@article{fdi:010063548,
  title = {{D}evelopment at the border : policies and national integration in {C}{\^o}te d'{I}voire and its neighbors},
  author = {{C}ogneau, {D}enis and {M}espl{\'e}-{S}omps, {S}andrine and {S}pielvogel, {G}illes},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{B}y applying regression discontinuity designs to a set of household surveys from the 1980–90s, we examine whether {C}{\^o}te d'{I}voire's aggregate wealth was translated at the borders of neighboring countries. {A}t the border of {G}hana and at the end of the 1980s, large discontinuities are detected for consumption, child stunting, and access to electricity and safe water. {B}order discontinuities in consumption can be explained by differences in cash crop policies (cocoa and coffee). {W}hen these policies converged in the 1990s, the only differences that persisted were those in rural facilities. {I}n the {N}orth, cash crop (cotton) income again made a difference for consumption and nutrition (the case of {M}ali). {O}n the one hand, large differences in welfare can hold at the borders dividing {A}frican countries despite their assumed porosity. {O}n the other hand, border discontinuities seem to reflect the impact of reversible public policies rather than intangible institutional traits.},
  keywords = {{INTEGRATION} {ECONOMIQUE} ; {RICHESSE} ; {FRONTIERE} ; {HISTOIRE} ; {GEOGRAPHIE} ; {NIVEAU} {DE} {VIE} ; {CONSOMMATION} ; {PRODUCTION} {AGRICOLE} ; {POLITIQUE} {PUBLIQUE} ; {COTE} {D}'{IVOIRE} ; {GHANA} ; {MALI} ; {GUINEE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{T}he {W}orld {B}ank {E}conomic {R}eview},
  volume = {29},
  numero = {1},
  pages = {41--71},
  ISSN = {0258-6770},
  year = {2015},
  DOI = {10.1093/wber/lht033},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010063548},
}