Publications (119)
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Effect of Public Education Expenditure on Income Inequality in Low‐Income Countries: A Quantile Regression Approach
Relwendé Sawadogo, Thierno Thioune, Drissa Sawadogo, Gervasio Semedo
This paper aims to analyse the distributional effects of public social expenditure. To this end, it explores the conditional effects of education expenditure on income inequality in 42 low-income countries from 1998 to 2022. It is innovative compared to previous work in that it uses both a parametric method (instrumental variable method) and a(...)
education, income inequality, low- income, public expenditure, quantile regression
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The effect of macroprudential policies on bank risk in the west African economic and monetary union
Yimbar Joseph Somé, Relwendé Sawadogo
This paper examines the effect of macroprudential policies (MaPs) on individual bank risk-taking in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) using a panel of 92 banks across seven countries over the period 2005–2021. Using a fixed-effects estimator with lagged and contemporaneous regressors, complemented by a system-GMM estimator a(...)
Bank Risk Macroprudential policy WAEMU
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Effects of economic freedom on youth unemployment in sub-Saharan Africa
Madihatou Sakande, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Relwendé Sawadogo
This research investigates the effects of economic freedom on youth unemployment in sub-Saharan Africa. It covers a panel of 34 countries and the period 2003-2019. It employs the of two stage least squares (2SLS) and structural equation modeling (SEM). The results show that economic freedom reduces youth unemployment through the size of govern(...)
Economic freedom Youth unemployment Directs effects Indirects effects Sub-Saharan Africa
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Remittance inflows, democracy and economic freedom in developing countries: An approach based on democratic regimes
Relwendé Sawadogo, Gervasio Semedo, Pousseni Bakouan
Do migrant remittances have effects differentiated on democracy in developing countries? This paper addresses this issue by examining the political impact of remittances in 76 countries between 2000 and 2020. Unlike previous studies, this paper hypothesises that the effect of remittances varies greatly across different groups of countries and(...)
Remittances Democracy Economic freedom Developing countries
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Effect of inclusive growth on terrorism in Sub-Saharan Africa
Adama Sawadogo, Noël Thiombiano, Relwendé Sawadogo
The objective of this study is to analyse the effect of inclusive growth on terrorism using a sample of 33 Sub-Saharan African countries over the period 1996–2020.
To this end, we construct a unified measure of inclusive growth based on the employment rate and the degree of income equality, a transformation of income
inequality. Data on the(...)
Inclusive growth, Terrorism, Negative binomial regression, Zero-inflated negative binomial regression, Sub-Saharan Africa
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Effects of information asymmetry and political governance on Total factor productivity in the WAEMU
Adama Ouédraogo, Inoussa Traoré, Ousmane Traoré, Idrissa M. Ouédraogo
Improving total productivity (TFP) is a major challenge within the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU). Despite research on the determi-nants of TFP in sub-Saharan Africa and other regions, certain factors that ex-plain TFP, such as information asymmetry and governance, warrant attention in the WAEMU context. This paper analyzes t(...)
information asymmetry, political governance, TFP, WAEMU
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Effets des investissements publics dans le sport sur la croissance économique au Burkina Faso
Prosper KABORE, Salifou KABORE, Gnanderman SIRPE
Cet article explore la relation entre les dépenses d'investissements publics dans le secteur
sportif et la croissance économique au Burkina Faso. À l'aide du modèle autorégressif à
retards échelonnés (ARDL), l'étude analyse les effets à court et à long terme de ces
investissements. Les résultats principaux révèlent une corrélation positi(...)
Investissement public ; Secteur sportif ; Croissance économique ; ARDL, Burkina Faso.
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Fuelling energy poverty? Evidence on the role of deforestation in developing countries
Windbeneti Arnaud Zahonogo, Relwendé Sawadogo
Energy poverty remains a critical development challenge in low- and middle-income countries, central to achieving Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7). This study investigates the causal impact of deforestation on energy poverty, focusing on two key dimensions: access to electricity and access to clean cooking fuels. Using a panel of 95 devel(...)
