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Jean-Louis Arcand, Professeur des Universités

 

CERDI-CNRS, Université d’Auvergne

and European Union Development Network (EUDN)       

65, boulevard François Mitterrand                                       

63000 Clermont Ferrand, France                                            

                                                                                                    

tel: +33-4-73177400, fax: +33-4-73177428, cell: +33-6-85402955     

email: arcandjl@alum.mit.edu                                                

web page: http://www.cerdi.org/P_Perso/PP_Home.asp?IDUSER=arcand              

                                                                                                    

Born: Ebolowa, Cameroon, 4 October 1964

Nationality: Canadian

1. Languages

English (fluent), French (fluent), Italian (fluent), Portuguese (intermediate), Spanish (intermediate), Arabic (introductory).

2. 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, High Honors, 1985.

3. Areas of specialization

Development economics, impact analysis, 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, applications of non-expected-utility models of decisionmaking under uncertainty.

4. Current positions

·                     Professor of Economics, Centre d’étude et de recherche sur le développement international (CERDI), Université d’Auvergne, Clermont Ferrand, France (2000-...).

·                     Founding Fellow, European Union Development Network (EUDN).

·                     Associate Editor, Journal of African Economies (2002 - …).

·                     Associate Editor, Revue d’économie du développement (2002 - …).

·                     Member of the Conseil scientifique of the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD).  Listed in: Who’s Who in the World 2003, 2004, Who’s Who of Professionals, 2004, 2000 Intellectuals for the 21st Century (2004).

5. Professional experience

Previous positions

·                     1997-2000: associate professor, Centre d’étude et de recherche sur le développement international (CERDI), Université d’Auvergne, Clermont Ferrand, France.

·                     1997-...: visiting professor, Instituto de Saúde Coletiva (ISC), Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.

·                     1996-2000: associate professor, Department of Economics and CRDE, Université de Montréal (leave of absence,1997-2000, resignation in January 2000).  1991-1996: assistant professor, Department of Economics and CRDE, Université de Montréal.

Relevant consulting experience:

World Bank (Angola Social Fund, 2006-...; National Rural Infrastructure Program, Senegal, 2002-2005; producer organizations in Burkina Faso and Senegal, 2001-2004); 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); 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); Department of Human Resources, Government of Canada (Interprovincial barriers to labor mobility, 1995); Institut d’Économie Quantitative, Tunis, Tunisia (Growth potential of Tunisian economy, 1994-1995); Ministry of Fisheries and Oceans, Government of Canada (Reform of unemployment insurance, 1994); Economic Council of Canada, Government of Canada (labor market group, 1985-87).

6. Research

Funded research projects

Summary

During the past 15 academic years, I have been awarded a grand total of $801,253 in academic research funding, which may be divided into $139,301 of funding at the Université de Montréal for group projects in which I was either the principal researcher or the only other researcher involved, $169,940 of funding for projects at the Université de Montréal in which I was the sole researcher, with the remainder (since I have been at CERDI) stemming from various World Bank-funded projects (or projects funded by national governments) in which I was one of the principal investigators involved.  I am currently leading the impact evaluation of a large World Bank social fund in Angola, as well as the evaluation of three programs in francophone West Africa —one in the Cameroon and two in Senegal.

Research projects

·                     "Impact analysis of the MAP Cameroon, the PSAOP Senegal and the PARC Casamance (Senegal)"; co-leader of the team evaluating these three CDD programs (co-leader is Adama Diaw, Université Gaston Berger of Saint Louis, Senegal).  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".  Baseline surveys in Cameroon and for PARC Casamance to be carried out in July 2007; baseline survey for PSAOP Senegal carried out in 2002 (see below) —follow up to be carried out in July 2007.

 

·                     "Impact analysis of the Fundo de Apoio Social (FAS III), Angola"; team leader of the impact evaluation; (FAS TTLs: Henda Ducados and Victor Hugo).  Research budget for 2006-2007: 58,000$.  Baseline surveys to be carried out in February-March 2007.

 

·                     "Impact analysis of the National Rural Infrastructure Project (PNIR) in Senegal"; co-leader of the academic team evaluating the 260 million dollar World Bank PNIR project; joint work with the Université Gaston Berger of Saint Louis, Senegal; budget for 2002-2005: $110,000 (World Bank TTLs for the project: Mokhtar Thiam and El Hadj Adama Touré).  2002-2005.

 

·                     "An impact analysis of capacity building of producer organizations in Burkina Faso and in Senegal"; joint leader of the academic side of the project, with Alain de Janvry and Elisabeth Sadoulet, University of California at Berkeley; funding agency: World Bank, total budget of $205,000 (World Bank TTLs for the project: Pierre Rondot and Marie Hélène Collion), 2001-2003.

