Curriculum Vitae of Jean-Philippe PLATTEAU
Contact
information
Office:
Department of economics, Faculté des sciences économiques, sociales et de
gestion, Rempart de la Vierge 8 B-5000 Namur, Belgium
Office
phone : 32-81-724860
Office
Fax : 32-81-724840
Email :
jean-philippe.platteau@fundp.ac.be
Private
address : Rue de la fontaine Colin 4 B-5100 Naninne Belgium
Personals
Place and date of birth: Tournai, August 22, 1947.
Married to Nicole Moguilevsky
Three children: Stefan, Corentin, and Alexis.
Professional
positions
Diplomas:
BA in
economics, University
of Namur, 1966 ;
Master in
economics, University
of Namur, 1969 ;
Military
obligations, 1970-1971 ;
PhD in
economics, University
of Namur, 1977. For the period of my PhD, I benefited from a grant
provided by the National Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS), Belgium (during
the first year, with the status of Stagiaire, then, during the five succeeding
years, with that of Aspirant).
Academic career
I was appointed associate professor at the Faculty of
economics and social sciences, department of economics, upon completion of my
PhD and became an active professor upon my return from a research stay in India
(end of 1979-beginning of 1981). Since
then, I have exercised my professional activities in the same institution,
gradually moving from the associate professor position to that of full
professor (1983), and that of a full ordinary professor (1990).
Teaching responsibilities
At the BA level, I have taught the main
course of Microeconomics during about
ten years, I have taught a course on Introduction
to development economics, and given a seminar on the Economics of Famines to this date.
At the MA level, my teaching duties concern
or have concerned the following courses:
Development policies (Employment and
Technological Choice),
Institutional economics (Contracts and property rights),
Foundations of capitalism.
At the PhD level, I am teaching an advanced
course on Microeconomics applied to
development.
Research interests
Most of
my work has been concerned with the understanding of the role of institutions
in economic development, and the processes of institutional change, especially
under the joint impact of population growth and market penetration. The influence of non economic factors and
various frontier issues at the interface between economics and sociology, are a
central focus of my research projects, hence my continuous interest in other
social sciences than economics and my continuous emphasis on the potential
contributions of sociology to the field of economics in general, and economic
development in particular. As a matter
of application, my attention has mostly centered on agrarian institutions in
developing countries, implying that many of my contributions have a detailed
empirical basis, always grounded in original first-hand data collected on the
field of several poor economies in Asia and
SubSaharan Africa. The most important themes in my research are the following:
the determinants of village-level collective action, and the impact of wealth
inequality on its level and efficiency (with special reference to the
production of local public goods and the management of local natural
resources); common property resource management in village societies; informal
risk-sharing mechanisms; rules, including inheritance customs, governing access
to land and other natural resources, and their transformation under the
influence of increasing land pressure; the development and functioning of land
markets under the same influence; choice of contracts in artisanal fisheries;
systems of marriage payments and their evolution in Africa; the role of social
and moral norms in economic development; effectiveness of aid; aid, governance
and ‘elite capture’.
Academic responsibilities
I have
exercised the directorship of the department of economics at the university of Namur during ten years (1990-2000).
I have
been the representative of the Faculty of economics and business management at
the Research Council of the university
of Namur (1998-2002).
I have
been member of the Governing Body of the University Foundation for
International Development Cooperation (FUCID) during 1995-2000.
I am
currently a member of the Mandate Commission of the National Fund for
Scientific Research (FNRS) for the field of Economics and business management.
I am
currently the President of the Commission of the National Fund for Scientific
Research (FNRS) for PhD Schools in Economics and business management.
Since
its creation in 1994, I am the director of the Centre for Research in the
Economics of Development (CRED) at the university of Namur.
Fellowships
and editorial responsibilities
I
have been a member of the network “The Moral and Social Dimensions of Microeconomic
Behavior in Low-Income Communities” supported by the Pew Trust Fund.
I
am the president of the European Development Network (EUDN) which works as a
European association of development economists, and whose secretariate is
currently at Namur.
