Documents et rapports
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Agriculture in Africa : telling myths from facts (anglais)
This report presents the insights obtained, organized around the confirmation (fact) or rebuttal (myth) of 16 frequently held perceptions. It is found that women do not contribute 60 to 80 percent of the...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 127073 Date du document: 1 juin 2018 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Christiaensen,Luc,Demery,Lionel,Dillon,Brian,Barrett,Christopher B.,Deininger,Klaus W.,Savastano,Sara,Xia,Fang,Adjognon,Guigonan Serge,Liverpool-Tasie,Lenis Saweda O.,Reardon,Thomas,Carletto,Calogero,Corral,Paul,Guelfi,Anita,McCullough,Ellen B.,Palacios-Lopez,Amparo,Kilic,Talip,Davis,Benjamin K.,Di Giuseppe,Stefania,Zezza,Alberto,Nagler,Paula,Naude,Wim,Sheahan,Megan Britney,Binswanger-Mkhize,Hans P,Omonona,Bolarin Titus,Sanou,Awa,Ogunleye,Wale Olatunji,Miller,Daniel Charles,Munoz Mora,Juan Carlos,Nikoloski,Zlatko Slobodan,Hill,Ruth,Ndiaye,Moctar,d’Hotel,Elodie Maitre,Cotty,Tristan Le,Kaminski,Jonathan
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An assessment of employment in Niger (anglais)
Due to frequent domestic and external shocks, Niger is one of the poorest countries in the world. Located in a sub-region repeatedly challenged by security threats such as the Libyan conflict, the Mali...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 117420 Date du document: 1 juin 2017 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bossuroy,Thomas,Testaverde,Mauro,Bjerge,Benedikte Alkjaersig,Von Der Goltz,Jan,Kaminski,Jonathan,Tien,Bienvenue,Mavridis,Dimitris
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Food price seasonality in Africa : measurement and extent (anglais)
Everyone knows about seasonality. But what exactly do we know? This study systematically measures seasonal price gaps at 193 markets for 13 food commodities in seven African countries. It shows that the...
Type de document: Article de revue Numéro du rapport: 123197 Date du document: 1 janvier 2017 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Gilbert,Christopher L.,Christiaensen,Luc,Kaminski,Jonathan
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Price seasonality in Africa : measurement and extent (anglais)
Everyone knows about seasonality. But what exactly do we know? This study systematically measures seasonal price gaps at 193 markets for 13 food commodities in seven African countries. It shows that the...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS7539 Date du document: 22 janvier 2016 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Gilbert,Christopher L.,Christiaensen,Luc,Kaminski,Jonathan
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Seasonality in local food markets and consumption : evidence from Tanzania (anglais)
This paper revisits the extent of seasonality in African livelihoods. It uses 19 years of monthly food prices from 20 markets and three years of nationally representative household panel surveys from Tanzania...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS7520 Date du document: 18 décembre 2015 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Kaminski,Jonathan,Christiaensen,Luc,Gilbert,Christopher L.
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The end of seasonality ? new insights from Sub-Saharan Africa (anglais)
This paper revisits the extent of seasonality in African livelihoods, which has disappeared from Africa's development debate. Through econometric analysis of monthly food price series across 100 locations...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS6907 Date du document: 1 juin 2014 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Christiaensen,Luc,Gilbert,Christopher L.,Kaminski,Jonathan
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Post-harvest loss in Sub-Saharan Africa -- what do farmers say ? (anglais)
The 2007-2008 global food crisis has renewed interest in post-harvest loss, but estimates remain scarce, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper uses self-reported measures from nationally representative...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS6831 Date du document: 1 avril 2014 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Christiaensen,Luc,Kaminski,Jonathan
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Customs, brokers, and informal sectors : a Cameroon case study (anglais)
Based on extensive interviews with informal importers and brokers in Cameroon, this paper explains why customs reform aimed at reducing fraud and corruption may be difficult to achieve. Informal traders...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS6788 Date du document: 1 février 2014 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Cantens,Thomas,Kaminski,Jonathan,Raballand,Gael J. R. F.,Tchouawou,Tchapa