Author/Editor: Ibrahima Camara, Rasmané Ouedraogo, Amadou N Sy.

Release Date:March, 2023

Covid-19 and war-induced commodity price fluctuations, and broadening price pressures have led to a surge in inflation in many sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries. To adjust to increasing costs, firms more...

Author/Editor: Jean-Marc B Atsebi, Rasmané Ouedraogo, Regina S Séri.

Release Date:July, 2022

The literature on the effects of natural resources on education is mixed and inconclusive. In this paper, we adopt an innovative approach by exploring the effects of mineral discoveries and more...

Author/Editor: Rasmané Ouedraogo, Rene Tapsoba, Moussé Sow, Ali Compaoré.

Release Date:June, 2020

Does the reliance on diversified tax structure enhance resilience to fiscal risks? This paper gives an answer to this question by proposing a new cross-country tax revenue diversification index more...

Author/Editor: Rasmané Ouedraogo, Amadou N Sy.

Release Date:May, 2020

This paper studies the effect of digitalization on the perception of corruption and trust in tax officials in Africa. Using individual-level data from Afrobarometer surveys and several indices of more...

Author/Editor: Ali Compaoré, Montfort Mlachila, Rasmané Ouedraogo, Sandrine Sourouema.

Release Date:February, 2020

While there is an extensive literature examining the economic impact of conflict and political instability, surprisingly there have been few studies on their impact on the probability of banking more...

Author/Editor: Tidiane Kinda, Montfort Mlachila, Rasmané Ouedraogo.

Release Date:February, 2016

This paper investigates the impact of commodity price shocks on financial sector fragility.
 Using a large sample of 71 commodity exporters among emerging and developing
 economies, more...