 

·                     "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, individual project.

 

·                     "Rural institutions and development policies"; funding agency: Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), PARADI program, 42,000$ for 1996-1998, individual project.

 

·                     "International migration, remittances and probability of return: the case of Morocco"; funding agency: Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), PARADI program, 22,600$, 1995-1996, group project, principal researcher: Claude Montmarquette.

 

·                     "Rural institutions and development policies"; funding agency: Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), PARADI program, 41,400$, 1995-1996, individual project.

 

·                     "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$, 1995-1996, group project, principal researcher: Marcel Dagenais.

 

·                     "Rural institutions and development policies"; funding agency: Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), PARADI program, 33,540$, 1994-1995, individual project.

 

·                     "Estimation and testing in regression models with errors in the variables: applications to LDCs"; funding agency: Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), PARADI program, 11,000$, 1994-1995, group project, principal researcher: Marcel Dagenais.

 

·                     "Rural institutions and development policies"; funding agency: Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), PARADI program, 33,885$, 1993-1994, group project, principal researcher: Jean-Louis Arcand.

 

·                     "Estimation and testing in regression models with errors in the variables: applications to LDCs"; funding agency: Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), PARADI program, 12,988$, 1993-1994, group project, principal researcher: Marcel Dagenais.

 

·                     "Economic development and the distribution of landownership"; funding agency: CAFIR (internal Université de Montréal funds), 6,000$, 1993-1994, individual project.

 

·                     "Rural institutions and development policies"; funding agency: Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), PARADI program, 25,840$, 1991-1993, group project, principal researcher: Jean-Louis Arcand.

7. Publications

Articles in academic journals

Published or forthcoming

1.                    "Deforestation and the Real Exchange Rate," forthcoming in: Journal of Development Economics (with P. Guillaumont and S. Guillaumont Jeanneney), 33 pages.

2.                    "Moral Hazard and Marshallian Efficiency: Evidence from Tunisia," Journal of Development Economics, 83(2), 2007, 411-445 (with C. Ai and F. Ethier).

3.                    "Santé et Salaires : Une Estimation en Variables Instrumentales sur un Panel de Travailleurs Chinois," forthcoming in: Economie et Prévision (with K. Labar), 30 pages.

4.                    "Tax Compliance under Rank Dependant Expected Utility," The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review (with G. Rota-Graziosi), 30(1), 2005, 57-69.

5.                    "Rendement de l’Education et Choix des Instruments.  Application sur Données vietnamiennes," Revue Economique, 56(3), 2005, 563-572 (with B. d’Hombres and P. Gyselinck).

6.                    "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.

7.                    "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).

8.                    "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.

9.                    "Growth and Social Custom: Why Culture Matters," Nexos Econômicos, 1(2) 1999, 69-94.

10.                 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.

11.                 "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.

12.                 "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.

13.                 "Dotations en Facteurs, Relations Contractuelles, et Croissance" Revue d’Économie du Développement, (with G. Boulila) 3, 1995, 25-39.

14.                 "Development Economics and Language: The Earnest Search for a Mirage," International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 121(7), 1996, 119-157.

15.                 "Land Ownership, Working Capital, and Agricultural Output: Egypt, 1913-1958," Journal of African Economies 5(1), 1996, 92-158.

16.                 "Disequilibrium Dynamics during the Great Depression," Journal of Macroeconomics (with E. Brezis) 15(3), 1993, 553-589.

17.                 "Structural Imbalances in Canadian Labour Markets," Journal of Income Distribution (with S. Gera and S. S. Rahman) 3(2), 1993, 231-262.

18.                 "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.

Under revision

1.                    "Testing for Separation in Agricultural Household Models and Unobservable Household-Specific Effects," American Journal of Agricultural Economics (with B. d’Hombres), 46 pages.

2.                    "Explaining the Negative Coefficient Associated with Human Capital in Augmented Solow Growth Regressions," Journal of Macroeconomics (with B. d’Hombres), 37 pages.

3.                    "The Empirics of Economic Growth in a Cross Section of Countries: Do Errors in Variables Really Not Matter?," Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics (with M. Dagenais), 63 pages.

4.                    "Instrument Choice and the Returns to Education: New Evidence from Vietnam," Economics of Education Review (with B. d’Hombres), 22 pages.

Under submission

1.                    "Sheepskin Effects in the Returns to Education by Ethnic Group: Evidence from Northeastern Brazil," Development and Change  (with B. d’Hombres), 18 pages.

2.                    "Pessimism, Optimism and Credit Rationing," Oxford Economic Papers, 8 pages.

3.                    "Precautionary Saving without Convex Marginal Utility," Economica (with G. Rota-Graziosi), 33 pages.

