analyses existantes du développement de la pauvreté en Burkina Faso ont été biaisées par l’ig...
Dependence, linked to integration with world capitalism, is a reality in Burkina Faso. It is based o...
This paper analyses the reasons for the weak results in fighting against food insecurity and poverty...
For scholars of Africa\u27s political economy, an important problem has been explaining and understa...
In this paper, we construct an economy-wide recursive dynamic model for Burkina Faso to explore the ...
The major challenge, the country of Burkina Faso has to overcome is the reduction of poverty and the...
La présente thèse étudie l’exercice du pouvoir et ses transformations à partir de l’observation d’op...
This thesis examines the exercise of power and its transformations, based on the observation of conc...
Burkina Faso, with more than 20% of the population suffering from undernourishment (FAO), is facing ...
Burkina Faso\u27s rich civic institutions are rooted in the history of the precolonial Mossi kingdom...
Recent research identifies weak institutions as a leading cause of the under-performance of developi...
Economic growth generally refers to GDP growth. The studies on the link between growth and poverty d...
Conflict and political instability have considerably weakened Guinea-Bissau’s productive infrastruct...
Nous évaluons dans ce document la pertinence de l’approche de North, Wallis and Weingast (2009) pour...
This paper assesses the relevance of the North, Wallis and Weingast (2009) framework to explain the ...
Les analyses existantes du développement de la pauvreté en Burkina Faso ont été biaisées par l’ig...
Dependence, linked to integration with world capitalism, is a reality in Burkina Faso. It is based o...
This paper analyses the reasons for the weak results in fighting against food insecurity and poverty...
For scholars of Africa\u27s political economy, an important problem has been explaining and understa...
In this paper, we construct an economy-wide recursive dynamic model for Burkina Faso to explore the ...
The major challenge, the country of Burkina Faso has to overcome is the reduction of poverty and the...
La présente thèse étudie l’exercice du pouvoir et ses transformations à partir de l’observation d’op...
This thesis examines the exercise of power and its transformations, based on the observation of conc...
Burkina Faso, with more than 20% of the population suffering from undernourishment (FAO), is facing ...
Burkina Faso\u27s rich civic institutions are rooted in the history of the precolonial Mossi kingdom...
Recent research identifies weak institutions as a leading cause of the under-performance of developi...
Economic growth generally refers to GDP growth. The studies on the link between growth and poverty d...
Conflict and political instability have considerably weakened Guinea-Bissau’s productive infrastruct...