In this chapter we explore the popular but controversial idea that developing countries
benefit from abandoning policy neutrality vis-a-vis trade, FDI and resource allocation across …

Orientation: The paper investigates the situation facing SME's in Nigeria, who have to
function in an environment with depleted infrastructure. Research purpose: To examine the …

Since gaining political independence in the 1950s, science has rapidly become a
prerequisite for national development within many African nations. Supported by …

Driven by the observed growing budget deficit and the heavy reliance on debtfinancing from
the banking sector, this study sets to test the lazy banking hypothesis for Egypt. According to …

Résumé Dans le contexte actuel d'assainissement des finances publiques dans les États de
l'Union économique et monétaire ouest africaine (UEMOA) et dans le prolongement des …

Demand side public policy paly a risk reducing role for imperfect sectors of the developing
economies through public investment during liberalization. Public sector investment …

Through the use of a multivariate cointegration and error-correction model, this study
investigates the short-and long-run relationship over the past two decades between fiscal …

Les récentes crises financières ont relancé le débat sur les interactions entre la sphère
financière et la sphère réelle. Aussi bien dans les pays développés qu'en développement …

Recent developments in time series analysis have encouraged the economists to re-
examine their findings about the Wagner's Law. That is why, the aggregation in public …

The paper investigates the casual relationship between government expenditure, GDP and
exports for Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka for the …