464 research outputs found
Difficile capitalisation des savoirs sur la ville en Afrique de l'Ouest : retour sur une expérience de comparaison au Mali et au Ghana
Histoires familiales, récits de migrations, épreuves citadines : " ressortissants " du Nord malien à Bamako (exploitation du corpus EFG_Ba.1)
MenĂ©e en juillet 2008 et juillet-octobre 2009, l'enquĂȘte " Ego Fratries GĂ©nĂ©rations " dĂ©crit la recomposition des espaces de vie de deux sĂ©ries de lignĂ©es maliennes, en partant des conditions de vie de 30 " vieux " nĂ©s dans les annĂ©es 1940 ou 1930. Dans cette tranche d'Ăąge 60-78 ans, le recul biographique est quasi-complet. De l'histoire individuelle Ă l'histoire familiale, il offre Ă l'analyse une double perspective intergĂ©nĂ©rationnelle : vers les ascendants d'ego, en " amont ", et vers sa descendance, en " aval ". A la faveur de mĂ©thodes qualitatives d'approche, l'entretien dĂ©taille d'abord les parcours individuels selon une commune grille de questions ouvertes relatives aux mariages, aux lieux de vie, aux Ă©tapes de travail et d'insertion urbaine, ainsi qu'aux rapports d'ego avec ses communautĂ©s d'origine. AppliquĂ© systĂ©matiquement dans l'Ă©chantillon, ces cinq modules interrogent ce qui " fait la diffĂ©rence " dans une strate a priori homogĂšne en Ăąge, rĂ©gions de naissance et destination urbaine. La collecte dĂ©bouche ensuite sur une seconde grille d'information de trois gĂ©nĂ©rations permettant de confronter ego Ă ses parents et tuteurs, ses " frĂšres et sĆurs ", et les enfants qu'il a confiĂ©s, Ă©duquĂ©s ou hĂ©bergĂ©s. Ce corpus de proches familiaux ouvre une perspective de modĂ©lisation des espaces de vie tracĂ©s par les " vieux "
"Quand femme rime avec local" : logique de promotion ou nouveau confinement dans les villes africaines ?
International audienceLâarticle sâintĂ©resse Ă la promotion des femmes et du « local » dans les politiques de dĂ©veloppement, et au sens politique de ce cadrage. Ces modĂšles de participation et ces rĂ©fĂ©rences citoyennes qui se veulent plus justes peuvent pourtant produire de nouvelles injustices spatiales en confinant les femmes Ă certaines Ă©chelles et actions. Sâappuyant sur des exemples en Afrique subsaharienne, le propos sâattache en particulier Ă la logique de « Projets » qui domine dĂ©sormais lâamĂ©nagement des villes et la formulation des normes de gestion urbaine. Lâarticle porte en particulier sur la formulation des politiques et leur interfĂ©rence avec des trajectoires diffĂ©renciĂ©es de construction des espaces politiques locaux
La mobilité résidentielle dans la région du Grand Accra : différenciation individuelle et géographique
THE IMPACT OF TAX-BENEFIT SYSTEMS ON LOWINCOME HOUSEHOLDS IN THE BENELUX COUNTRIES. A SIMULATION APPROACH USING SYNTHETIC DATASETS.
Computing the tax-benefit position of similar "typical" households across countries is a method widely used in comparative fiscal- and social policy research. These calculations provide convenient summary pictures of certain aspects of tax-benefit systems. They can, however, be seriously misleading because they reduce very complex systems to single point estimates. Using an integrated European tax-benefit model (EUROMOD), we substitute the typical household by a synthetic dataset, which can be used across countries. By varying certain important household characteristics (notably income), this dataset captures a much larger range of household situations. The calculations performed on this range of households not only show the tax-benefit position of many individual households but also demonstrate which household characteristics determine taxes and benefits in each country. Hypothetical calculations such as those presented here do not exploit the ability of EUROMOD to determine the impact of social and fiscal policies on actual populations. Nevertheless, they can be a valuable contribution to understanding tax-benefit systems since they allow us to separate the effects of tax-benefit rules from those of the population structure. We compute and compare disposable incomes for a large range of pre-tax-and-benefit income (so called budget constraints) of households in the Benelux countries. Disposable incomes are then decomposed to separately show the effects of each simulated tax and transfer payment. Based on these results, we illustrate the performance of the three tax-benefit systems in terms of ensuring a minimum level of household income.Microsimulation; European Union; Benelux; Average Production Worker; Poverty
Three scientific legacies and one new research perspective
I would like to thank the editorial team of EchoGĂ©o, as well as the editors of this comprehensive issue on urban resources, for granting me a few pages for this conclusion. Adding to the ten contributions presented in this double issue was an exciting opportunity. It would however have been difficult to add more arguments to the general introduction, or to supplement articles that retrace a deep reflexive path: this issue draws from the very core of a coherent and expansive field of research ..
Carbon-enhanced metal-poor stars: the most pristine objects?
Carbon-enhanced metal poor stars (CEMP) form a significant proportion of the
metal-poor stars, their origin is not well understood. Three very metal-poor
C-rich turnoff stars were selected from the SDSS survey, observed with the ESO
VLT (UVES) to precisely determine the element abundances. In turnoff stars
(unlike giants) the carbon abundance has not been affected by mixing with deep
layers and is therefore easier to interpret. The analysis was performed with 1D
LTE static model atmospheres. When available, non-LTE corrections were applied
to the classical LTE abundances. The 3D effects on the CH and CN molecular
bands were computed using hydrodynamical simulations of the stellar atmosphere
(CO5BOLD) and are found to be very important. To facilitate a comparison with
previous results, only 1D abundances are used in the discussion. The abundances
(or upper limits) of the elements enable us to place these stars in different
CEMP classes. The carbon abundances confirm the existence of a plateau at A(C)=
8.25 for [Fe/H] \geq -3.4. The most metal-poor stars ([Fe/H] < -3.4) have
significantly lower carbon abundances, suggesting a lower plateau at A(C)
\approx 6.5. Detailed analyses of a larger sample of very low metallicity
carbon-rich stars are required to confirm (or refute) this possible second
plateau and specify the behavior of the CEMP stars at very low metallicity
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