Nibontenin Yeo, Harouna Kinda and Tiemele Aristide Affroumou

Sovereign Debt Overhang and Fiscal Policy Effectiveness in Developing Countries: The Role of Financial Markets

11 a.m.: Nibontenin Yeo will present his draft paper on debt and financial markets in developing countries.

Nibontenin is writing a Ph.D. thesis on fiscal policy, financial development, and macroeconomic vulnerability in small island developing states. He his working under the supervision of Michaël Goujon (Cerdi, UCA-CNRS) and Emmanuel Aka Brou (Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny).
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Does transparency matter? Evaluating the Environmental Impacts of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in developing countries

11.30 a.m.: Harouna Kinda will present his latest research project on good governance in the mining sector.

Harouna Kinda is preparing a Ph.D. on Tax policy reform in developing countries using big data. Grégoire Rota-Graziosi (Cerdi, UCA-CNRS) and Fouzy Mourji (U. Hassan II) are his doctoral advisors.

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Does Fiscal Decentralization (FD) implementation enhance property tax revenues? The role of Democracy

12 p.m.: Tiemele Aristide Affroumou will describe his research project on how can tax decentralization boost domestic resources.

Tiemele Aristide Affroumou is working under the supervision of Mary-Françoise Renard. This Ph.D. topic is Taxation and Decentralization in Sub-Saharan African Countries: Contribution to a Land Tax Reform.

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