- Graduate Institute of International and Development

Jean-Louis Arcand
Director, Centre for Finance and Development
Professor, Department of International Economics
Maison de la Paix, Chemin Eugène Rigot 2
1202 Geneva, Switzerland
Office tel: + 41 22 9085945
Office fax: + 41 22 7333049
Cell: + 41 76 4233616
email: [email protected]
Born: Ebolowa, Cameroon, 4 October 1964. Nationality: Canadian. Languages: English (fluent),
French (fluent), Italian (fluent), Portuguese (intermediate), Spanish (intermediate), Arabic (introductory),
Chinese (introductory).
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Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA: Ph. D. in Economics, 1991. Thesis title:
"Three Essays in the Microeconomics of Development"; thesis advisors: Richard Eckaus, Peter Temin. Third
reader: Paul Krugman. Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK: M. Phil. in Economics, 1986. Swarthmore
College, Swarthmore, PA, USA: B. A. in Economics and Political Science, High Honors, 1985.
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Areas of specialization
Development economics, impact evaluation, decentralized development, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Near
East, applied microeconometrics, empirics of civil war, applied contract theory, nutrition and health, empirical
analysis of economic growth.
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Employment history
• September 2012-...: Director, Centre for Finance and Development, Graduate Institute of International
and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland.
• September 2008-...: Professor, Department of International Economics; September 2011-...: Head, PhD
Programme in Development Economics; September 2009-August 2012: Chair of Development Studies,
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland.
• 1997-2008: Professor of Economics, Centre d’études et de recherches sur le développement international
(CERDI), Université d’Auvergne, Clermont Ferrand, France.
• 1996-2000: Associate Professor, Department of Economics and CRDE, Université de Montréal (Assistant
Professor, 1991-1996).
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Editorial activities, fellowships and other
• Co-Editor, Food Security (2014-...), Co-Editor, European Journal of Development Research (20092012); Associate Editor, Journal of African Economies (2002-2009); Editorial Board Member, Revue
d’économie du développement (2002-...); Editorial Board Member, Revue internationale de politique de
développement (2010-2013).
• Senior Fellow, Fondation pour les études et recherches en développement international (FERDI, 2011...). Founding Fellow, European Union Development Network (EUDN, 2001-...). Member of the
Conseil scientifique of the Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD, 2004-2008).
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Publications
5.1
Refereed journals
1. "The Impact of Landmines on Child Health: Evidence from Angola," forthcoming in Economic Development and Cultural Change (with A.-S. Rodella Boitreau and M. Rieger).
2. "The (Lack of) Impact of Impact: Why Impact Evaluations Seldom Lead to Evidence-Based Policymaking," Revue d’économie du développement 28, 2014, 289-311.
3. "HIV/AIDS Sensitisation and Peer Mentoring: Evidence from a Randomised Experiment in Senegal,"
Journal of Development Effectiveness 6(2), 2014, 147-166 (with N. Wagner, C. Sakho and P. Diallo).
4. "Maternal Height and the Sex Ratio," Journal of Evolutionary Psychology 2012, 169-181 (with M.
Rieger).
5. "Matching in Community-Based Organizations," Journal of Development Economics 98(2), 2012, 203219 (with M. Fafchamps).
6. "Teacher Training and HIV/AIDS Prevention in West Africa: Regression Discontinuity Design Evidence
from the Cameroon," Health Economics 19, 2010, 36-54 (with E. Djimeu Wouabe).
7. "Santé et salaires : Une estimation en variables instrumentales sur un panel de travailleurs chinois,"
Economie et prévision, 186(5), 2009, 89-100 (with K. Labar).
8. "Deforestation and the Real Exchange Rate," Journal of Development Economics, 86(2), 2008, 242-262
(with P. Guillaumont and S. Guillaumont Jeanneney).
9. "Moral Hazard and Marshallian Efficiency: Evidence from Tunisia," Journal of Development Economics,
83(2), 2007, 411-445 (with C. Ai and F. Ethier).
10. "Tax Compliance under Rank Dependant Expected Utility," The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review
(with G. Rota-Graziosi), 30(1), 2005, 57-69.
11. "Rendement de l’éducation et choix des instruments. Application sur données vietnamiennes," Revue
économique, 56(3), 2005, 563-572 (with B. d’Hombres and P. Gyselinck).
12. "Racial Discrimination in the Brazilian Labour Market: Wage, Employment and Segregation Effects,"
Journal of International Development (with B. d’Hombres), 16(8), 2004, 1053-1066.
13. "Undernourishment and Economic Growth. The Efficiency Cost of Hunger," FAO Economic and Social
Development Paper No. 147, 2001, 60 pages (FAO of the United Nations, Rome, Italy).
14. "How to Make a Tragedy: On the Alleged Effect of Ethnicity on Growth," Journal of International
Development (with P. Guillaumont and S. Guillaumont Jeanneney), 12(7), 2000, 925-938.
15. "Growth and Social Custom: Why Culture Matters," Nexos Econômicos, 1(2) 1999, 69-94.
16. Co-editor of the special issue of the Revue d’Économie du Développement, entitled "La Microéconomie
du Développement: Résultats Empiriques et Théories," 1997. Editorial introduction entitled: "Microéconomie du développement: Quo vadis?," Revue d’Économie du Développement (with E. Sadoulet) 2,
1997, 5-13.
17. "De l’efficacité allocative des contrats agricoles: Cheung avait-il raison?," Revue d’économie du développement (with C. Ai and F. Ethier) 2, 1997, 103-127.
18. "Inefficacité marshallienne, partage de coûts, et modèles contractuels avec marchés manquants: résultats
empiriques tunisiens," L’Actualité économique, (with C. Ai and F. Ethier) 74(3), 1998, 315-341.
19. "Development Economics and Language: The Earnest Search for a Mirage," International Journal of
the Sociology of Language, 121(7), 1996, 119-157.
20. "Land Ownership, Working Capital, and Agricultural Output: Egypt, 1913-1958," Journal of African
Economies 5(1), 1996, 92-158.
21. "Dotations en facteurs, relations contractuelles, et croissance" Revue d’économie du développement,
(with G. Boulila) 3, 1995, 25-39.
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22. "Disequilibrium Dynamics during the Great Depression," Journal of Macroeconomics (with E. Brezis)
15(3), 1993, 553-589.
23. "Structural Imbalances in Canadian Labour Markets," Journal of Income Distribution (with S. Gera and
S. S. Rahman) 3(2), 1993, 231-262.
24. "The Future Monitoring Role of GATT in an International Arena of Non-Tariff Barriers: A Proposal
from a Law and Economics Perspective," Dickinson Journal of International Law (with A. Blanar) 7(3),
1989, 301-317.