I am member of the Board of the
Global Development Network (GDN), of which EUDN is a member network, and whose
secretariate is located in Delhi.
Besides being associate editor of
several development journals (Journal of Development Studies, World Development
(till 2000), Development and Change, and Oxford Development Studies), I am
active as referee for the following journals: American Economic Review, Journal
of Political Economy, Economic Journal, Journal of Development Economics,
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Journal of Public Economics, Journal
of African Economies, World Development, World Bank Economic Review, Journal of
Development Studies, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Economic
Development and Cultural Change, Land Economics, Environment and Development
Economics, Development and Change.
Awards
Dudley Seers Prize, for the best paper of the
year in the Journal of Development Studies (1996).
Franqui Chair at the
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (1999-2000);
Featuring in the “Who is Who in Economics” (being one
of the 1,000 most cited economists in the world).
Publications
Books
2010, Culture and Development: New Insights Into an Old Debate,
Routledge, London (Co-edited with Robert Peccoud).
2000, Institutions, Social Norms and Economic Development, Harwood
Academic Publishers.
2001, (with A. de Janvry, E. Sadoulet, and G. Gordillo, editors), Access to Land, Rural Poverty, and Public
Action, Oxford :
Clarendon Press.
(with J.M. Baland) 1996, Halting Degradation of Natural Resources: Is
There a Role for Rural Communities?, Clarendon Press, Oxford (printed in paperback form in 2000)
1992, Land Reform and Structural Adjustment in
SubSaharan Africa: Controversies and Guidelines, FAO, Rome.
(with J. Murickan and E. Delbar)
1985, Technology, Credit and Indebtedness
in Marine Fishing - A Case Study of Three Fishing Villages in South Kerala, Hindustan
Publishing Co., Delhi.
1978, Les
économistes classiques et le sous-développement, Presses Universitaires de France,
Paris, 2 Vols.
(with J.-A. Morales), 1977, Le développement des pays pauvres - Quelques aspects d'un problème
actuel, Presses Universitaires de Namur.
Articles and book chapters (refereed)
2011,
“Political Instrumentalization of Islam and the Risk of Obscurantist Deadlock”,
World Development (forthcoming).
(with P.
Sekeris) 2010, “On the Feasibility of Power and Status Ranking in Traditional
Setups”, Journal of Comparative Economics,
(forthcoming).
(with F.
Gaspart) 2010, “Strategic Behaviour and Marriage Payments -Theory and Evidence
from Senegal”, Economic Development and
Cultural Change (October, forthcoming).
(with T.
Goetghebuer) 2010, “Inheritance Patterns in Migration-Prone Communities of the
Peruvian Highlands”, Journal of
Development Economics, Vol. 93, N° 1, pp. 71-87.
2010,
“Culture and Development: An Overview”.
In: Platteau, J.P., and R. Peccoud (Eds.). Culture
and Development: New Insights Into an Old Debate, Chap. 1. Routledge,
London.
(with R.
Peccoud) 2010, “Revisiting the Role of Culture”.
In: Platteau, J.P., and R. Peccoud (Eds.). Culture
and Development: New Insights Into an Old Debate, Chap. 11. Routledge,
London.
2009,
“Political Instrumentalization of Religion: The Case of Islam”, Nordic Journal of Political Economy,
Vol. 35, forthcoming.
(with F.
Gaspart) 2009, “Strategic Behaviour and Marriage Payments –Theory and Evidence
from Senegal »,
Economic Development and Cultural Change,
forthcoming.
(with T.
Goetghebuer) 2009, “Inheritance Patterns in Migration-Prone Communities of the
Peruvian Highlands”, Journal of
Development Economics, forthcoming.
2009,
“Institutional Obstacles to African Economic Development: State, Ethnicity, and
Custom”, Journal of Economic Behavior and
Organization, Vol. 71, Issue 3, pp. 669-689.
