Publications (57)
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Agricultural Productivity Growth in Burkina Faso: Disparities and Convergence Patterns Using the Meta-Frontier Färe–Primont Index
Henri Zoungrana, Mohamed Porgo, Coffie Francis José N'Guessan, Omer Souglimpo Combary
In developing countries where agriculture sustains rural livelihoods, advancing sustainable development and poverty reduction requires a better understanding of the drivers of agricultural productivity growth to promote inclusive growth and strengthen food security. This paper investigates the main constraints to agricultural productivity grow(...)
Burkina Faso, Färe-Primont Index, Data Envelopment Analysis, Total Factor Productivity, Convergence
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Impact of digital finance services on women’s economic empowerment in Burkina Faso
Salamata Loaba; Salimata Traoré; Eugéne Dimaviya Compaoré; Sugrinoma Aristide Ouédraogo
This study analyses the impact of digital finance services on women’s economic empowerment in Burkina Faso using data from a sample of 9001 females, extracted from the Living Standard survey of The World Bank. We used the instrumental variable regression method to conduct the estimation, and the results indicate that digital finance impro(...)
Digital finance services; financial inclusion; women’s empowerment; labour market; Burkina Faso
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Pauvreté énergétique et participation au marché du travail: évidence au Burkina Faso
Eugène Dimaviya Compaore
En utilisant les données de l'Enquête harmonisée sur les conditions de vie des ménages (EHCVM), cet article quantifie l'incidence et l'intensité de la pauvreté énergétique au Burkina Faso et son effet sur la participation des femmes au marché du travail dans un cadre multidimensionnel. Les résultats indiquent que plus de 80 % des ménages viven(...)
Pauvreté énergétique, marché du travail, ménages, Burkina Faso
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Effet de l’autonomisation des femmes sur la sécurité alimentaire : le rôle du facteur temps en milieu rural au Burkina Faso
Soumaïla Sawadogo
Cet article analyse l’effet de l’autonomisation des femmes sur la sécurité alimentaire de leurs ménages au Burkina Faso en interrogeant le rôle du facteur temps. Des données primaires, collectées sur un échantillon aléatoire et stratifié de 227 ménages, ont été utilisées. À partir de l’approche par les capabilités, des scores dans les cinq dom(...)
Autonomisation, pauvreté en temps, sécurité alimentaire, capabilités, modèle à équations structurelles, modèle à processus-mixte conditionnel
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Does energy poverty hinder human capital development? Empirical evidence from Burkina Faso
Tobignaré Florent Maré; Dimaviya Eugène Compaoré; Adiaratou Diallo
The objective of this article is to examine the effect of multidimensional energy poverty on human capital development in Burkina Faso. To this end, we adopt the approach developed by Nussbaumer et al. (2012) to measure multidimensional energy poverty and employ an instrumental variables method to address endogeneity issues inherent in the rel(...)
Multidimensional energy poverty, Health, Education, Instrumental variables method
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Does multidimensional financial inclusion have an impact on subjective poverty in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WEAMU)?
Eugène Dimaviya Compaore; Guiro Jeudi Topan; Boukaré Maiga
This article examines the impact of multidimensional financial inclusion (MFI) on subjective poverty, using data from the Harmonised Household Living Conditions Survey (HSLC) conducted in 2021 across the WAEMU region. The Alkire and Foster approach was employed to measure MFI. To address potential endogeneity, a recursive ordered probit–probit(...)
Financial inclusion, subjective poverty, instrumental variable, WAEMU, household
PRéPUBLICATION
Infrastructure and unemployment: gender-differentiated effects in UEMOA
Ladioum Bienvenue Drabo, Tibi Didier Zoungrana
Abstract
African countries are lagging in terms of infrastructure, all types combined. In addition, on the continent, the problem of employability continues to be acute, often more pronounced according to gender or sex, requiring special attention. The objective of this research is to analyze the effect of a set of infrastruct(...)