5.2
Book chapters
1. "Weak Governments and Preferential Trade Agreements," (with M. Olarreaga and L. Zoratto), in Trade
Cooperation: The Purpose, Design and Effects of Preferential Trade Agreements, A. Dür and M. Elsig,
eds., Cambridge University Press, 2014.
2. "Credit Rationing, Bank Bailouts, and the Deleterious Impact of Credit: Evidence from China," in
Financial Systems at the Crossroads: Lessons for China, W. T. Woo, Y. Pan , J. Sachs, J. Qian, eds.,
World Scientific, http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/8983, 2014.
3. “Finance and Economic Development in a Model with Credit Rationing," (with E. Berkes and U. Panizza)
in The Social Value of the Financial Sector. Too Big to Fail or Just Too Big?, V. Acharya, T. Beck, D.
Evanoff, G. Kaufman and R. Portes et al, eds., World Scientific, 67-80, http://www.worldscientific.com/
worldscibooks/10.1142/8865, 2013.
4. "Language in Economic Development: Is English Special and Is Linguistic Fragmentation Bad?" (with
F. Grin) in English and International Development, E. J. Erling and P. Seargeant, eds., Multilingual
Matters/Channel View Publications, Bristol, UK, 2013.
5. "Decentralization, Local Governance, and Rural Development," in Agriculture and Development: Berlin
Workshop Series 2008, G. Kochendorfer-Lucius and B. Pleskovic, eds., The World Bank, 2009.
6. "Capital humain et croissance" (with P. Guillaumont and S. Guillaumont Jeanneney), and "Capital
humain, productivité agricole, et travail féminin: variables latentes et séparabilité dans les modèles
de ménage" (with C. Araujo and C. Araujo-Bonjean), AUPELF-UREF, Réseau analyse économique et
développement, quatrièmes journées scientifiques (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, January 1999). Collection universités francophones.
7. "Unemployment and Job Vacancies: Matching People and Jobs," Chapter 4 (pp. 53-63) in Gera, S.,
ed., Canadian Unemployment: Lessons from the 80s and Challenges for the 90s (with S. Gera and
S. S. Rahman) (Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services, 1991); also available in French under the
title: "Chômage et postes vacants: faire correspondre les travailleurs et les emplois" in Le chômage au
Canada, pp. 55-66).
5.3
Working papers
• "Autocracy, Political Loyalty, and the Great Leap Famine" (with D. Yang, R. Tao and H. Xu).
• "Health Sector Employment, Health Care Expenditure and Economic Growth: What Are the Links?"
World Bank project on Strengthening Human Resources for Health Policies in the Developing Countries
(with E. Araujo, G. Menkulasic, M. Weber).
• "Guns, Germs, and Slaves: an Alternative View of the Colonial Origins of Comparative Development"(with D. Sylvan, A. Aladysheva and E. Gadjanova).
• "Pessimism, Optimism, and Credit Rationing."
• "The Making of a President: Political Party, Ethnicity, or Village," revise and resubmit at Economic
Development and Cultural Change (with S. Mbaye and J.-P. Tranchant).
• "Too Much Finance?" (with E. Berkes and U. Panizza), IMF Working Paper WP/12/161. Also see Vox
EU piece drawn from this paper at http://www.voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/6328, as well as the piece
published in La Voce at "Se la finanza supera il limite," http://www.lavoce.info/articoli/pagina1002271.html.
• "Aid, Peasants, and Social Exclusion" (with N. Wagner), HEIDWP10-2011.
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• "Macrostructure and Microstructure: Evidence from overlapping village networks in The Gambia" (with
D. Jaimovich).
• "Institutions, mobilization and rebellion in post-colonial societies" (with J.-P. Tranchant), under submission at International Studies Quarterly.
• "Does Community-Driven Development Work? Evidence from Senegal" (with L. Bassole).
• "How effective are social programs during conflicts? Evidence from the Angolan civil war" (with E.
Djimeu Wouabe).
• "Essential Heterogeneity in the impact of Community-Driven Development" (with L. Bassole).
• "Community-driven development and the law of 1/n" (with J. Labonne and S. Mbaye)
• "Who Would Benefit from Simplifying the Tax Code? Frank Knight and Gustave Choquet Meet the
Internal Revenue Service" (with K. Bloomquist and G. Rota-Graziosi).
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Reports for national and international organizations
• Reports for the World Bank. "The Gambia Community Driven Development Program Baseline: Rural
Household Survey, Qualitative Survey, Village Network Survey," 162 pages, March 2010. "Concept Note
for the Impact Evaluation of Performance Based Contracting for Voluntary Testing in Burundi," World
Bank and SEP-CNLS, Bujumbura, July 2009, 10 pages. "The FAS III Baseline Survey: Preliminary
Findings," prepared for the Ministerio do Planeamento, Governo de Angola, September 2007, 47 pages.
"Organisations Paysannes et Développement Rural au Burkina Faso", prepared for the Norwegian Trust
Fund for Environmentally and Socially Responsible Development, January 2004, 103 pages.
• Report for the EU. "Vulnerable groups in the conflict trap: Results of a field trip to Haiti," prepared for the European Commission, Seventh Framework Programme, Project ATLAS, Armed Conflicts,
Peacekeeping, Transitional Justice: Law as Solution," June 2009, 30 pages.
• Reports for the FAO. "Trade Policy and Undernourishment: Evidence from Panel Data," prepared
for the FAO of the United Nations, November 2004, 69 pages. "Undernourishment, Female Literacy,
Foreign Aid and Civil war," prepared for the FAO of the United Nations, January 2002, 69 pages.
• Reports for the Kingdom of Morocco. "Situation de référence de l’évaluation d’impact de l’INDH,"
prepared for the Observatoire National pour le Développement Humain, Prime Minister’s office (Primature), Kingdom of Morocco, October 2009, 25 pages. "Etude de faisabilité pour l’Evaluation d’Impact
de l’Initiative Nationale pour le Développement Humain," prepared for the Observatoire National pour
le Développement Humain, Prime Minister’s office (Primature), Kingdom of Morocco, October 2007,
61 pages.
• Report for the Universal Postal Union. "Transferts de fonds et services financiers sur mobile: les
modèles d’affaires pour les Postes," Programme for the study of global migration, December 2013, 65
pages (with M. Garbouj and N. Morgandi).
• AERES evaluation reports of French research centers. "Rapport d’évaluation AERES sur l’unité :
MOISA sous tutelle des établissements et organismes : SupAgro Montpellier-INRA—CIRAD—IAMM," 10
pages, Montpellier, January 2010. "Rapport d’évaluation AERES sur l’unité : Lare-EFI (Université
Montesquieu de Bordeaux)," 10 pages, November 2009. "Rapport d’évaluation AERES sur l’unité :
CEMI (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales)," March 2009, 10 pages.