Book chapters

1.                    "Decentralization, Local Governance, and Rural Development," forthcoming in Berlin Series: World Development Report 2008.

2.                    "Rent-Seeking and Civil War.  Evidence from the Middle East and North Africa," forthcoming in Charmes, J., ed., Proceedings of the 2004 Middle East Economics Association Meeting (London, UK, Edward Elgar) (with L. Chauvet).

3.                    "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.

4.                    "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).

Other articles and media exposure

·                     My empirical work on undernourishment and economic growth has recently been 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. My participation in a seminar organized for the media in Stockholm by the United Nations and dealing with the cost of hunger is featured on the FAO’s website at the following address: http://www.fao.org/News/2001/stockholm/arcand.htm. 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.

·                     "Le partenariat privé-public: un instrument précieux," La Presse (Montréal), 5 June 1996, p. B3.

Other papers

Unpublished papers

·                     "Matching in Rural Producer Organizations," (with M. Fafchamps), October 2006, 42 pages.

·                     "The Making of a President: Political Party, Ethnicity, or Village," (with L. Bassolle, G. Rota-Graziosi, and J.-P. Tranchant), September 2006, 24 pages.

·                     "Does Community-Driven Development Work? Evidence from Senegal," (with Léandre Bassolle), March 2006, 37 pages.

·                     "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), January 2006, 48 pages.

·                     "Is Adverse Selection Relevant? Spence-Mirlees Meets the Tunisian Peasant," (with M. Rambonilaza), available as Etudes et documents du CERDI No. 99-23, 68 pages.

·                     "On Rational Solidarity: Evidence from Rural Producer Organizations in Senegal," (with G. Rota-Graziosi), December 2005, 27 pages.

·                     "Truthtelling, Countervailing Incentives and Reputation: Evidence from Rural Micro-Credit Markets in Senegal," (with I. Faye), October 2003, 24 pages.

·                     "Blood, Sweat, and Tears: How Much is Unobservable Effort Worth?" (with M. Rambonilaza), latest version: April 2000, 19 pages.

·                     "Moral Hazard, Observability and Bayesian Supervision" (with M. Rambonilaza), latest version: January 2000, 16 pages.

·                     "Ethnicity, Communication and Growth: The Tragedy of Africa Revisited," (with P. Guillaumont and S. Guillaumont Jeanneney), available as Etudes et documents du CERDI No. 99-22, 29 pages.

·                     "Class Position and Economic Behavior in a Tunisian Village: Selective Separability in a Multi-Factor Household Model" (with J. Conning and F. Ethier) Etudes et documents du CERDI No. 99-11, 48 pages.

·                     "Credit Constraints in a Model of Endogenous Growth: Are McKinnon-Shaw-Fry and the Neo Structuralists Both Right?," (with G. Boulila) 1996, 91 pages.

·                     "Female Labour Force Participation and Growth," (with G. Boulila and F. Ethier), 1995, 44 pages.

·                     "Structural Adjustment and the Organization of Agricultural Credit in Egypt," Cahier de Recherche CRDE No. 2992, 29 pages.

Reports for national and international organizations

·                     "Trade Policy and Undernourishment: Evidence from Panel Data," prepared for the FAO of the United Nations, November 2004, 69 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.

·                     "Undernourishment, Female Literacy, Foreign Aid and Civil war," prepared for the FAO of the United Nations, January 2002, 69 pages.

·                     "Croissance endogène et développement: perspectives pour la Tunisie," Les Cahiers de l’IEQ, (with G. Boulila) Institut d’Economie Quantitative, Tunis, 1996, 56 pages.

·                     "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 Profit-Sharing Help?" (Ottawa: Economic Council of Canada, 1987), 74 pages.

Textbook

Microéconomie du Développement.  Graduate textbook in the microeconomics of development currently being written for the AUF, latest version of the manuscript: September 2004, 418 pages (6 chapters available on my homepage).

8. University duties

1997-2004 (CERDI-CNRS, Université d’Auvergne)

·                     Member, Conseil scientifique restreint de l’Université d’Auvergne, 2001-2004,  Member, Conseil de laboratoire, 1999-..., Member, Comité des thèses, 2001-..., Member, Commission des spécialistes, 2001-....

·                     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. Responsability for the "Poverty and Inequality" module as well as a portion of the "Privatization and Restructuring of State-Owned Enterprises" module, 1998-2004.

