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François Joseph Cabral

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30 March 2021

L’impact du Covid-19 sur L’économie Sénégalaise: Une Perspective de Genre / The Impact of COVID-19 on the Senegalese Economy: A Gender Perspective

Like other African countries, Senegal has been hit by Covid-19 and has put in place measures to contain the epidemic. These measures impact men and women differently. To capture their effects on women’s work, we use a computable general equilibrium mod …

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5 March 2021

Les Sénégalais Approuvent la Réponse Gouvernementale à la Pandémie de COVID-19 mais Restent Sceptiques vis-à-vis des Vaccins / Senegalese Approve of Government Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic but Remain Sceptical of Vaccines

The outbreak of COVID-19 in China in late 2019 has had significant health and socio-economic consequences in Senegal and around the world. To contain the shock of the health crisis, the State of Senegal has adopted a resilience plan. This plan includes …

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1 March 2021

The Impact of Covid-19 on the Senegalese Economy: From a Gender Perspective

Senegal, like other African countries, has been hit by Covid-19 and has put in place measures to contain the epidemic. These measures impact men and women differently. To capture their effects on women’s employment, we use a computable general equilibr …

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3 April 2017

Transformation de l’Agriculture Senegalaise: Impact d’un Programme Integre / Transformation of Agriculture in Senegal: Impact of an Integrated Program

For developing countries, especially those in sub-Saharan Africa, agriculture has always had an undeniable economic and social importance. But this importance has increased since the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the United Nations (UN) Susta …

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1 February 2017

Agricultural Transformation in Senegal: Impacts of an Integrated Program

This paper evaluates the impact of an agriculture transformation program on poverty, migration, food security and agricultural revenue. We used Inverse Propensity Score Matching (IPSM) techniques, to correct the selection bias arising from the non-rand …

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1 January 2015

Social Protection: What about Young People not in Employment, nor in Education, nor in Training?

The paper assesses the phenomenon of NEET, it identified the key factors that drive the probability to belong to this category and explore targeting measures. In fact, due to the low vote of youth employment and the precariousness of their status in th …

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3 October 2011

Analyse et Mesure du Rythme de Diffusion et du dégre d’Utilisation des TIC chez les très Petites entreprises Sénégalaises / Analysis and Measurement of the Rate of Diffusion and Disruption of ICT Use in Very Small Senegalese Enterprises

The purpose of this work was to understand the behavior of very small businesses (TPEs) in ICT staffing. To this end, a data analysis was conducted to assess the rate of diffusion and the degree of ICT use in microenterprises. Similarly, the determinan …

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2 October 2010

What are the Key Factors of Food Insecurity among Senegalese Landowners?

During 2008, many Sub-Saharan African economies have been obliged to suspend their imports tariffs to the magnitude of the food crisis. Frequent riots experienced in several cities have then raised the deep issue of food security. The purpose of this p …

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2 November 2009

La Stratégie de Croissance Accélérée du Sénégal est-elle pro-Pauvre? / Is Senegal’s Accelerated Growth Strategy Pro-Poor?

The main purpose of the Senegalese accelerated growth strategy (AGS) is to boost economic growth so as to make poor people share its benefits. In any given economy, there is a relationship between growth, poverty reduction and income distribution. In t …

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2 October 2007

L’impact des Réformes de Politiques Commerciales sur l’agriculture / The Impact of Trade Policy Reforms on Agriculture

The liberalization of trade, conducted under the auspices of the WTO, affects the structure and performance of the agricultural sector. After describing the evolution of agricultural supply and its contribution to GDP, we analyzed its relative weight i …

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1 May 2007

Réformes Commerciales, Réponse de l’offre Agricole et Sécurité Alimentaire au Sénégal / Trade Reforms, Agricultural Supply Response and Food Security in Senegal

Food security in developing countries, is currently an increasing concern for both policy makers and analysts. Since the 1974 World Food Conference convened by the United Nations, following the food crisis of 1973-1975, consensus exists within the inte …

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