• Reports for the Economic Council of Canada. "Structural Imbalances in Canadian Labour Markets,"
Economic Council of Canada, Working Paper No. 18, (Ottawa: Ministry of Supply and Services, 1991),
also available in French under the title: "Les déséquilibres structurels sur les marchés du travail au
Canada" (with S. Gera et S.S. Rahman), 61 pages. "Reducing Canada’s Unemployment: Can ProfitSharing Help?" (Ottawa: Economic Council of Canada, 1987), 74 pages.
• Report for the Government of Tunisia. "Croissance endogène et développement: perspectives pour
la Tunisie," Les Cahiers de l’IEQ, (with G. Boulila) Institut d’Economie Quantitative, Tunis, 1996, 56
pages.
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5.5
5.5.1
Media exposure
Television and radio
Numerous appearances on Swiss TV and radio. Examples: 19 January 2014, "Inégalités dans le monde: une
fatalité?", Geopolitis (TSR); 9 October 2011, "Pays émergents : une force politique ?," Geopolitis (TSR);
January 2010, Infrarouge (TSR), program on Haiti earthquake; TTC (TSR), program on emergency aid
following the Haiti earthquake; RSR, program on floods in Burkina Faso, February 2010. RSR, Babylone,
September 2010.
5.5.2
Print media
• Numerous articles and interviews in various Swiss, Italian, French, Pakistani and Brazilian newspapers,
as well as in the Graduate Institute’s magazine Globe. Examples: 9 August, 2014 "Développement
économique de l’Afrique : Entretien avec le Prof. Arcand," Le Temps (Genève); 22 January 2013 "La
France au Mali," Le Temps (Genève); 16 September 2011, "Le développement économique commence
d’abord à la campagne," Agrihebdo; "No Magnet for Investment -Yet," Denaris (Swiss Association
of Asset Managers, SAAM), 3:10-14, http://vsv.inettools.ch/upload/dokumente/denaris_10_3.pdf; 18
April 2011, "Consultation for research on ‘Impact of conflict on remittances in Swat Consultation for
research on ‘Impact of conflict on remittances in Swat’," in Peshawar, KPK, Pakistan; several articles
in Peshawar newspapers.
• My empirical work on undernourishment and economic growth was widely featured in a number of
newspapers. Representative examples in the French press include: "Le cycle infernal de la faim," Le
Figaro, 6 November 2001, "La faim coûte 1% à 2% de croissance par habitant à l’Afrique subsaharienne,"
Le Monde, 23 October 2001, "Les calories de la croissance," Le Point, 16 November 2001. A full-page
article on my work on economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa in the "Grandes Interview" series in Le
Figaro appeared on 23 July 2002.
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Funded research projects
During the past 10 academic years, I have been awarded more than $ 2.5 million in research funding from
competitive sources.
• Principal Investigator: "Development policies and development dynamics in Morocco." Research Budget
for 2012-2015: CHF 325,000. Source: Swiss National Science Foundation.
• Principal Investigator: "Impact analysis of the Initiative Nationale pour le Développement Humain
(INDH)," Kingdom of Morocco. Observatoire National pour le Développement Humain; baseline
surveys completed in February 2009, follow-ups in 2011 and 2013. Research Budget: $440,000.
• Co-investigator: "Aiding Peace? Donor Behaviour in Conflict-Affected Countries.” (with Susanna Campbell). Research Budget for 2013-2015: CHF 314,000. Source: Swiss Network of International Studies.
• Principal Investigator: "Plateformes Multifonctionnelles (PTFM) impact evaluation: Burkina Faso, Mali,
Senegal." Research Budget for 2009-2012: $990,000. Source of funding: Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation. Baseline surveys: April 2009, follow up in April 2011.
• Principal Investigator: "Impact evaluation of social mobilization for HIV/AIDS prevention through peermentoring," World Bank and CNLS Senegal, 2009, $6,000.
• Principal Investigator: "Evaluation d’impact de l’autosuffisance et des stratégies et moyens de subsistance
des réfugiés centrafricains et de la population hôte dans le département Tchadien de Nya Pende."
€81,400, funded by CARE Canada, 2010.
• Principal Investigator: "Gambia CDD impact evaluation." Republic of the Gambia. World Bank
research Budget for 2008-2009: $116,000 + $48,000 for network-theoretic analysis. Surveys completed
in November 2008.
• Principal Investigator: "Impact analysis of HIV/AIDS teacher training in the Cameroon. Research budget for 2007-2009: $132,000. Funding provided by the Global Development Network (GDN) through its
global competition on "Promoting Innovative Programs from the Developing World: Towards Realizing
the Health MDGs in Africa and Asia". Surveys carried out in December 2007-January 2008.
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• Principal Investigator: "Impact analysis of the Fundo de Apoio Social (FAS III), Angola." Research
budget for 2006-2007: $58,000. Surveys carried out in March-February 2007.
• Principal Investigator: "Impact analysis of the National Rural Infrastructure Project (PNIR) in Senegal."
Joint work with the Université Gaston Berger of Saint Louis, Senegal; budget for 2002-2005: $110,000.
• Co-investigator (with Alain de Janvry and Elisabeth Sadoulet, University of California at Berkeley): "An
impact analysis of capacity building of producer organizations in Burkina Faso and in Senegal"; funding
agency: World Bank, total budget of $205,000, 2001-2003. Research budget for the PSAOP II follow-up
(2008): $125,000.
• Principal Investigator: "The contractual organization of an LDC village: the case of El Oulja (Tunisia)";
funding agency: Québec provincial government, Fonds pour la Formation de Chercheurs et l’Aide à la
Recherche (FCAR), $47,000 for 1996-1998.
• Principal Investigator: "Rural institutions and development policies"; funding agency: Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), PARADI program: $42,000 for 1996-1998, $41,400 for 1995-1996,
$33,540 for 1994-1995, $33,885 for 1993-1994, $25,840 for 1991-1993.
• Co-investigator (with Claude Montmarquette): "International migration, remittances and probability of
return: the case of Morocco"; funding agency: Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA),
PARADI program, $22,600, 1995-1996.
• Co-investigator (with Marcel Dagenais): "Estimation and testing in regression models with errors in the
variables: applications to LDCs"; funding agency: Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA),
PARADI program, $20,000 for 1995-1996, $11,000 for 1994-1995, $12,988 for 1993-1994.
• Principal Investigator: "Economic development and the distribution of landownership"; funding agency:
CAFIR (internal Université de Montréal funds), $6,000, 1993-1994.