1991-1997 (Department of Economics and CRDE, Université de Montréal)

·                     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.  0.8Invited speakers: Chunrong Ai (University of Florida), Doug Allen (Simon Fraser University), Michael Carter (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Marcel Fafchamps (Stanford University), Andrew Foster (University of Pennsylvania), Franque Grimard (C.R.D.E. and McGill University), Bengt Holmström (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Andrew Horowitz (Vanderbilt University), Ashok Kotwal (University of British Columbia), Peter Lanjouw (World Bank), Jenny Olson Lanjouw (Yale University), Gary Libecap (University of Arizona), Robert E. B. Lucas (Boston University), André Martens (C.R.D.E. and Université de Montréal), Jeffrey Nugent (University of Southern California), Joseph Reid (George Mason University), Mark Rosenzweig (University of Pennsylvania), Elisabeth Sadoulet (University of California-Berkeley).

·                     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, in groups of 10-15 individuals at a time. 

·                     Created a new M. Sc. program with specialization in Economic Development. Given the large number of foreign students from LDCs at the Université de Montréal, demand for this degree program was quite high.

9. Congresses, symposia, seminars, and presentations

Visiting Professor, Université Quisqueya (UniQ), Port au Prince, Haiti, February 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.

Visiting Professor, Université Gaston Berger de Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Sénégal, August 2006.

Conference, Université Quisqueya, presenter, "Trois conférences sur les trappes à pauvreté," Port-au-Prince, Haiti, May 2006.

Visiting Professor, Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, Pointe à Pitre, Guadeloupe, May 2006.

Seminar, TEAM, Université Paris I, presenter, "Moral Hazard and Marshallian Inefficiency: Evidence from Tunisia," Paris, France, February 2006.

Conference, European Development Network (EUDN), presenter, "On Rational Solidarity: Evidence from Rural Producer Organizations in Senegal," (with G. Rota-Graziosi) Paris, France, December 2005.

Conference, African Economic Research Consortium bi-annual research conference, Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa, December 2005.

Visiting Professor, Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, Schoelcher, Martinique, November 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.

Visiting Professor, Université Gaston Berger de Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Sénégal, May 2005.

Visiting Professor, Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, Schoelcher, Martinique, April 2005.

Seminar, EUREQA (séminaire Risque-Information-Décision), Université Paris I, co-presenter, "Who Would Benefit from Simplifying the Tax Code? Frank Knight and Gustave Choquet Meet the Internal Revenue Service," (written jointly with K. Bloomquist and G. Rota-Graziosi) Paris, France, March 2005.

Visiting Professor, Université Gaston Berger de Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Sénégal, March 2005.

Conference on the Economics of Networks, Center for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), presenter, "Matching in Rural Producer Organizations," (written jointly with M. Fafchamps) Oxford, UK, November 2004.

Visiting Professor, Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, Schoelcher, Martinique, November 2004.

Seminar, Center for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), presenter, "On Rational Solidarity: Evidence from Rural Producer Organizations in Senegal," (written jointly with G. Rota-Graziosi) Oxford, UK, March 2004.

Conference, Global Development Network (GDN), New Delhi, India, January 2004.

Conference, European Development Network (EUDN), presenter, "Sheepskin Effects in the Returns to Education by Ethnic Group: Evidence from Northeastern Brazil," (written jointly with B. d’Hombres) Paris, France, November 2003.

Seminar, ZEF Public Lectures, presenter, "Testing for Separation in Agricultural Household Models and Unobservable Individual Effects," (written jointly with B. d’Hombres) ZEF, University of Bonn, November 2003.

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.

Conference, "Understanding Poverty and Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa," CSAE, Oxford University, presenter, "Is human capital useless for African growth?" (written jointly with P. Guillaumont, S.Guillaumont, J.-L. Combes, P. Motel-Combes); co-author of "Truthtelling, countervailing incentives and reputation: Evidence from rural micro-credit markets in Senegal" (presented by Issa Faye), and "Foreign aid, rent-seeking behaviour and civil war" (presented by Lisa Chauvet), Oxford, UK, March 2002.

Conference, European Media Seminar on Food Security and Hunger, Swedish Royal Academy, invited speaker, presenter, "Undernourishment and Economic Growth. The Efficiency Cost of Hunger," Stockholm, Sweden, October 2001.

Seminar, CERDI development workshop, "Déforestation et Taux de Change Réel," (with P. Guillaumont et S. Guillaumont), October 2001.

Symposium, AUPELF-UREF, co-presenter, "Déforestation et Taux de Change Réel," (with P. Guillaumont and S. Guillaumont), Montréal, Québec, September 2001.

Seminar, DELTA-EHESS-LEA, presenter, "Contracts, Technology and Moral Hazard: the Missing Link," Paris, February 2001.

Seminar, FAO of the United Nations, presenter, "Malnutrition and Growth. The Efficiency Cost of Hunger," Rome, Italie, April 2000.

Seminar, University of Athens, presenter, "Is Adverse Selection Relevant? Spence-Mirlees Meets the Tunisian Peasant," Athens, Greece, April 2000.

