Revue d'économie du développement 2025/1 (vol. 33) : Varia

This journal presents economic analyses applied to international development and international relations, and is a venue for scientific exchange on essential economic issues in international economic development.

Launched in 1993, it has been published by de Boeck Supérieur since 2002, with four issues per year, and has been available in French and English since 2014. The Revue d'économie du développement is supported by Ferdi and the Agence française de développement (AFD).

Co-directors of the journal :

  • Lisa Chauvet, Professeur d'économie, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
  • Grégoire Rota-Graziosi, Professeur, Université Clermont Auvergne
  • Patrick Plane, Directeur de recherche au CNRS, professeur associé, Université Clermont Auvergne.

  ISBN :  978-2-8073-8201-5 

  • Pages 5 to 17 – Can trade prevent natural resource collapse in the context of population growth? 

  Maurice Schiff 

  • Pages 19 to 60 –  The Impact of the Belt and Road Initiative on International Trade: A Review, Limits, and Prospects

  Damien Cubizol

  • Pages 61 to 88 – Improving the efficiency of township hospitals in China: A case study in the context of pharmaceutical reform

  Laurène Petitfour, Martine Audibert, Xiezhe Huangfu, Anning Ma, Jacky Mathonnat and Hongqi Sheng

  • Pages 89 to 121 – Acquisitions and access to loans: Evidence from pan-African banking groups acquiring local banks in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU)

  Germain Lankoande and Kevin Moran 

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