2009,
“Information Distortion, Elite Capture, and Task Complexity in Decentralised
Development”, in: Ahmed, E., and G. Brosio (Eds), “Does Decentralisation
Enhance Service Delivery and Poverty Reduction?”, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK,
and Nothampton, USA, pp. 23-72.
2008,
‘Pitfalls of Participatory Development”, in United Nations, Participatory Governance and the Millenium
Development Goals (MDGs), Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United
Nations, New York,
pp. 127-159.
2008, “Land Inheritance
Patterns”, in Oxford Encyclopedia
of Economic History, Oxford
University Press.
2008, “Common Property
Resources”, in: Durlauf, S.N., and L. E. Blume (eds.), The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, Palgrave Macmillan (2nd
edition).
“Efficient Property Rights: The Contribution
of Transaction Cost Economics, in Dutt, A.K., and J. Ros (eds), International Handbook of Development
Economics, London:
Edward Elgar, forthcoming.
2008, “Religion,
Politics, and Development: Lessons from the Lands of Islam”, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization,
Vol. 68, Issue 2, pp. 329-351.
2008, “The Causes of
Institutional Inefficiency: A Development Perspective”, in Brousseau, E., and
Glachant (eds.), New Institutional Economics. A Textbook, Cambridge University
Press, Cambridge,
pp. 437-456.
(with J.M. Baland)
2008, “Institutions, Property Rights and Development”, in A.K. Dutt and J. Ros
(Eds), International Handbook of
Development Economics, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, and Northampton, USA,
pp. 394-406.
2008, “Managing the Commons:
The Role of Social Norms and Beliefs”, in Bardhan, P., and I.
Ray, The Contested Commons: Conversations
Between Economists and Anthropologists, Oxford: Blackwell, pp. 25-45.
(with F. Gaspart), 2007, “The Perverse Effects
of High Brideprices”, World Development, Vol.
35, N° 7, pp. 1221-1236.
(with J.M. Baland, F. Gaspart,
and F. Place),
2007, “The Distributive Impact of Land Markets in Uganda”, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Vol. 55, N° 2, pp.
283-311.
(with E.
Seki), 2007, “Heterogeneity, Social Esteem and the Feasibility of Collective
Action”, Journal of Development Economics,
Vol. 83, N° 2, pp. 302-325.
2007, “Développement participative et precipitation:
une association contre-productive?”, Revue
de L’Institut de Sociologie, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Vol. 1, N° 4,
pp. 17-30.
2006, “Solidarity Norms and Institutions in Agrarian
Societies : Static and Dynamic Considerations”, in S. Kolm, J.
Mercier-Ythier, and G. Varet (eds.), Handbook on Gift-Giving, Reciprocity
and Altruism, Amsterdam: North-Holland and Elsevier, pp. 819-886.
(with
J.M. Baland), 2007, “Collective Action and the Commons: The Role of
Inequality”, in J.M. Baland, P. Bardhan and S. Bowles (eds), Inequality,
Cooperation and Environmental Sustainability, Princeton & Oxford: Princeton University Press, pp. 10-35.
(with F. Gaspart), 2007,
“Heterogeneity and Collective Action for Effort Regulation: Lessons from the
Senegalese Small-Scale Fisheries”, in J.M. Baland, P. Bardhan and S. Bowles
(eds) Inequality, Cooperation and Environmental Sustainability, Princeton
University Press, pp. 159-204.
(with T. Goetghebuer), 2005,
“Community Ties and Land Inheritance in the Context of Rising Outside
Opportunities: Evidence from the Peruvian Highlands”, in Barrett, C. (ed), The
Social Economics of Poverty: Identities, Groups, Communities and Networks, London & New York: Routledge, pp. 361-401.
2004, “The Gradual Erosion of the
Social Security Function of Customary Land Tenure Arrangements: The Case of
Tribal Societies in SubSaharan Africa”, in S.
Dercon (ed.), Insurance Against Poverty, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 247-278.
(with T. Strzalecki),
2004, “Collective Action, Heterogeneous Loyalties, and Path Dependence:
Micro-Evidence from Senegal”,
Journal of African Economies, Vol. 13, N°3 pp. 417-445.