UEMOA
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Effects of financial inclusion on income inequality in WAEMU countries
Taonsa Roland ; Kinda Augustin
This study aims to examine the effect of financial inclusion on income inequality inWAEMU countries. The main objective is to analyze the extent to which expandingaccess to, use of financial services can contribute to reducing economic disparities,and to what extent their effects become marginal or counterproductive. To achievethis objective,(...)
Financial services; financial inclusion ; income inequality ;WAEMU
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Food Price Instability and Adaptation Strategies of Urban Households: An Empirical Analysis Based on the Perception of Market Actors in Grand Lomé, Togo
Pénagui Toumoudagou N’ouéni, Kossiwa Zinsou-Klassou, Jérôme Chenal, Mohamed Porgo, Kossi Dossavi Tonou, Djawène Djore
Population growth in Grand Lomé is increasing households’ dependence on food markets in a context of rising prices. This study analyzes the price instability of staple foods, its determinants, and its effects on the coping strategies of urban households. It is based on a mixed-methods approach combining quantitative surveys of 245 traders, 210(...)
urbanization; supply systems; rising food prices; urban food security; Grand Lomé metropolitan area
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Illicit Financial Flows, Violent Conflicts and Longevity in Power in Sub-Saharan Africa
Ahandi Vincent Lompo and Achille Augustin Diendere
The issue of illicit financial flows is attracting increasing attention. The aim of this article is to analyze the effects of illicit financial flows on violent conflicts, based on the length of time in power. The panel data used covers 42 sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries and relates to the period from 2002 to 2023. In terms of methodology,(...)
illicit financial flows, longevity in power, sub-Saharan African, violent conflict
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Effet de l’éducation financière sur l’inclusion financière dans les pays de l’UEMOA
Kinda Augustin
La connaissance des questions financières est devenue un enjeu majeur en raison du
développement accéléré des marchés financiers et de la situation économique actuelle. Cette
évolution s’accompagne d’une diversification des produits financiers, de la multiplication des
formes de financement, de l’augmentation du nombre d’institutions financ(...)
UEMOA, éducation financière ; effets ; inclusion financière ; services financiers
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Macroeconomic effects of political instability in the WAEMU: an analysis of investment efficiency
Ahandi Vincent Lompo and Achille Augustin Diendere
This article analyses the macroeconomic effects of political instability through the efficiency of domestic investment in the countries of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU). The estimation method considered in this analysis is the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) method. The analysis uses panel data covering the period(...)
Political instability, macroeconomic effects, investment efficiency, ARDL method, WAEMU
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Effect of crop diversification on the rural household’s food security in a context of security crisis: the role of gender
Nongasida Sawadogo , Soumaïla Sawadogo
This research evaluates the effect of crop diversification on the food security of rural households in Burkina Faso, questioning the specific role of gender. Based on the sustainable
livelihoods approach, an ordered logit model is estimated using data of the 2023 Burkina Faso Agricultural permanent survey. The results show that crop diversifi(...)
Diversification; crop diversity; food security; food diversity; gender; security crisis
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Effect of political instability on income inequality within the West African Economic and Monetary Union
Ahandi Vincent Lompo and Achille Augustin Diendere
Worldwide, income inequality and political conflict remain persistent problems. This article analyses the specific role of financial inclusion in the relationship between political instability and income inequality in West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) countries. The econometric analysis is based on panel data from 2003 to 2022.(...)
non-linear method; income inequality; financial inclusion; political instability; West African Economic and Monetary Union
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Determinants and Drivers of Financial Inclusion in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU): A Multidimensional Analysis
Eugène Dimaviya Compaore; Boukaré Maiga; Asmo Guira
African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) over these two periods. A multidimensional financial inclusion index was constructed using the methodology of Alkire and Foster (2011). To analyse the determinants and drivers of multidimensional financial inclusion, a probit model and Fairlie's (2005) decomposition were employed. Although the result(...)
Financial Inclusion