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Consulting experience
World Bank, Senegal, CNLS, 2009; Burundi SEP-CNLS, 2009; PSAOP Senegal, 2007-2010; Angola Social Fund, 2006-2007; National Rural Infrastructure Program, Senegal, 2002-2005; producer organizations in
Burkina Faso and Senegal, CPCE-OP and PSAOP, 2001-2004; Government of Morocco, Rabat, Kingdom
of Morocco, Initiative Nationale du Développement Humain, 2007-...; Swedish International Development
Agency, External evaluation of SIDA’s West Africa strategy, 2007; FAO of the United Nations, Rome, Italy,
Commodities Division: foreign trade and food security, 2003-2004; ESA Division: determinants of undernourishment, impact of undernourishment on outbreak of civil war, 2001-2002; ESA Division: undernourishment
and economic growth, 1999-2000; Universidade Federal da Bahia, Instituto de Saúde Coletiva, Salvador
da Bahia, Brazil, "municipalization" of the Brazilian healthcare system; 1997-1999; CRC-Sogema, Longueil,
Québec, Social dimensions of structural adjustment, poverty alleviation, informal sector, Senegal, 1996; Forum Communications, Montréal, Québec, Privatization of water resources, 1996; Government of Canada,
Department of Human Resources, Interprovincial barriers to labor mobility, 1995; Ministry of Fisheries and
Oceans, Reform of unemployment insurance, 1994; Economic Council of Canada, labor market group, 1985-87;
Government of Tunisia, Institut d’Économie Quantitative, Growth potential of Tunisian economy, 1994-1995.
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8.1
8.1.1
Administrative duties and executive education
2008-2014: The Graduate Institute, Geneva
Administrative
Institute-wide Academic Committee (2009-2012); Publications Committee (2009-...); Doctoral Program
Reform Committee (2010); Creation of a new PhD program in Development Economics (begining in fall
2011); Ad hoc Group on the Reform of Interdisciplinary Masters Programs (2010, 2011); new Masters in
Development Studies program (starting in fall 2011). Hiring Committees: Environmental Politics (2009),
International Public Health (2009, 2010); International Macroeconomics (2010); Development Microeconomics
(2009, 2010, 2011); Pictet Chair in Finance and Development (2010, 2011).
Center on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding (CCDP) Steering Committee (2010-...).
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Development Studies Department Head (2009-2012), MDEV Admissions Committee (2010, 2011, 2012),
DODEV Admissions Committee (2010), MDEV-DODEV Scholarship Committee (2010, 2011, 2012), MDEV
Sustainable Development Track (2010).
Department of Economics PhD in Development Economics Admissions Committee (2011, 2012, 2013).
8.1.2
Executive education
Thunderbird School of Global Management Global economics, EMBA Europe, November 2010, November 2011, October 2013. Global political economy II, EMBA Europe, February 2010. Global political economy
II, EMBA XIX, November 2009.
Degree programmes Executive Master in International Negotiation and Policy-Making (INP), Analysis
of global governance, International Economics Fundamentals, November 2010, 2011, 2012. International
Executive Master in Development Studies (IMAS, now DPP), Introduction to the World Bank and the IMF
and Introduction to impact evaluation, Bamako, September 2009, 2010, 2011, Ouagadougou, August 2012,
2013. Executive Master in Oil and Gas Leadership, Economic development and diversification in resource rich
countries, January 2012.
Short programmes Gestion stratégique de projets de développement, Module 3: Introduction aux techniques
d’évaluation d’impact de projets de développement, November 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. Summer Programme
on the WTO, International Trade and Development, Development and Trade in Manufacturing, Agriculture
and Services, Trade, Economic Growth, and Development, July 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013.
Tailor-made programmes and other Global Health Program, Third High-Level Symposium on Global
Health Diplomacy: Negotiating Health in the 21st Century: Regional Voices in Global Health Governance,
panelist, November 2010. Centre for International Governance, Nestlé Creating Shared Value Forum Series,
panelist, November 2010. Adapting to Climate Change Institutions for Climate Knowledge Governance:
Building on WCC-3, panelist, June 2010. Centre for International Governance, New Challenges in Multilateral
Governance, presenter (2 sessions), May 2010.
8.2
8.2.1
1997-2008: CERDI-CNRS, Université d’Auvergne
Administrative
Member, Conseil scientifique restreint de l’Université d’Auvergne, 2001-2004, Member, Conseil de laboratoire,
1999-2008, Member, Comité des thèses, 2001-2008, Member, Commission des spécialistes, 2001-2008.
8.2.2
Executive education
Participation in the GPE program (Gestion des politiques économiques) at CERDI, aimed at mid-level civil
servants from developing countries and financed by the World Bank (Japanese Trust Fund). Responsability
for the "Poverty and Inequality," and "Impact evaluation" modules as well as a portion of the "Privatization
and Restructuring of State-Owned Enterprises" module, 1998-2014.
8.3
8.3.1
1991-1997: Department of Economics and CRDE, Université de Montréal
Administrative
Organizer of most of the development economics workshops/seminars at the C.R.D.E. for the period running
from 1991 through 1996. B. Sc. studies committee: recruitment of new students (1996-1997). Organizer of
the international symposium: "The Microeconomics of Development: Empirics and Theory," June 14th and
15th, 1996, in Val Morin, Québec, financed by the PARADI program, through funding made available by the
Canadian International Development Agency.
8.3.2
Executive education
Helped to create two C.R.D.E. courses offered to employees of the Canadian International Development Agency
(CIDA) on (i) structural adjustment and (ii) public finance in LDCs. My main responsibility was for the sections
dealing with public expenditure reviews and privatization in LDCs. Over a period of three years, we provided
courses to over 400 CIDA employees.
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9
Ph. D. students
9.1
In progress
I am currently supervising 25 PhD dissertations: 3 at the CERDI-CNRS, Université d’Auvergne, and 22 at the
Graduate Institute in Geneva (4 of which are co-supervised with colleagues).
