Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals
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• Less Debt, More Schooling? Evidence from Cross-Country Micro Data

​            Journal of Comparative Economics ​(forthcoming) - with Marine De Talancé (LeDA, DIAL) and Miguel Nino-Zarazua (UNU-WIDER)​
               View Abstract

• Does Debt Relief Irresistibly attract Banks as Honey attracts Bees? Evidence from low-income countries' debt relief programs

            International Review of Law and Economics, vol. 66, pp. 105978 (2021) - with Marc Raffinot (LeDA, DIAL) and Baptiste Venet (LeDA, DIAL) 
            View Abstract - Supplementary appendix

• Taxation, Infrastructure, and Firm Performance in Developing Countries

            Public Choice, vol. 187(3), pp. 455-480 (2021) - with Lisa Chauvet (Paris 1, CES) 
            View Abstract

• The Carrot and the Stick Approach to Debt Relief: Overcoming Moral Hazard

            Journal of African Economies, vol. 28(3), pp. 252-276  (2019)
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• Volatility Widens Inequality. Could Aid and Remittances Help?

            Review of World Economics,  vol. 155, pp. 71-104 (2019) - with Lisa Chauvet (Paris 1, CES), Sylviane Guillaumont Jeannenet (FERDI),
            Patrick Guillaumont (FERDI), Jules Sampawende-Tapsoba (IMF), Laurent Wagner (FERDI)
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• Curse or Blessing? Has the impact of debt relief lived up to expectations? A review of the effects of the multilateral debt relief initiatives for low-income countries

            Journal of Development Studies, vol. 55 (9), pp. 1867-1891 (2019) - with Marc Raffinot (LeDA, DIAL)
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• Africa: Out of Debt into Fiscal Space? Dynamic fiscal impact of the debt relief initiatives on African Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPCs)

            International Economics, vol. 144, pp. 29-52 (2015) - with Danny Cassimon (IOB), Marc Raffinot (LeDA, DIAL), Bjorn Van Campenhout (IFPRI)
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​            ​Media coverage: The Economist 

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Publications in French Peer-Reviewed Journals
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• Quel bilan tirer des initiatives d'annulation de la dette des pays pauvres très endettés?

            Revue d’Économie Financière, vol. 141, pp. 225-239 (2021)
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• ​Réductions de dette, aléa moral et ré-endettement des pays à faible revenu

            ​Techniques Financières et Développement (2016) - (in French) with Marc Raffinot (LeDA, DIAL)

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Non-Academic Publications / Media Coverage

• La soutenabilité des dettes en Afrique: état des lieux et enjeux futurs

            MacroDev, Mai 2021, N°34, AFD - (in French) with Benoît Jonveaux (AFD) et Maxime Terrieux (AFD)

• The Debt Distress of African States: a sense of Déjà Vu

             Dialogue, N°61, DIAL (2021) - (in French) with Marc Raffinot (LeDA, DIAL)

• Le financement du développement à l'épreuve du Covid 19

             L'Economie Politique n°90 (Alternatives économiques) (2021) - (in French) with Marc Raffinot (LeDA, DIAL) and Babacar Sene (UCAD)

• Dette des Pays en Développement: La Covid-19 change la donne

            The Conversation, Septembre 2020 (2020) - (in French) with Marc Raffinot (LeDA, DIAL) and Babacar Sene (UCAD) 

• La dette des Etats d'Afrique subsaharienne à l'épreuve du Covid-19

            The Conversation, April 2020 (2020) - (in French) with Marc Raffinot (LeDA, DIAL) and Babacar Sene (UCAD) 
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• Développement économique et social - Aide publique au développement

            Encyclopédie Universalis (2014) - (in French) with Lisa Chauvet (Paris 1, CES) 

• The Impact of the Debt Relief Initiatives
  

            ​ Dialogue, N°37, DIAL (2013) - (in French) with Marc Raffinot (LeDA, DIAL)

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Book and book chapters
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• Emerging powers, governance and development

            in "Elgar Handbook on Governance and Development", edited by Wil Hout and Jane Hutchison. Edward Elgar Publishing 
             with Haley J. Swedlund

• La montée des émissions obligataires internationales des pays africains à faible revenu: une surprise rationnelle?

             in "Finance, Banque, Microfinance: où va la richesse créee?"  Chicot Eboué (eds.), 1ère édition 2021, Larcier, pp 327-350 (in French) 
             with Marc Raffinot and Gregory Donnat

• La dette des pays en développement. 

             La Découverte, Repères n° 136, Juillet 2019 - (in French) with Marc Raffinot

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Work in Progress

Giving Birth in Times of Austerity: Fiscal Consolidation and Infant Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa - with Hélène Ehrhart (AFD) and Lisa Chauvet (Paris 1, CES) 

Political Cycle in World Bank's Procurement Allocation - with Antoine Boucher (LeDA, DIAL) and Lisa Chauvet (Paris 1, CES) 

Inequality in Public Good Provision and Attitudes Towards Taxation: Sub-National evidence from Africa - with Lisa Chauvet (Paris 1, CES), Siyavash Eslami (IRD, DIAL), Laure Pasquier-Doumer (IRD, DIAL) - Research project supported by the Research Facility on Inequalities (EU/AFD)
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​Challenges in Financing the "Missing Middle"
with Lisa Chauvet (Paris 1, CES), Ishac Diwan (PSL), Marc Raffinot (LeDA, DIAL)

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Refereeing
Public Choice, Journal of Development Studies, Journal of African Economies, Revue d'Economie du Développement, Revue Economique, European Journal of Comparative Economics, International Journal of Financial Studies, PLOS ONE, Journal of Poverty, Journal of Economics and International Finance