Seminar, FAO of the United Nations, presenter, "Is Adverse Selection Relevant? Spence-Mirlees Meets the Tunisian Peasant," Rome, Italy, September 1999.

Conference, Econometric Society, "Is Adverse Selection Relevant? Spence-Mirlees Meets the Tunisian Peasant," (paper presented by Mbolatiana Rambonilaza, co-author), Santiago de Compostela, Spain, August 1999.

Symposium, AUPEL-UREF, presenter of "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)"; Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, January 1999.

Seminar, Département d’économie agro-alimentaire, Université Laval, presenter, "Class Position and Economic Behavior in a Tunisian Village: Selective Separability in a multi-factor household model," Sainte Foy, Québec, April 1998.

Conference, American Economics Association - Middle East Economics Association, presenter, "Class Position and Economic Behavior in a Tunisian Village: Selective Separability in a multi-factor household model," and presenter: "Moral Hazard and Marshallian Efficiency: Evidence from Tunisia," New Orleans, Louisiana, January 1997.

Visiting Professor, Centre d’étude et de recherche sur le développement international (CERDI), Université d’Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand: "Household Models and Separability," Clermont-Ferrand, France, December 1996.

Seminar, University of Toronto, presenter, "Class Position and Economic Behavior in a Tunisian Village: Selective Separability in a multi-factor household model," Toronto, Ontario, November 1996.

Visiting Professor, Centre d’étude et de recherche sur le développement international (CERDI), Université d’Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, 4 lectures on the microeconomics of development, Clermont-Ferrand, France, May 1996.

Congress, Société canadienne de sciences économiques, presenter: "Do Tunisian Peasants Maximize Profits?"; session chair: "Economics of Development," Saint Sauveur, Québec, May 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

Seminar, CERDI, Université d’Auvergne, presenter: "Moral Hazard and Marshallian Efficiency: Evidence from Tunisia," Clermont-Ferrand, France, January 1996.

Seminar, department of economics, Simon Fraser University, presenter: "Moral Hazard and Marshallian Efficiency: Evidence from Tunisia," Burnaby, British Columbia, January 1996.

Seminar, department of economics, University of British Columbia, presenter: "Moral Hazard and Marshallian Efficiency: Evidence from Tunisia," Vancouver, British Columbia, January 1996.

Congress, XIth World Congress of the International Economic Association, presenter: "Moral Hazard and Marshallian Efficiency: Evidence from Tunisia," Tunis, Tunisia, December 1995.

Symposium, PARADI Symposium on the economics of development, presenter: "Moral Hazard and Marshallian Efficiency: Evidence from Tunisia," Montréal, Québec, November 1995.

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.

Seminar, department of economics, Université de Montréal, presenter: "Testing for Marshallian Inefficiency in Agricultural Tenancy Contracts: Evidence from Tunisia," (labor economics workshop), Montréal, Québec, April 1995.

Seminar, Mohammed V University (Rabat), presenter: "The Empirics of Economic Growth in a Cross Section of Countries: Do Errors in Variables Really Not Matter?," Rabat, Morocco, January 1995.

Seminar, University of Casablanca, presenter: "The Empirics of Economic Growth in a Cross Section of Countries: Do Errors in Variables Really Not Matter?," Casablanca, Morocco, January 1995.

Symposium, AUPELF-UREF, Réseau analyse économique et développement, deuxièmes journées scientifiques, comportements micro-économiques et réformes macro-économiques dans les pays en voie de développement (microeconomic behavior and macroeconomic reforms in LDCs), presenter: "Dotations en Facteurs, Relations Contractuelles, et Croissance" (Factor endoements, contractual relationships, and growth), Rabat, Morocco, January 1995.

Seminar, Institut d’Economie Quantitative (I.E.Q.) (Tunisian Institute for Quantitative Economics), presenter: "The Empirics of Economic Growth in a Cross Section of Countries: Do Errors in Variables Really Not Matter?," Tunis, Tunisia, December 1994.

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.

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.

Seminar, department of economics, University of Florida, presenter: "The Empirics of Economic Growth in a Cross Section of Countries: Do Errors in Variables Really Not Matter?," Gainesville, USA, October 1994.

Congress, Société canadienne de science économique, Université d’Ottawa, presenter, "Factor Endowments, Contractual Relations, and Growth"; 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.

Presentation, C.R.D.E. training program created for the Canadian International Development Agency on structural adjustment in LDCs, 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, November 1993.

Seminar, department of economics, Université de Sherbrooke, presenter: "An Analysis of the Optimal Principal-Household Contractual Relationship," Sherbrooke, Québec, November 1993.

Symposium, PARADI Symposium on the economics of development, presenter: "An Analysis of the Optimal Principal-Household Contractual Relationship," presenter: "Economic Growth in a Cross Section of Countries: Do Errors in Variables Really Not Matter ".