9.1.1
The Graduate Institute, Geneva
M G
: "Development Microeconomics: Three Cases Studies;" D Z: "Masked Development: Impact Evaluation in Zapatista Autonomous Communities;" M M : "Putting all
Firms in one Basket? The Determinants of Informality Intensity Controlling for Firm Selection and Unobserved
Heterogeneity;" M V C : "Essays on Development Economics and Trade;" Z
Z : "Essays in Development Economics;" A S: "Identity Peer Effects and Human
Capital Accumulation;" B Q : "Institutions in Finance and Demographics;" K C : "Essays in Development Economics;" A
J : "Traditional Institutions Meet Modern Day
Development Outcomes : Three Essays in Development Economics;" S T $$ : "Three Essays
in Economics;" N M : "Essays on Labor Markets in Developing Countries;" C H :
"Three Essays in Development Economics;" R G : "Essays in Development Economics - The
Political Economy of Development;" C M G : "Essays on the Role of Finance and
the Private Sector in Development;" T C N ( : "Three Essays on the Political Economy of Social
Protection Schemes;" S S P: "Intra-Household Resource Allocation a la Turca: an Attempt to Identify the Nature and Determinants of Gender bias in Turkey, 2002-2010;" H $ L :
"Topics on Development Financing;" X D: "Inequality of opportunity and economic development;"
J S$ : "Three essays in development economics;" M H S, : "Foreign
Direct Investment: Cause or Consequence of Reform? An Examination of China and India’s Experiences;"
G G M: "Essays on the History of Financial Markets: Information and Institutions;"
D R : "Escaping from the Poverty Trap in Africa: An Interdisciplinary Modelling Approach."
9.1.2
CERDI-CNRS, Université d’Auvergne
F A (: "Inégalités de genre, partage des risques, partage de l’information;" S C, :
"Capital humain et revenus. Une approche en variables instrumentales à partir de données en pseudo-panel;"
R B H$: "L’énergie entre les opportunités de développement et les risques de la dégradation
de la qualité de l’environnement : Cas des pays émergents."
9.2
Completed
25 PhD dissertations have been completed under my supervision since 1994: 3 at the Université de Montréal,
18 at the CERDI-CNRS, Université d’Auvergne, and 4 at the Graduate Institute.
9.2.1
The Graduate Institute, Geneva
1. A A(: "Essays in Development Economics," September 2013, Postdoctoral researcher, SIPRI, Stockholm.
2. M R: "Three Essays in Development Economics," May 2013, Max Weber Fellow, European University Institute, Florence.
3. N W : "Three Essays on the Fetters to Development," September 2012.
Professor, International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam.
Assistant
4. D ( J$ (co-directed with R. Baldwin): "The Traditional and the Global Village: Essays
on Networks in Economic Trade and Development," August 2011. Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Applied Econometrics and International Political Economy, Faculty of Economics and Business
Administration, Goethe Universität, Frankfurt.
9.2.2
CERDI-CNRS, Université d’Auvergne
1. A$ B: "Essays on Development Economics. Social Protection, Community-driven Development
and Regional Integration," February 2014. The National Team for the Acceleration of Poverty Reduction
(TNP2K), Vice-President Office, Indonesia.
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2. L M(: "Essays on the Economics of Migration from Developing Countries," April 2013.
Postdoctoral researcher, IZA Bonn, Germany.
3. M-C B : "Trois essais sur la vulnérabilité des ménages ruraux dans les pays en
développement : risques, stratégies et impacts." April 2012. Post-Doctoral Fellow - Quantitative Impact
Evaluation at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Colombo, Sri Lanka.
4. D$ M : "Analyse de la contribution des coopératives et mutuelles de crédit à l’amélioration
du bien-être des ménages sociétaires au Bénin." February 2012.
5. E D $ W : "Essays on Civil War, HIV/AIDS, and Human capital in Sub-Saharan African
Countries." January 2011. Evaluation Officer/HIV/AIDS Specialist, International Initiative for Impact
Evaluation, Washington, DC.
6. J -P T : "Conflits civils et développement". December 2010. Marie Curie
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies (UK) and the Institute for Human
Development (India).
7. S, C: "Choix rationnel, langage et représentations des inégalités et des discriminiations. Une étude des déclarations de couleurs de peau dans le Brésil contemporain." December
2010. Researcher, CEPS/INSTEAD ("Centre d’études de populations, de pauvreté et de politiques
socio-économiques / International Network for Studies in Technology, Environment, Alternatives, Development"), Unité population et emploi, Luxembourg.
8. A -S , R : "Three Essays in the Applied Microeconomics of Conflict. The Impact
of Landmines and War Violence on Social Capital, Socio-Economic Reintegration, Child Health and
Household Income in Angola." June 2010. Young Professional, The World Bank, Washington, DC,
USA.
9. S$ M(: "Nouvelles méthodes d’analyse du bien-être et moyens d’évaluation des programmes
de lutte contre la pauvreté en milieu rural sénégalaisl." January 2010. Maître Assistant Associé, UFR
Sciences économique et de gestion, Université Gaston Berger, Saint Louis, Senegal.
10. K( L: "Social inequalities in China : which reality ?". September 2007. Research Director,
Fondation pour les études et recherches en développement international (FERDI), Clermont Ferrand,
France.
11. L B : "Rural infrastructure, Community-Driven-Development and Child Anthropometrics". January 2007. Economist, African Development Bank, Tunis, Tunisia.
12. O $ D : "Trois essais sur la croissance, la pauvreté et les propriétés cycliques de la politique
budgétaire," (co-directed with Jean-Louis Combes), October 2006. Economist, UNDP, New York, USA.
13. T ( B : "Three essays on Peasant Organizations in West Africa," (co-directed with Elisabeth Sadoulet), May 2005. Professeur associé, Université de Bordeaux.
14. B ’H $: "Essais sur les disparités de revenu, l’éducation et la discrimination raciale :
analyses macroéconomique et microéconomique," December 2004. Economist, Joint Research Center
(JRC) of the European Commission, Ispra, Italy.
15. A B : "Aléa moral, production agricole et profits: analyse théorique et quantification
empirique," September 2004. Economist, World Bank, Bujumbura, Burundi.
16. I F(: "La micro-finance et le développement en Afrique sub-saharienne: le cas du Sénégal,"
September 2004. Division Manager, Research Division (EDRE.1), African Development Bank, Tunis,
Tunisia.
17. D B : "La réforme du secteur agricole dans les pays en transition : résultats empiriques
pour la Moldavie," September 2003. Lecturer, Ecole Supérieure de Commerce, Clermont Ferrand,
France.
18. M R$ : "Contrat et technologie, le lien manquant," January 2001. Directeur
de Recherche, CEMAGREF, Bordeaux, France.
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9.2.3
Université de Montréal
1. J R$ : "Emerging financial markets and growth," October 1998.
CETECH, Montréal, Canada.
Economist,
2. C T : "Bargaining and sharecropping in the presence of missing markets: theory and
empirical implications," June 1998. Researcher, FUNDP, Université de Namur, Belgium.
3. G B : "Essays on the theory of growth: trading blocks, migration and contractual relations,"
June 1994. Professor, ESSEC, Tunis, Tunisia.
