%0 Unpublished Work
%9 AP : Autres productions
%A Cogneau, Denis
%A Mesplé-Somps, Sandrine
%A Spielvogel, Gilles
%T Development at the border : a study of national integration in post-colonial West Africa
%C Paris
%D 2010
%L fdi:010061559
%G ENG
%I PSE
%K AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST ; COTE D'IVOIRE
%N 15
%P 41  multigr. + 34  d'annexes
%U https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010061559
%> https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers14-04/010061559.pdf
%W Horizon (IRD)
%X In Africa, boundaries delineated during the colonial era now divide young in-dependent states. By applying regression discontinuity designs to a large set of surveys covering the 1986-2001 period, this paper identi¯es many large and significant jumps in welfare at the borders between West-African countries around Cote d'Ivoire. Border discontinuities mirror the differences between country averages with respect to household income, connection to utilities and education. Country of residence often makes a difference, even if distance to capital city has some attenuating power. The results are consistent with a national integration process that is underway but not yet achieved.
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