Publications (59)
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BioTrade and Income Inequality: Does Frontier Technology Readiness Matter?
Pousseni BAKOUAN, Relwendé SAWADOGOWhile empirical studies exploring the impacts of international trade on income inequality have continued to expand, yielding mixed results, less attention has been devoted to the effects of BioTrade on income redistribution. This article addresses this gap by examining the impact of BioTrade on...
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EFFECTS OF EXCHANGE RELATIVE PRICES ON MACROECONOMIC STABILITY IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COUNTRIES
Irifaar SOMEThis paper analyzes the effects of relative prices on macroeconomic stability in sub-Saharan African countries by considering inflation, real effective exchange rate, government deficit, and a composite index of macroeconomic stability using techniques combining a panel Vector Autoregressive...
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From Light to Income: Solar PV Technology
Abdoulganiour Almame TINTA, Aimé OKOKO, Edmond LANKOUANDESub-Saharan Africa is the region in the world where the deficit in access to electricity is the most significant, with approximately 50% of the population without this basic need. Off-grid electrification, such as the photovoltaic solar system, is an opportunity to substantially improve...
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Rainfall variability and welfare of agricultural households: Evidence from rural Niger
Soumaïla GansonréVariable weather continues to be the major source of vulnerability to chronic hunger and poverty in many developing countries due to the strong dependency of livelihood strategies on rainfed farming. Quantifying the effect of climatic parameters on agricultural households is, therefore,...
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Financial Inclusion, Globalization and Structural Transformation in Developing Countries: A Finite Mixture-of-Regressions Approach
Relwendé Sawadogo, Pegdéwendé Nestor Sawadogo, Romuald Somlanaré KindaIndustrialization plays a key role in job creation and economic development. We extend the abundant literature on the determinants of industrialization by exploring the potential effects of financial inclusion in 64 developing countries over the period 2000-2020. Using a finite mixture...
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Financial inclusion, household consumption instability and democracy in developing countries: A finite mixture of regressions approach
Ali Compaoré, Relwendé SawadogoThe literature on the impact of financial inclusion on the instability of household consumption remains controversial. In this article, we considered the possibility that countries follow different regimes of household consumption instability and tested the hypothesis of whether financial...
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Do natural resources rents reduce income inequality? A finite mixture of regressions approach
Relwendé Sawadogo , Youmanli Ouobahe World Bank report (2023) highlights that almost all types of natural capital, the global stock of resources and services provided by nature, are in decline while inequalities persist. Based on this context, the objective of this article is to analyze the effect of natural resources on income...
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Does youth resentment matter in understanding the surge of extremist violence in Burkina Faso?
Tebkieta Alexandra Tapsoba, Pascale Motel-Combes, Jean-Louis CombesDoes youth resentment matter in understanding the surge of extremist violence in Burkina Faso?
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Analyse des effets du Covid-19 sur les conditions de vie des ménages au Burkina Faso
Tebkieta Alexandra Tapsoba, Mouoboum Marc MedaLa présente étude exploratoire se base sur les données d’une enquête menée au Burkina Faso entre octobre et novembre 2020, pour évaluer les déterminants des effets du Covid-19 sur les moyens de subsistance, les revenus et l’éducation des enfants des ménages enquêtés. Les...
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CROISSANCE ECONOMIQUE ET INEGALITES DE REVENU DANS LES PAYS EN DEVELOPPEMENT : ROLE DES INSTITUTIONS
SAWADOGO DrissaDans cet article, nous analysons la capacité des institutions à influencer les effets de la
croissance économique sur les inégalités de revenu dans les pays en développement à partir
d’un échantillon de 94 pays sur la période 1990-2014. En utilisant des spécifications en
données...
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Non-farm income and household welfare in rural Burkina Faso: a focus on the household land tenure situation
SEOGO WindinkontéPurpose – This study investigates how income from non-farm activities affects households’ consumption in
two land holders’ groups: households with insecure land holding and households with secure land holding.
Design/methodology/approach – Following an instrumental variable approach,...
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Non-farm income and household welfare in rural Burkina Faso: a focus on the household land tenure situation
SEOGO WindinkontéPurpose – This study investigates how income from non-farm activities affects households’ consumption in
two land holders’ groups: households with insecure land holding and households with secure land holding.
Design/methodology/approach – Following an instrumental variable approach,...
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Inclusive human development effect of financial inclusion in sub-Saharan Africa: A gender perspective
Issa Dianda, Idrissa Ouedraogo,| Hamidou SawadogoThis paper investigates the effect of financial inclusion on inclusive human development in a panel of 35 countries in
sub-Saharan Africa for the years 2011, 2014 and 2017 from a gender perspective. Different methods, including fixed
effect and random effect models, Tobit and quantile...
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Managerial practices and the performance of small and medium-sized enterprises: Evidence from Burkina Faso
Sugrinoma Aristide Ouédraogo, Soumaïla GansonréOrganizational and managerial structure plays an important role in the productivity difference among firms. However, studies that assessed the quality of firm management and its link with their performance are still scanty. This paper provides empirical evidence on the relationship between...
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Solar PV adoption in rural Burkina Faso
Abdoulganiour Almame Tinta, Ahmed Yves Sylla, Edmond LankouandeEnergy is a rare commodity in Africa. Many households use unclean fuels for domestic activities. While more than 90% of rural households use fuelwood and kerosene as a source of energy in Sub-Saharan Africa, this study examines the determinants of energy diversity through solar PV adoption by...