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10.1
Teaching
2008-2014: the Graduate Institute, Geneva
Graduate: Econometrics II and IIIB, Development Economics, Trade and Development, Impact Evaluation
(MIS in International Economics), Impact Evaluation, Introduction to Development Economics (MDEV),
Doctoral seminar in Development Microeconomics (PhD in Development Economics). 41 master’s theses
completed under my supervision between 2009 and 2014 (I was also second reader on numerous other theses).
10.2
1999-2008: CERDI-CNRS, Université d’Auvergne
Graduate (Magistère program in Development Economics): Microeconomic Theory sequence, first year.
Macroeconomic Theory sequence, first year. Agrarian Institutions and Household Models, third year. Industrial organization, second year. Impact Evaluation, third year. Evaluated every "1ère session" CERDI masters
thesis between 2001 and 2008 (average of 12 per year).
10.3
1991-1997: Université de Montréal
Graduate: Development Economics A and B, Special Topics in Development Economics. Undergraduate:
Introductory Microeconomics (first year B. Sc.), Development Economics (third year B. Sc.), Economics of
the Arab World (first year B. Sc.). 9 M.Sc. in Economics theses supervised.
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Seminar and conference presentations, visiting professorships
11.1
Seminar and conference presentations (by paper or conference)
11.1.1
2008-present
• "Guns, Germs, and Slaves: an Alternative View of the Colonial Origins of Comparative Development,"
Hanqing Advanced Institute of Economics and Finance, Renmin University of China, Beijing, July 2013,
Department of Economics, Université de Genève, November 2013, Political Science Colloquium, The
Graduate Institute, November 2013, DIW Berlin, November 2013, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona,
June 2014.
• "Too Much Finance?" presented at Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, January 2012, Paris
I Panthéon-Sorbonne, January 2012, ASECTU (Tunisian Economics Association), Hammamet, June
2012, and as Keynote presentation at the German Economics Association (Development Economics)
annual meetings, Bonn, June 2012.
• "Aid, Peasants and Social Exclusion," presented at SARD, Renmin University of China, Beijing, July
2011, Department of Economics, University of Frankfurt, October 2011.
• "Landmines": Department of Economics, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, November 2010; Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, March 2011, Centro de Estudos sobre África e do Desenvolvimento
(CEsA), Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, April 2011.
• "Macrostructure and Microstructure: Evidence from Overlapping Village Networks in The Gambia":
European Economics Association, Annual Meetings, Glasgow, August 2010.
• "How Effective are Social Programs During Conflicts? Evidence from the Angolan Civil War": Global
Development Network (GDN) Conference, York, January 2009; Maison des sciences économiques (MSE),
Université Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne, April 2009; Department of Statistics, University of Padova, April
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2009; Brunel University Conference on Development Economics in Africa, September 2009; CEMAFI,
Université de Nice, March 2010.
• "Households in a Time of War: Evidence from Angola": Institute of Political Science/University of
Zurich, Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIS)/ETH Zurich, March 2009.
• "Do HIV-AIDS Teacher Training Programs Work? Instrumental Variables Results for the Cameroon"
and "Community Driven Development and Social Polarization in West Africa": Global Development
Network (GDN) Conference, York, January 2009.
• "The Making of a President: Political Party, Ethnicity, or Village?": Political Science Colloquium, The
Graduate Institute, Geneva, November 2008.
11.1.2
1997-2007
• "Essential Heterogeneity in the Impact of Community-Driven Development": Fudan University, Shanghai, October 2007; University of Shanghai, November 2007; Institute for Development Studies (IDS),
University of Sussex, November 2007.
• "Moral Hazard and Marshallian Inefficiency: Evidence from Tunisia": Department of economics, Université de Montréal (Labor Economics Workshop), Montréal, Québec, April 1995; PARADI Symposium
on the Economics of Development, Montréal, Québec, November 1995; XIth World Congress of the
International Economic Association, Tunis, Tunisia, December 1995; Department of Economics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, January 1996; Department of Economics, Simon
Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, January 1996; CERDI, Université d’Auvergne, ClermontFerrand, France, January 1996; American Economics Association - Middle East Economics Association,
New Orleans, Louisiana, January 1997; TEAM, Université Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne, February 2006.
• "On Rational Solidarity: Evidence from Rural Producer Organizations in Senegal": Center for the Study
of African Economies (CSAE), Oxford University, March 2004; European Development Network (EUDN)
Annual Conference, Paris, December 2005.
• "Who Would Benefit from Simplifying the Tax Code? Frank Knight and Gustave Choquet Meet the
Internal Revenue Service": EUREQA seminar (séminaire Risque-Information-Décision), Université Paris
I Panthéon Sorbonne, Paris, March 2005.
• "Matching in Rural Producer Organizations": Conference on the Economics of Networks, Center for the
Study of African Economies (CSAE), Oxford University, November 2004.
• "Sheepskin Effects in the Returns to Education by Ethnic Group: Evidence from Northeastern Brazil":
European Development Network (EUDN) Annual Conference, Paris, November 2003.
• "Testing for Separation in Agricultural Household Models and Unobservable Individual Effects": ZEF
Public Lectures, University of Bonn, November 2003.
• "Is Human Capital Useless for African Growth?", "Truthtelling, Countervailing Incentives and Reputation: Evidence from Rural Micro-Credit Markets in Senegal" and "Foreign Aid, Rent-Seeking Behaviour
and Civil War": CSAE Annual Conference on Understanding Poverty and Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa,
Oxford University, March 2002.
• "Déforestation et taux de change réel": AUPELF-UREF Conference on Development Economics, Montréal, Québec, September 2001; CERDI Development Workshop, October 2001.
• "Contracts, Technology and Moral Hazard: the Missing Link": DELTA-EHESS-LEA, Paris, February
2001.
• "Undernourishment and Economic Growth. The Efficiency Cost of Hunger": FAO of the United Nations
(ESA Division), April 2000; European Media Seminar on Food Security and Hunger, Swedish Royal
Academy, Stockholm, Sweden, October 2001.
• "Is Adverse Selection Relevant? Spence-Mirlees Meets the Tunisian Peasant": World Congress of the
Econometric Society, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, August 1999; FAO of the United Nations (ESA
Division), Rome, Italy, September 1999; Department of Economics, University of Athens, April 2000.
• "Capital humain et croissance" and "Capital humain, productivité agricole, et travail féminin: variables
latentes et séparabilité dans les modèles de ménage": AUPELF-UREF Conference on Development
Economics, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, January 1999.
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• "Class Position and Economic Behavior in a Tunisian Village: Selective Separability in a multi-factor
household model": Department of Economics, University of Toronto, November 1996; American Economics Association - Middle East Economics Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 1997; Département d’économie agro-alimentaire, Université Laval, Sainte Foy, Québec, April 1998.
