This paper studies whether fiscal policy plays a stabilizing role in the context of import food
price shocks. More precisely, the paper assesses whether fiscal policy dampens the adverse …

Epidemics have disrupted lives for centuries with deleterious human capital and economic
repercussions. In this paper, we investigate how epidemics episodes have impacted school …

Using a panel of 101 low-and middle-income countries with data covering the period 1980-2012,
this paper applies various econometric approaches that deal with endogeneity issues …

The delicacy of socio-political consequences during the recent commodities’ prices spikes
has given rise to stabilising measures that might have had repercussions on public policy …

The recent surges in food commodity prices have drawn attention on one of most severe
sources of vulnerability for developing countries. In addition to financial constraints that these …

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Despite the increase in female labor force participation over the past three decades, women
still do not have the same opportunities as men to participate in economic activities in most …

This paper investigates the impact of mobile financial services–MFS (mobile money, and
mobile credit and savings) on the informal sector. Using both parametric and non-parametric …

While the COVID-19 crisis is sending shockwaves around the globe, low-income developing
countries (LIDCs) are in a particularly difficult position to respond. LIDCs have both been hit …

… This paper benefited from insightful comments and suggestions from Carine Meyimdjui,
Cedric Okou, Baoping Shang and Azar Sultanov. This research is part of the Macroeconomic …