Reforming is not for the faint-hearted. The reform path is unpredictable even when all your stones are well-aligned. Indeed, in many cases nothing the author has planned works according to schedule. To prepare for surprises, either pleasant or unpleasant, the author ask the team what they think can go...

This paper aims at assessing the impact of migration on export performance and more particularly the effect of African migrants on African trade. Relying on a new data set on international bilateral migration recently released by the World Bank spanning from 1980 to 2010, the authors estimate a gravit...