curriculum vitae

CURRICULUM VITAE
ETIENNE Gilbert
Born 1928, Swiss national, married, 3 children
10, Chemin de Grange-Bonnet, CH-1224 Chêne-Bougeries
Tel: 0041.22.349.00.44 E-mail: [email protected]
HIGHER EDUCATION
1951
1951-1952
1954
1955
Law degree University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Courses on Asian Art, Paris, Ecole du Louvre
Diploma of the Institute of Oriental Civilizations and Languages, Paris
Ph.D. University of Neuchâtel, Thesis on India's Economy
LANGUAGES
French, English, some German, Hindi, Urdu, elementary Persian
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1952-53
1956-58
1959-96
Since 1996
Lecturer on Hindu Art, Lahore, Punjab University
General Assistant of Favre-Leuba Co (Swiss Watch Co), Bombay
Professor of development economics at the Graduate Institute of International
Studies & (since 1964) at the Graduate Institute in Geneva
Professor emeritus at both Institutes
Has spent over ten years in Asia between 1952 and 2008.
Main areas of study : South Asia, Afghanistan, China
More brief visits and work in South East Asia and Africa south of the Sahara.
Contributes to scientific journals and to newspapers in particular Journal de Genève (until
1996), Le Monde ( until 2008) periodicals in India
Present major fields of research : Economic Reforms in Asia and North - South Relations.
Policies and trends in Rural Development and Agriculture, mostly in Asia. Geopolitical issues
in Asia
Has lectured in : USA, MIT, Cornell, Chicago Universities ; visiting professor at E.D.I.,
World Bank ; seminars at World Bank , visiting professor at IFRPI
Twice visiting professor at the Collège de France, Paris. Visiting professor J.N.U., 1996/97,
New Delhi.
Lectures in various universities in France, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, China
Occasional consulting work for Swiss multinationals, the Swiss Government, the Research
Department of the World Bank, the International Food Policy Research Institute in
Washington D. C.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
1973-1985
1961-1964
1959-1999
1979-2002
1997-2010
Member of the International Committee of the Red Cross
Founding member and Vice chairman of the Board of the African Institute
(later on Institute of Development Studies)
Founding member and member of the Executive Board of Swiss Contact
Chairman of Frères de nos Frères (both NGOs involved in development)
Chairman of the Asia Geneva Society
2002 Global award from Priyadarshni Academy, Bombay, for « outstanding contribution
to social and economic development studies »
2010 Recipient of « the Gold Medal for Switzerland » from the American Biographical
Institute, Raleigh, N.Carolina, USA
BOOKS
L’Inde, économie et population, Genève, Droz, 1955
Inde sacrée, Paris-Neuchâtel, Ides & Calendes, 1955
De Caboul à Pékin, rythmes et perspectives d’expansion économique, Genève, Droz, coll.
« IUHEI », 1959
La voie chinoise, Paris, PUF, coll. « Tiers Monde », 1962 (traduit en allemand, en italien et en
espagnol)
L’agriculture indienne ou l’art du possible, Paris, PUF, coll. « Tiers Monde », 1966
Progrès agricole et maîtrise de l’eau, le cas du Pakistan, Paris, PUF, coll. « Tiers Monde »,
1967
Studies in Indian Agriculture. The Art of Possible, Berkeley, University of California Press,
1968
L’Afghanistan ou les aléas de la coopération, Paris, PUF, coll. « Tiers Monde », 1972
Les chances de l’Inde. L’heure d’Indira Gandhi, Paris, Le Seuil, 1973
La voie chinoise, la longue marche de l’économie 1949-1974, Paris, PUF, coll. « Tiers Monde
», 1974
L’Inde, problèmes d’hier et d’aujourd’hui, Paris, Hachette, 1976
Bangladesh, Development in Perspective, New Dehli, Macmillan, 1979
La Chine fait ses comptes, Paris, PUF, coll. « Tiers Monde », 1980
Pour relancer la coopération Suisse-Tiers Monde, Berne, Paul Haupt, 1981
India’s Changing Rural Scene, New Dehli, Oxford University Press, 1982
Développement rural en Asie, Paris, PUF, coll. « Tiers Monde », 1982
Sociétés asiatiques, mutations et continuité (avec la collaboration de J.-F. Billeter, J.-L.
Maurer), Paris-Genève, Paris, PUF, coll. « IUHEI », Genève, 1985
Rural Development in Asia , ( Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, China)) , New
Delhi, Sage, 1985.
P.Gourou & G.Etienne, (ed. by) Des Labours de Cluny à la Révolution verte, on agricultural
techniques and population, Paris, PUF, 1985
F. Bloch-Laîné, G. Etienne ( ed. by), Servir l’Etat, Paris, Cahiers de l’Homme, 1987
Food and Poverty, India’s Half Won Battle, New Dehli, Sage Publ., 1988
Le Pakistan, don de l’Indus. Economie et politique, Paris-Genève, PUF, coll « IUHEI », 1989
G. Etienne (ed. by), Asian Crucible, the Steel Industry in China and India, New Dehli, Sage
Publ., 1992
G. Etienne, J.-L. Maurer, C. Renaudin, Suisse-Asie, pour un nouveau partenariat, Genève,
Olizane, CRAM, 1992
G. Etienne, M. Griffon, P. Guillaumont (ed. by), « Afrique, Asie, performances agricoles
comparées », Revue française d’économie, 1993
G,.Etienne & J. Revel-Muroz ( ed. by) ,Economies d’Asie et d’Amérique latine, Changements
de cap, Geneva, Olizane, 1993
Rural Change in South Asia, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, New Delhi, Vikas, 1995
L’économie de l’Inde, Paris, PUF, coll. « Que sais-je ? », 1996, 2ème éd.
Feeding Asia in the Next Century (avec la collaboration de C. Aubert, J.-L. Maurer) New
Delhi, Macmillan, 1998
China - India - Pakistan, Disparities and Common Weak Links, Genève, MARC occasional
papers, 132, Rue de Lausanne, 1997 (publié aussi par la Fondation Rajiv Gandhi, New Delhi)
Chine-Inde, Le match du siècle, Paris, Presses de Sciences Po., 1998. Translated in Chinese
and published by Xinhua Press, Peking, 2000
Contribution to Le Pakistan, (ed by C. Jaffrelot), Paris, Fayard, 2000
Imprévisible Afghanistan, (Unpredictable Afghanistan), Paris, Presses de Sciences Po., 2002
Le développement à contre-courant, Paris, Presses de Sciences Po., 2003 , translated in
Chinese and published by Social Sciences Academic Press, Peking, 2010
Contribution to History of Pakistan, (ed by C. Jaffrelot), London Anthem Press, 2004
Chine-Inde, la grande compétition, Paris, Dunod, 2007.
Repenser le Développement – Messages d’Asie, Paris, A.Colin, 2009
Dalits in India Villages and Poverty Alleviation Policies, Anand, (India) Institute of Rural
Management, (IRMA), 2010
Agriculture and the Rural Economy of Pakistan – Towards a Possible Future, Lahore,
Heritage Publications , 2010.