Deforestation, Energy poverty, Developing countries, Sustainable development Goals.
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Gender Gaps in Food Security in Rural Burkina Faso: Does Access To Agricultural Credit matter?
Tobignaré Florent Maré
This paper examines the effect of access to agricultural credit on gender gaps in food security in rural Burkina Faso. We
used the Blinder–Oaxaca decomposition, relying on nationwide data. The results show that, compared to male-headed
households, female-headed households are more food insecure. Specifically, female-headed households have(...)
Agricultural credit · Gender inequality · Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition · Food security · Burkina faso
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Does land tenure security matter for household income diversification in Burkina Faso? Empirical evidence from a mixed process regression
Windinkonté Séogo
Income diversification is considered an important livelihood strategy for rural households in
agrarian economies, especially in contexts of erratic agricultural income. In this study, we investigate
whether land tenure security is a pull factor for household income diversification. Relying on survey
data collected from 1 852 rural househ(...)
mixed-process regression, income diversification, land tenure security, livelihoods
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L’INSTABILITE INEGALITES MACROECONOMIQUE INFLUENCE-T-ELLE LES DE REVENU DANS LES PAYS EN DEVELOPPEMENT ?
Drissa SAWADOGO
L’objectif de cet article est d’examiner l’effet de l’instabilité macroéconomique sur les inégalités de revenu dans les pays en développement à partir d’un échantillon de 48 pays sur la période 1990-2014. En utilisant des spécifications en panel combinant à la fois des estimations de MCO et de variables instrumentales, nous avons apprécié les(...)
Inégalités de revenu, instabilité macroéconomique, données de panel pays en développement.
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Relative Prices Of Non-Tradable Versus Tradable Goods And Poverty In Sub-Saharan Africa
Irifaar SOME
This paper assessed the effects of relative prices on poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa. The study covers a sample of 27 countries of Sub-Saharan Africa over the period 1992-2016.The formulation of a dynamic panel model and the estimation using the techniques of generalized moments (GMM) show that the relative prices of tradable goods by non-trada(...)
Poverty, Sub-Saharan Africa, relative prices
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Effets de la crise sécuritaire et de l’instabilité politique sur l’inflation dans l’Union Economique Monétaire Ouest-Africaine (UEMOA)
Roland KABRE, Irifaar SOME, Abdoulaye SIRY
Cet article examine les déterminants de l’inflation au sein de l’Union économique et monétaire ouest-africaine (UEMOA) dans un contexte marqué par des crises sécuritaires récurrentes et une instabilité politique persistante. L’analyse empirique s’appuie sur l’estimation d’un modèle vectoriel à correction d’erreur en panel (PVECM), permettant d(...)
Inflation, Instabilité politique, Crises sécuritaires
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Prix relatifs des échanges et pauvreté dans les pays d’Afrique Subsaharienne
Irifaar SOME
La pauvreté sévit dans la majeure partie des pays en développement, et surtout dans la région d’Afrique subsaharienne. L’objectif de cet article est d’évaluer les effets des prix relatifs sur la pauvreté dans les pays d’Afrique subsaharienne. La formulation d’un modèle en panel dynamique puis l’estimation par les techniques des moments général(...)
Afrique subsaharienne, prix relatifs, biens échangeables, biens non échangeables, pauvreté
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EFFET DU DEVELOPPEMENT DES INFRASTRUCTURES SUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT HUMAIN EN AFRIQUE SUBSAHARIENNE : UNE ANALYSE QUANTILE EN PANEL AVEC EFFET FIXE
Ibrahim OUEDRAOGO1, Drissa SAWADOGO, Mohamed Tidjane KINDA
L’objectif de cette recherche est d’analyser l’effet du développement des infrastructures sur le développement humain en Afrique subsaharienne. Pour l’investigation empirique, la nouvelle méthode de régression quantile développée par Machado et Silva (2019) est appliquée à des données couvrant les pays de l’Afrique subsaharienne sur la période(...)
Infrastructures, développement humain, Afrique subsaharienne, régression quantile