A just, fair and equitable international copyright system is vital for the proper functioning of knowledge development and access. Thus copyright law has come to occupy the centre stage of international economic development and countries identify it as a powerful catalyst in fostering national econo...

Malaria is one of the most common infectious diseases in the world and 40% of the world population is exposed to malaria. Despite the current control strategies such as rapid diagnosis and treatment of disease cases, use of insecticide impregnated materials and indoor residuals spraying with insecti...

In the context of achieving the new Sustainable Development Goals, revenue mobilization is a high priority in developing countries and in Sub-Saharan Africa, where governments’ ability to tax remains limited. Using a unique revenue dataset spanning the period 1980-2010, we analyze three important ta...

International audience There is little data available on the environmental context of the arrival of the first anatomically modern humans in North Africa, and subsequent Palaeolithic and Neolithic occupations within this region. Microvertebrates such as rodents, shrews, amphibians and squamates are...

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This thesis is concerned with the role of interbank competition in Africa. During the past decade, African banking systems have witnessed profound changes in their structure with some implications on the level of competition. Although the traditional view argues that intensified competition encourag...

The Afrobarometer project was designed to collect and disseminate information regarding Africans' views on democracy, governance, economic reform, civil society, and quality of life. This particular survey was concerned with the attitudes and opinions of the citizens of Benin. Respondents in a face-...

While access to basic education is at the heart of development, the fact that sustained and meaningful education is critical for emancipation of the individual and entire society is no longer a matter of debate. Indeed, the myriad of advantages associated with sustained and quality mass education pr...

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In Sub-Saharan Africa, the press written almost two centuries of history. For a long time hampered by low literacy, however, its development was rapid in English-speaking Africa, where it played a role in decolonisation. Both as a cause and as a result of the aspirations for change, the African pres...

Despite numerous investments that have been made to increase access to education in sub-Saharan Africa, a noteworthy share of children drop out of school prior to completing primary education. To address this issue, this thesis examines the factors that drive education decisions in a rural risky env...

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fuelled by successive alerts to the pandemic, the threat of emerging viruses is now self-evident. In this paper, we try to reverse the emergence of this threat through the example of a research network, the history of which stretches from the end of the Second World War to the present day. Along wit...

Control of Schistosomiasis and Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis in Sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges and Prospects

in Sub-Saharan Africa, the international missions deployed to ensure the credibility of the elections are of great importance in the institution building of the continent. In view of the controversy raised in recent elections, in which the opinion of international observers has been questioned, ther...

I had the chance, during my training in African history, to be Jean Boulègue’s pupil. First in DEUG, when he taught the history of Africa prior to the 19th century, in the form of judicial classes; then bachelor, where he spent a full semester of amphitheatre courses and focused work on Islam in sub...

The states of French-speaking Sub-Saharan Africa, richly endowed with minerals, have achieved independence with a major handicap of underdevelopment, characterized by the rupture of the social contract. These states and their new leaders have, quite logically, put mining investments at the center of...

For network fragmentation, reforms, focusing on economic efficiency and performance, have aggravated socio-spatial inequalities and weakened urban cohesion. Dedicated to water services, this book shows that current developments are also likely to unblock underequipments and improve access, particula...

In sub-Saharan Africa, the cost of transport borne by urban residents tends to add to daily difficulties, especially for the poorest. Knowledge of the weight of transport in budgets seems essential to improve the transport conditions of the poor and social equity in cities. Consumer surveys and mobi...

Organised with the collaboration of: — l’INRETS (France), — LET (France), — IRD (Senegal), MIET (Senegal) Financial support: French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The issue of the contribution of transport to the fight against poverty was one of the cornerstones of the conclusion of the SITRASS 6 semi...

F. Paris, J.-F. Saliège, 2010 Les nouvelles de l’archeologie, No 120-21, pp. 57-60

This article aims to illustrate the links between daily mobility and spatial segregation processes in sub-Saharan Africa cities. In a general context of population growth, urban sprawl and persistent poverty in both households and public actors in Dar es Salaam, Dakar, as in other major African citi...