Development at the border : a study of national integration in post-colonial West Africa

In Africa, boundaries delineated during the colonial era now divide young in-dependent states. By applying regression discontinuity designs to a large set of surveys covering the 1986-2001 period, this paper identi¯es many large and significant jumps in welfare at the borders between West-African co...

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Autores principales: Cogneau, Denis, Mesplé-Somps, Sandrine, Spielvogel, Gilles
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Publicado: PSE 2010
Acceso en línea:http://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010061559
http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=fr/fr-001&d=010061559oai
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description In Africa, boundaries delineated during the colonial era now divide young in-dependent states. By applying regression discontinuity designs to a large set of surveys covering the 1986-2001 period, this paper identi¯es many large and significant jumps in welfare at the borders between West-African countries around Cote d'Ivoire. Border discontinuities mirror the differences between country averages with respect to household income, connection to utilities and education. Country of residence often makes a difference, even if distance to capital city has some attenuating power. The results are consistent with a national integration process that is underway but not yet achieved.
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Spielvogel, Gilles
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title Development at the border : a study of national integration in post-colonial West Africa
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