11.1.3
1992-1996
• "The Empirics of Economic Growth in a Cross Section of Countries: Do Errors in Variables Really
Not Matter?": Department of economics, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA, October 1994; Institut d’Economie Quantitative (I.E.Q.—Tunisian Institute for Quantitative Economics), Tunis, Tunisia,
December 1994; University of Casablanca, January 1995; Mohammed V University (Rabat), January
1995.
• "Dotations en facteurs, relations contractuelles, et croissance" and "Factor Endowments, Contractual
Relations, and Growth": Société canadienne de science économique, Université d’Ottawa, Ottawa,
Ontario, May 1994; AUPELF-UREF, Réseau analyse économique et développement, deuxièmes journées
scientifiques, Rabat, Morocco, January 1995.
• "An Analysis of the Optimal Principal-Household Contractual Relationship": C.R.D.E. development
workshop, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, February 1993; Department of economics, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, November 1993.
• "Why Does the Distribution of Land Ownership Affect Aggregate Agricultural Output: The Case of
Egypt": Microeconomics workshop, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) April 1992; Association
française de sciences économiques, Clermont Ferrand, France, May 1992.
11.2
Visiting professorships
Renmin University of China, Hanqing Advanced Institute of Economics and Finance, Beijing: June-July
2013, 2014. Renmin University of China, SARD summer school, Beijing: July 2012. Université Paris I
Panthéon-Sorbonne: Paris, February 2012. Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico: Toluca, January
2012. Université Quisqueya (UniQ), Port au Prince, Haiti: February 2007. Université Gaston Berger de Saint
Louis, Saint Louis, Sénégal: March 2005, May 2005, August 2006. Université des Antilles et de la Guyane,
Pointe à Pitre, Guadeloupe: May 2006. Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, Schoelcher, Martinique:
November 2004, April 2005, November 2005. Instituto de Saúde Coletiva (ISC), Universidade Federal da
Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, 1997-1999. Centre d’étude et de recherche sur le développement
international (CERDI), Université d’Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France: May 1996, December 1996.
11.3
Other public lectures and conferences
11.3.1
2008-present
European Union Development Network (EUDN) Annual Conference, Berlin, Germany, December 2013
Journées doctorales CERDI-Paris I-LEO-IHEID-Erudite, Journées doctorales CERDI-Paris I-LEO-IHEIDErudite, co-organiser, Clermont Ferrand, November 2013.
Universal Postal Union, Financial services through mobile phones, "Transferts de fonds et services financiers
sur mobile: les modèles d’affaires pour les Postes," Keynote speaker, Geneva, November 2013.
University of Chicago, Department of Economics, Conference on the Development of the Chinese Economy,
The Great Leap Forward, Chicago, August 2013.
Launch of the 2013 Human Development Report, Keynote speaker, Geneva, March 2013.
Presentation of "Why Evaluate?" Youth Employment Network of the ILO, Casablanca, October 2012.
GTAP Conference, Keynote Lecture. Presentation of "Development and the Effectiveness of Social Programmes", Geneva, June 2012.
News briefing on "Missing women" (jointly with Martina Viarengo), Graduate Institute, Geneva, April
2012.
Presentation at DISSETL conference, University of Saint Gallen, April 2012.
Discussant at AFD-EUDN Annual conference, Paris, March 2012.
Presentation at GIMUN (ECOSOC), Geneva, March 2012.
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Swiss Embassy, Washington DC: talk to Graduate Institute alumni chapter, January 2012.
Slow moving risks with potentially catastrophic consequences. Workshop organised by the International
Risk Governance Council (IRGC) in partnership with the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, Venice,
August 2011.
Colloque international "Nouvelles approches d’évaluation des politiques publiques," presentation on impact
evaluation methods using panel data. Rabat, Morocco, June 2011.
Tunisian Economics Association, Annual Meetings; Agence universitaire de la francophonie (AUF), Membre
du comité du réseau "Analyse économique et développement," Hammamet, Tunisia, June 2011.
"Impact Evaluation," presented at the International Security Forum, Zurich, May 2011.
Presentation of "The Economics of Conflict, Security, and Development: International Perspectives",
Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE), Islamabad, April 2011.
Workshop on collaborative research between the CCDP, the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics
(PIDE) and the Regional Institute of Policy Research and Training (RIPORT) on conflict dynamics in the
Swat valley, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Peshawar, April 2011.
Commencement speaker, Thunderbird School of Global Management, EMBA XIX, Scotsdale, Arizona,
January 2011.
UNOG Thematic Seminar on Migration: A major issue for the 21 st century, presenter of "The Impact of
the Ongoing Economic Crisis on Migrants," Geneva, December 2010.
Workshop on Monitoring and Evaluation of Media Projects in Conflict Zones (organized by the Annenberg
School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania), presentation of potential impact evaluation methodologies, Caux, December 2010.
Université de Nice, "rapporteur" on the PhD thesis of Irina Syssoyeva-Masson: "L’intégration financière
et ses effets sur les performances économiques. Le cas des nouveaux pays membres de l’Union européenne,"
December 2010.
Tunisian Economics Association, Annual Meetings; Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF), Membre
du comité du réseau "Analyse Economique et Développement;" creation of the "Collège doctoral maghrébin
en Economie," Hammamet, June 2010.
KfW Bankengruppe, presentation of "Evaluating Public Policies in Developing Countries: The Search for
Identification," Frankfurt, June 2010.
AERES, member of national committe for the harmonisation of evaluation of UMRs, Paris, May 2010.
Université de Nice, "rapporteur" on the PhD thesis of Ouidade Chatti: "Gouvernance et croissance
économique dans les Pays en Voie de Développement," March 2010.
Université de Nice, "rapporteur" on the PhD thesis of Maher Gordah: "Théorie des incitations et aide
internationale au développement," February 2010.
FAO / BASIS (University of California, Davis) project workshop on index insurance for small-scale agricultural and pastoral households, Rome, January 2010.
Aix en Provence (France), rapporteur et membre du jury de la thèse de Caroline Daymon, Université de la
Méditerranée, Aix-Marseille II, November 2009.
Geneva, Global Political Economy II course for the Thunderbird EMBA program, November 2009.
Bordeaux (France), Présidence du comité d’évaluation AERES du LARE-Efi, November 2009.
Paris (France), participation in the "Journées doctorale d’économie du développement et de la transition"
with three of my PhD students from the Graduate Institute, November 2009.
Rabat (Morocco), presentation of the report on the results of the baseline surveys for the impact evaluation
of the Initiative Nationale de Développement Humain (INDH). Research program funded by the World Bank
and the European Union, October 2009.