Presentation, C.R.D.E. training program created for the Canadian International Development Agency on structural adjustment in LDCs, Ottawa, Ontario, October 1993.

Presentation, C.R.D.E. training program created for the Canadian International Development Agency on structural adjustment in LDCs, Ottawa, Ontario, June 1993.

Presentation, C.R.D.E. training program created for the Canadian International Development Agency on structural adjustment in LDCs, Ottawa, Ontario, May 1993.

Seminar, C.R.D.E. development workshop, Université de Montréal, presenter: "Credit Constraints and Endogenous Growth: Are McKinnon-Shaw-Fry and the Neo-structuralist Both Right?," Montréal, Québec, April 1993.

Seminar, C.R.D.E. development workshop, Université de Montréal, presenter: "Female Labor Force Participation and Growth II: Empirical Evidence," Montréal, Québec, April 1993.

Seminar, C.R.D.E. development workshop, Université de Montréal, presenter: "Female Labor Force Participation and Growth I: Theory," Montréal, Québec, April 1993.

Seminar, C.R.D.E. development workshop, Université de Montréal, presenter: "An Analysis of the Optimal Principal-Household Contractual Relationship," Montréal, Québec, February 1993.

Seminar, C.R.D.E. development workshop, Université de Montréal, presenter: "Supply Response and Marketing Board Policy: The Case of Egyptian Cotton," Montréal, Québec, February 1993.

Congress, Association française de sciences économiques, presenter: "Why Does the Distribution of Land Ownership Affect Aggregate Agricultural Output: The Case of Egypt," Clermont Ferrand, France, May 1992.

Seminar, C.R.D.E. development workshop, Université de Montréal, presenter: "Growth and Social Custom," Montréal, Québec, March 1992.

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.

Seminar, Microeconomics workshop, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), presenter: "Why Does the Distribution of Land Ownership Affect Aggregate Agricultural Output: The Case of Egypt," Montréal, Québec, April 1992.

10. International development activities

Summary

Over the past ten years, my main activities involving international development have been centered on North and Sub-Saharan Africa, more specifically Tunisia, Morocco, Sénégal, and Cameroon. Previous work involved Lebanon (where I lived for 4 years) and Egypt (where I lived for 1 year and which I devoted 1/3 of my Ph. D. dissertation to).  An important project involved an impact evaluation of a World Bank-funded program to assist producer organizations (such as agricultural cooperatives) in Burkina Faso and Sénégal (this project funded a thesis at CERDI, as well as one in Burkina, and another in Senegal). Another project involved another impact evaluation, this time of the National Rural Infrastructure Program in Senegal. Both of these projects, as well as another impact evaluation, this time in Angola, involve substantial capacity-building activities.  Most of these projects have involved the setting up of field surveys in LDCs; a two-year project involved cooperation in the area of health economics with the leading public health research institute in Bahia state, in northeastern Brazil.  Current projects, taking place in the Cameroon, Senegal, Haiti and Angola, involve significant teaching and capacity-building activities, with the last three countries being included in a major funding proposal for an EDULINK grant (half a million euros over 3 years) with the European Union.

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·                     Université Gaston Berger, Saint Louis, Senegal: numerous research seminars since 2002, DEA course on risk and uncertainty (2005 and 2006), supervision of master’s students theses.

·                     Instituto de Saúde Coletiva, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil: participation in the creation of the first Brazilian master’s program in health economics at the Universidade Federal de Bahia (UFBA); setting up of a project comparing the efficiency in the provision of health services of hospital with public versus privatized management; analysis of the "municipalization" of the Brazilian healthcare system. 1997-1999.

·                     Institut Catholique de Yaoundé, Cameroon: participation in the setting up of the survey on "microeconomic aspects of migration to Yaoundé". Funding for the project provided by the Canadian International Development Agency; 1996-1997

·                     El Oulja, Republic of Tunisia: I have been working on a detailed study of this Tunisian village in the governorate of Beja since 1993. Work has involved two extremely detailed surveys (in 1993 and 1995) at the plot and household level centered on the link between agricultural tenancy contracts and production efficiency. Funding provided by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA); 1993-1996.

·                     Direction de la planification des ressources humaines (DPRH) (Directorate for human ressources planning), Ministry of Economics, of Finance and of Planning, Republic of Senegal: I set up a survey instruments designed to assess the performance of informal sector firms/households in the Dakar-Pikine area. Funding for the project provided by the World Bank and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA); 1995-1996.

