Cogneau, DenisMesple-Somps, SandrineSpielvogel, Gilles2014-02-032014-02-032013-09https://hdl.handle.net/10986/16844Regression discontinuity designs applied to a set of household surveys from the 1980-90s allow to examine whether Cote d'Ivoire's aggregate wealth was translated at the borders of neighboring countries. At the border of Ghana and at the end of the 1980s, large discontinuities are detected for consumption, child stunting, and access to electricity and safe water. Border discontinuities in consumption can be explained by differences in cash crop policies (cocoa and coffee). When these policies converged in the 1990s, the only differences that persisted were those in rural facilities. In the North, cash crop (cotton) income again made a difference for consumption and nutrition (the case of Mali). On the one hand, large differences in welfare can hold at the borders dividing African countries despite their assumed porosity. On the other hand, border discontinuities seem to reflect the impact of reversible public policies rather than intangible institutional traits.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO ELECTRICITYAGRICULTURAL EXTENSIONALLOCATIONBASE YEARCAPACITY BUILDINGCASH CROPCASH CROP INCOMECASH CROPSCASH EXPENDITURECASH EXPENDITURESCHILD NUTRITIONCITIZENSCITIZENSHIPCIVIL WARCLIMATECOLONIALISMCOMMODITYCOMMODITY PRICECONSUMER PRICECONSUMER PRICE INDEXCONSUMPTION EXPENDITURECONSUMPTION LEVELSCONSUMPTION PER CAPITACOTTON PRODUCTIONCROP PRODUCTIONCULTURAL CHANGECURRENCYDEMOGRAPHICDEVALUATIONDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICSDEVELOPMENT POLICYDURABLE GOODSECONOMETRICSECONOMIC ACTIVITYECONOMIC CONDITIONSECONOMIC DATAECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GEOGRAPHYECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC LIFEECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIESECONOMIC RESEARCHECONOMICS RESEARCHETHNIC GROUPETHNIC GROUPSETHNIC HETEROGENEITYEXCHANGE RATEEXCHANGE RATESFARMERSFOOD EXPENDITURESFOOD PRODUCTIONGDPGDP PER CAPITAHEALTH POLICIESHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTIONHOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURESHOUSEHOLD HEADHOUSEHOLD HEADSHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHOUSINGHUMAN ACTIVITYHUMAN CAPITALIMMIGRANTSINCOMEINCOMESINEQUALITY OF INCOMEINFLATION RATEINSURANCEINTANGIBLEINTERNAL MIGRATIONINTERNAL MIGRATIONSINTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTSINTERNATIONAL BORDERSINTERNATIONAL MIGRANTSINTERNATIONAL MIGRATIONJOBSLABOR SUPPLYMACROECONOMIC LEVELMANDATESMARKET DEMANDMEATMIGRATIONMIGRATION FLOWSMILKMONETARY FUNDMOUNTAINOUS REGIONNATIONAL ACCOUNTSNATIONAL LEVELNATIONAL POLICIESNATIONALSNUTRITIONNUTRITIONAL STATUSOUTPUT PER CAPITAPARASITIC DISEASESPEACEPOLICY DISCUSSIONSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOLITICAL TURMOILPOPULATION DENSITYPRICE LEVELSPRICE POLICIESPRODUCER PRICEPRODUCTION AREAPROGRESSPROPERTY RIGHTSPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC POLICIESPURCHASING POWERRADIORAPID ECONOMIC GROWTHREGIONAL CITIESREGIONAL CITYREGIONAL PRICEREGIONAL TRADEREGIONAL TRADE INTEGRATIONRELATIVE PRICESREMOTE RURAL AREASRESPECTRETURNS TO SCALERURAL AREASRURAL VILLAGESSAFE WATERSCHOOL QUALITYSHEEPSPATIAL INEQUALITYSPATIAL ORGANIZATIONSTATE FAILURETAXTOTAL CONSUMPTIONTRADE TAXTRANSPORTATIONTREATIESTREATYTVURBAN AREASURBANIZATIONVALUE OF OUTPUTWARSWEALTHWHOLESALE MARKETSWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-6626