Lausanne, "Leçon inaugurale" at the EPFL’s School of Architecture (on the Gulf economies) to kick off
their academic year and studio, September 2009.
Paris (France), Agence Universitaire Francophone (AUF). Founding meeting to create an "Ecole doctorale
maghrébine en économie" (in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia), September 2009.
Bamako (Mali), briefing of representatives from Mali, Burkina Faso and Senegal on progress of the baseline
surveys for the PTF impact evaluations. Research program funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
and the UNDP, July 2009.
Bujumbura (Burundi), preparation of the impact evaluation of Performance Based Contracting in HIV/AIDS
voluntary testing and counselling (VCT). Research project funded by the SEP-CNLS and the World Bank, June
2009.
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Hammamet (Tunisia), resource person for the 4th Ecole Doctorale of the Tunisian Economics Association,
June 2009.
Dakar (Senegal), preparation of the impact evaluation of a peer-mentoring program in HIV-AIDS prevention. Research project funded by the World Bank through the CNLS, Senegal, June 2009.
Geneva, public lecture in preparation for the World Climate Conference III, May 2009.
Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), World Bank Conference on the Impact Evaluation of CDD Programs. Presentations on quasi-experimental methods and social network analysis, April 2009.
Capetown (Republic of South Africa), World Bank Conference on the Impact Evaluation of HIV-AIDS
Programs. Presentations on causal effects and non-experimental methods, March 2009.
11.3.2
1997-2007
Conference, Global Development Network (GDN), Beijing, China, January 2007.
Conference, Inwent, "Conference to prepare the 2008 World Development Report," presenter, "Decentralization, Local Governance, and Rural Development," Berlin, Germany, September 2006.
Conference, Université Quisqueya, presenter, "Trois conférences sur les trappes à pauvreté," Port-au-Prince,
Haiti, May 2006.
Conference, African Economic Research Consortium bi-annual research conference, Johannesburg, Republic
of South Africa, December 2005.
Conference, keynote speaker, Tropentag 2005, University of Hohenheim, Germany, October 2005.
Conference, African Economic Research Consortium bi-annual research conference, Nairobi, Kenya, June
2005.
Conference, Global Development Network (GDN), New Delhi, India, January 2004.
Conference, World Bank Regional Workshop on Land Issues in Africa, Invited speaker, Session on "Land
Markets in Africa: Pre-conditions, Potential and Limitations," comments on paper by Frank Place, Kampala,
Uganda: April-May, 2002.
11.3.3
1992-1996
Symposium, Round table on new Mediterranean partnerships involving questions of culture, security and
economics, presided by Edgar Pisani, Ministry of foreign affairs and international trade, Government of Canada,
invited participant, Ottawa, Ontario, April 1996.
Presentation, C.R.D.E. training program created for the Canadian International Development Agency on
public finance questions in LDCs , presenter: "Public Expenditure Reviews," and "Restructuring of state-owned
enterprises and privatization," Hull, Québec, March 1996.
Seminar, McGill University, World Bank program in development economics, presenter: "On the Microeconomics of Agrarian Organization in LDCs: Implications for Policy," Montréal, Québec, February 1996.
Symposium, Round table on Tunisian enterprises and economic change, organized by the Institut d’Economie
Quantitative (IEQ) (Tunisian Institute for Quantitative Economics), Ministry of Economic Development (Republic of Tunisia), invited speaker, Tunis, Tunisia, December 1995.
Symposium, Round table on privatization organized by the Ministry of Privatization, Kingdom of Morocco,
invited speaker, Casablanca, Morocco, November 1995.
Seminar, department of sociology, Université de Montréal, presenter: "Growth and development: trends
in the Maghreb countries," Montréal, Québec, November 1995.
Symposium, Workshop of strategic planning to 2010, Institut d’Economie Quantitative (Tunisian Institute
for Quantitative Economics), Ministry of Economic Development (Republic of Tunisia), presenter: "Endogenous growth and development: Tunisian perspectives," Tunis, Tunisia, July 1995.
Seminar, Ministry of Economic Development (Republic of Tunisia), presenter: "Privatization in LDCs:
general principles and practical lessons," Tunis, Tunisia, July 1995.
Congress, Canadian Economics Association, session chair: "Foreign Aid," Montréal, Québec, June 1995.
Presentation, C.R.D.E. training program created for the Canadian International Development Agency on
public finance questions in LDCs, presenter: "Restructuring of state-owned enterprises and privatization,"
Hull, Québec, November 1994.
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Symposium, PARADI Symposium on the economics of development, presenter: "Dotations en facteurs,
relations contractuelles et croissance"; discussant: "Taxation, contrôles salariaux et secteur informel: une
approche d’équilibre général appliquée au Cameroun," by Bernard Fortin, Nicolas Marceau and Luc Savard
(Université Laval); discussant: "La libéralisation financière en Tunisie: une étude rétrospective et prospective,"
by Bernard Decaluwe and Mokhtar Souissi (Université Laval), Québec, November 1994.
Symposium, Canadian International Development Agency Symposium on Privatization in LDCs (Policy
Branch), presenter: "Privatization in LDCs: Getting The Questions Right," Hull, Québec, October 1994.
Congress, Société canadienne de science économique, Université d’Ottawa, session chair: "Economics of
development"; discussant: "Wage Tournaments in West Africa," by Leonard Houantchekon (Yale University),
Ottawa, Ontario, May 1994.
Presentation, C.R.D.E. training program created for the Canadian International Development Agency on
public finance questions in LDCs, presenter: "Public Expenditure Reviews," and "Restructuring of state-owned
enterprises and privatization," Ottawa, Ontario, March 1994.
Seminar, C.R.D.E., Université de Montréal, presenter: "Vers une microéconomie du développement,"
Montréal, December 1993.
Presentation, C.R.D.E. training program created for the Canadian International Development Agency on
structural adjustment in LDCs, Ottawa, Ontario, May 1993, June 1993, October 1993, November 1993, March
1994.
C.R.D.E. development workshop, Université de Montréal: "Growth and Social Custom," March 1992;
"Supply Response and Marketing Board Policy: The Case of Egyptian Cotton," February 1993; "Credit
Constraints and Endogenous Growth: Are McKinnon-Shaw-Fry and the Neo-structuralist Both Right?," April
1993; "Female Labor Force Participation and Growth I: Theory," April 1993; "Female Labor Force Participation
and Growth II: Empirical Evidence," April 1993.
Congress, Canadian Association of African Studies, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), presenter:
"Structural adjustment and the organization of agricultural credit in Egypt," Montréal, Québec, May 1992.
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