·                     Institut d’Economie Quantitative (IEQ) (Institute for Quantitative Economics), Republic of Tunisia: I participated in the creation of the "schéma global de développement à horizon 2010" (global development scenario until 2010), in the context of the elaboration of the ninth economic plan. I have also worked on two other projects for the IEQ on: (i) the international competitiveness of Tunisian firms and (ii) the reform of the civil service; 1995-1996.

11. Teaching

Courses: CERDI-CNRS, Université d’Auvergne

·                     1999-2006.  Microeconomic theory sequence, first year of the "magistère" program in Development Economics.  Macroeconomic theory sequence (second part, jointly with Pascal Motel Combes), first year of the "magistère" program.  Agrarian institutions and household models, third year of the "magistère" program (jointly with Elisabeth Sadoulet, Alain deJanvry, Pascal Motel Combes, and Marcel Fafchamps).  Industrial organization, second year of the "magistère" program.

·                     1998-1999.  Microeconomic theory sequence, first year of the "magistère" program.  Macroeconomic theory sequence, first year of the "magistère" program.  Agrarian institutions and household models, third year of the "magistère" program (jointly with Elisabeth Sadoulet, Alain deJanvry and Pascal Motel Combes).  Industrial organization, second year of the "magistère" program.

·                     1997-1998. Microeconomic theory sequence, first year of the "magistère" program (jointly with Michel Bergougnoux).  Macroeconomic theory sequence, first year of the "magistère" program.  Agrarian institutions and household models, third year of the "magistère" program (jointly with Elisabeth Sadoulet, Alain deJanvry and Pascal Motel Combes).

Courses: Université de Montréal

·                     1996-1997.  ECN 1110, Microeconomics: introduction, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics, level: B. Sc., 3 credits, 120 students.  ECN 3400, Development Economics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics, level: B. Sc., 4 credits, 40 students.  ECN 6423, Development Economics A, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics, level: M. Sc. and Ph. D., 3 credits, 10 students.  Master’s thesis workshop.

·                     1995-1996.  ECN 3400, Development Economics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics, level: B. Sc., 4 credits, 43 students.  ECN 6428B, Development Economics B, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics, level: M. Sc. and Ph. D., 3 credits, 9 students.  ECN 7428A, Special Topics in Development Economics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics, level: Ph. D., 3 credits, 2 students.

·                     1994-1995.  ECN 3400, Development Economics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics, level: B. Sc., 4 credits, 40 students.  ECN 6428B, Development Economics B, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics, level: M. Sc. and Ph. D., 3 credits, 9 students.  ECN 7428A, Special Topics in Development Economics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics, level: Ph. D., 3 credits, 4 students.

·                     1993-1994.  ECN 1966, Economies of the Arab World, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics, level: B. Sc., 3 credits, 54 students.  ECN 3400, Development Economics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics, level: B. Sc., 4 credits, 43 students.  ECN 6428B, Development Economics B, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics, level: M. Sc. and Ph. D., 3 credits, 13 students.

·                     1992-1993.  ECN 1966, Economies of the Arab World, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics, level: B. Sc., 3 credits, 70 students.  ECN 6453, Special Topics in Development Economics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics, level: M. Sc. and Ph. D., 3 credits, 9 students.

·                     1991-1992.  ECN 1966, Economies of the Arab World, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics, level: B. Sc., 3 credits, 61 students.  ECN 6453, Special Topics in Development Economics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics, level: M. Sc. and Ph. D., 3 credits, 11 students.

12. Supervision of M. Sc. and Ph. D. students

Summary

Three Ph. D. theses were completed under my supervision between 1994 and 1998 at the Université de Montréal, as well as 9 M. Sc. theses. I am currently supervising 20 doctoral theses at the CERDI-CNRS, Université d’Auvergne, where 7 doctoral theses have been completed under my supervision between 2001 and 2006.  All theses that I have supervised or am supervising are in the area of Development Economics, with a particular emphasis on empirical applications to North and Sub-Saharan Africa.

CERDI-CNRS, Université d’Auvergne (doctoral theses)

In progress

1.                    Aubery, Frédéric, "Evaluation d’impact du FAS III Angola." Since 2006.

2.                    Buisson, Marie-Charlotte, "Etude d’impact du Fundo de Apoio Social en Angola." Since 2006.

3.                    Djimeu, Eric, "Estimation de l’effet du Fundo de Apoio Social en Angola par appariement de scores de propention." Since 2006.

4.                    Carpio, Susana, "Capital humain et revenus. Une approche en variables instrumentales à partir de données en pseudo-panel".  Since 2005.

5.                    Cassilde, Stéphanie, "La discrimination au Brésil. Intériorisation de la discrimination, construction de l’identité, modélisation en géométrie riemanienne".  Since 2005.

