DIAL : Research on social and economic development

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DIAL : Who are we?

DIAL is a research centre in Development Economics.
It is funded by IRD (Research Institute for Development) and AFD (French Agency of Development).

Statistical Surveys

1-2-3 Survey

A poverty monitoring tool

Socio-demographic characteristics and Employment – Informal sector – Consumtion and Living conditions.

MIDDAS : Migration and Development in Senegal: An Empirical Analysis Using Matched Data on Senegalese Migrants and Their Origin Households

PARTNERSHIP

AFRISTAT (Mali)

AFROBAROMETER

CELS (Chiang Mai University, Thailand)

CEPS (Luxemburg)

Göttingen University (Germany)

INSEE (France)

INSTAT (Madagascar)

OGS (Vietnam)

Paris21

University of Dakar (Senegal)

And many others...

Call for papers for the International Conference “The Informal Sector and Informal Employment: Statistical Measurement, Economic Implications and Public Policies”, Hanoi May 2010.

PUBLICATIONS

Education & Knowledge in Thailand

The Quality Controversy
An insight of the education reform in Thailand and of the rapid development of education in the past decades.

THE POLICY PARADOX IN AFRICA Strengthening Links between Economic Research and Policymaking
Edited by E.T. Ayuk and M.A. Marouani

NEW INTERNATIONAL POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES
This book edited by J-P Cling, M Razafindrakoto and F Roubaud provides the expert, critical analysis of the poverty reduction strategies that are needed.

DIALOGUE

The semi-annual Newsletter of DIAL is published in English and French. It takes part in the debate on development by presenting topical studies or research results.

Dialogue N°29 : Vietnam Terms of Accession and the Distributional Impact of WTO Membership (J-P Cling, M A Marouani, M Razafindrakoto, A-S Robilliard et F Roubaud).
Vietnam has joined WTO (World Trade Organisation) early 2007. This study is part of the DIAL programme in Vietnam. It shows how important it is to set up relevant policies regarding education, migrations, local development and social protection to accompany and smoothen the effects of WTO membership.

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PROGRAMME

DIAL research programme is organised around three main themes:

1- Formation of inequalities and poverty deals with labour market and social mobility, rural dynamics, multiple dimensions of poverty and the impact of economic policy on distribution.

2- Governance, institutions and distribution of resources on the long term, focusing on the new concepts and measurement of governance indicators.

3- Aid, international strategies and World inequalities which includes a study of development aid policies and international strategies of poverty alleviationr.

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FOCUS

Youth and labour markets in Africa, A literature review

In this long and dense review of literature and statistical evidences, DIAL researchers stress the lack of information (including statistical data and indicators) on youth employment and unemployment. Worst, the literature of different sources leads to conflicting diagnoses on this issue and on trends at work.