6.                    Niang, Bara, "Education, santé et bien-être des ménages".  Since 2005.

7.                    Rodella, Aude Sophie, "Economie des conflits fonciers en Afrique Sub-Saharienne : Coûts, oppportunités dynamiques des situations de conflits et prévention des crises".  Since 2005.

8.                    Urrutia, Xavier, "Inégalité, frustration relative et violence. Etude comparative des modèles culturels chinois et brésiliens".  Since 2005.

9.                    Mbaye, Samba, "Analyse d’impact du Programme National d’Infrastructures rurales au Sénégal."  Since 2005.

10.                 Labar, Kelly, "Analyse multidimensionnelle de la pauvreté en Chine" (co-directed with Sylviane Guillaumont).  Since 2004.

11.                 Sani, Rayana, "Les impacts socioéconomiques des programmes de micro crédit en Afrique Subsaharienne tenant compte des aspects genre".  Since 2004.

12.                 Giselynck, Paul, "Economie de la santé : le cas du Brésil".  Since 2003.

13.                 Bassolle, Léandre, "Décentralisation administrative, infrastructures rurales et résultats anthropométriques des enfants : le Programme National d’Infrastructures rurales au Sénégal".  Since 2003.

14.                 Deme, Thierno Alioune, "Infrastructures rurales et bien être des ménages au Sénégal".  Since 2003.

15.                 Adjiwanou, Visseho, "Les facteurs explicatifs des acquisitions scolaires des élèves en Afrique au Sud du Sahara".  Since 2003.

16.                 Tranchant, Jean-Pierre, "Conflits civils et développement".  Since 2002.

17.                 Mededji, Damien, "Modèles de ménages, pauvreté et équité : analyses théoriques et quantification empirique".  Since 2002.

18.                 Dia, Andalla, "L’impact de l’éducation sur la productivité des agriculteurs ruraux au Sénégal".  Since 2002.

19.                 Diallo, Thierno Boye, "Allocation intra-ménage et offre agricole - Cas des pays en développement".  Since 2002.

20.                 El Costa, Dony, "Modèle macro-économique pour le Liban".  Since 2000.

Completed

1.                    Diallo, Oumar, "Trois essais sur la croissance, la pauvreté et les propriétés cycliques de la politique budgétaire," (co-directed with Jean-Louis Combes), October 2006.

2.                    Bernard, Tanguy, "Genèse et dynamique des organisations paysannes au Sénégal," (co-directed with Elisabeth Sadoulet), May 2005.

3.                    dHombres, Béatrice, "Essais sur les disparités de revenu, l’éducation et la discrimination raciale : analyses macroéconomique et microéconomique," December 2004.

4.                    Beko, Aurélien, "Aléa moral, production agricole et profits: analyse théorique et quantification empirique," September 2004.

5.                    Faye, Issa, "La micro-finance et le développement en Afrique sub-saharienne: le cas du Sénégal," September 2004.

6.                    Borodak, Daniela, "La réforme du secteur agricole dans les pays en transition : résultats empiriques pour la Moldavie," September 2003.

7.                    Rambonilaza, Mbolatiana, "Contrat et technologie, le lien manquant," January 2001.

 Université de Montréal (Ph. D. theses)

1.                    Rabemananjara, Julie, "Emerging financial markets and growth," October 1998.

2.                    Tritten, Christian, "Bargaining and sharecropping in the presence of missing markets: theory and empirical implications," June 1998.

3.                    Boulila, Ghazi, "Essays on the theory of growth: trading blocks, migration and contractual relations," June 1994.

Université de Montréal (M. Sc. theses)

1.                    Lakhdari, Mehdi, "Risque moral versus coûts de transaction: les contrats agricoles à El Oulja," May 1998.

2.                    Godin, Jean-François, "Risque moral, collusion, et contrats multi-agents à El Oulja," June 1997.

3.                    Bouakez, Hafedh, "Estimation de fonctions de profits avec contrats de partage de coût: une étude en panel," May 1997.

4.                    Miniane, Jacques, "Y a-t-il un lien entre la richesse des agents, les décisions de production, et les termes du contrat en métayage?," April 1997.

5.                    Tetrault, Marc, "Estimation de fonctions de production agricoles: estimation en panel avec effets fixes spécifiques aux ménages," January 1997.

6.                    Raymond, Mélanie, "La demande de monnaie dans les PVD: une estimation qui prend compte des erreurs de mesure" (co-directed with Marcel Dagenais), April 1996.

7.                    Afifi, Ouafa, "Capital humain, éducation, crédit et croissance," September 1995.

8.                    Budding, Renée, "Une application d’un modèle de négociation à un modèle de production agricole familiale," February 1995.

9.                    Ethier, François, "Participation féminine et croissance," January 1993.

 

 

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