2004, “Monitoring Elite Capture
in Community-Driven Development”, Development and Change, Vol. 35, N° 2,
pp. 223-246.
2004, “Decentralized Development
as a Strategy to Reduce Poverty”?, in: Agence Française de Développement,
“Poverty, Inequality and Growth”, Proceedings of the AFD-EUDN Conference,
2003, Paris,
pp. 253-330.
(with J.M. Baland), 2004, “Droits de propriété et gestion efficace des
ressources naturelles”, in Poullet, Y., P. Wéry, and P. Wynants (eds.), Liber Amicorum Michel Coipel, Bruxelles :
Editions Kluwer, pp. 53-72.
2004, “Institutional and
Distributional Aspects of Sustainability in Community-Driven Development”, in
George Keith Pitman, Osvaldo N. Feinstein and Gregory K. Ingram (editors),
"Evaluating Development Effectiveness: Challenges and the Way
Forward", New Brunswick
& London,
Transaction Publishers (forthcoming).
2004, “Community-Based
Development in the Context of Within Group Heterogeneity”, in: Bourguignon, F.
and B. Pleskovic (eds), Proceedings of the Annual World Bank Conference on
Development Economics 2004, Washington
DC: The World Bank, pp. 241-270.
2003, “Order, the Rule of Law and
Moral Norms”, in Toye, J. (ed.), Trade and Development: Directions for the
Twenty-first Century, Cheltenham, UK &
Northampton, MA,
USA: Edward
Elgar, pp. 218-267.
(with A. Abraham), 2004, “Participatory
Development: Where Culture Creeps In”, in V. Rao, and M. Walton (eds), Culture
and Public Action, Stanford-California: Stanford University Press, pp.
210-233.
(with F. Gaspart), 2003 “The Risk
of Resource Misappropriation in Community-Based Development Projects”, World
Development, Vol. 31, N° 10, pp. 1687-1703.
(with J.M. Baland), 2003, “Economics
of Common Property Management Regimes”, in Mähler, G., and J. Vincent (eds), Handbook of Environmental Economics, Amsterdam;
North-Holland, Chap. 4, pp. 127-90.
(with A.S. Brasselle and F. Gaspart), 2002,
“Land Tenure Security and Investment Incentives: Puzzling Evidence from Burkina Faso”, Journal
of Development Economics, Vol. 67, pp. 373-418.
(with A. Abraham), 2002,
“Participatory Development in the Presence of Endogenous Community
Imperfections”, Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 39, N° 2, pp.
104-136.
(with F. Gaspart), 2002, “Collective Action
for Local-Level Effort Regulation : An Assessment of Recent Experiences in
Senegalese Small-Scale Fisheries”, in F. Stewart, R. Thorp, and J. Heyer (eds),
Group Behaviour and Development, Oxford : Oxford
University Press, pp. 75-103.
(with A. Abraham),
2001, “Imperfections des communautés rurales traditionnelles et développement
participatif”, Revue d’Economie du Développement, N° 1-2, pp. 197-231.
(with A. de Janvry, G. Gordillo
and E. Sadoulet), 2001, “Access to Land
and Land Policy Reforms”, in de Janvry, A., G. Gordillo, J.P. Platteau, and E. Sadoulet
(eds.), Access to Land, Rural Poverty,
and Public Action, Oxford : Oxford University Press, pp. 1-26.
(with J.M. Baland), 2001,
“Impartible Inheritance Versus Equal Division : A Comparative Perspective
Centered on Europe and SubSaharan Africa”, in
de Janvry, A., G. Gordillo, J.P. Platteau, and E. Sadoulet (eds.), Access to Land, Rural Poverty, and Public
Action, Oxford : Oxford University Press, pp. 27-67.
(with A. Abraham and J.M.
Baland), 2000-2001, “Groupes informels de solidarité dans un bidonville du
Tiers-Monde: La cas de Kibera, Nairobi (Kenya)”, Revue Sénégalaise de
Sociologie, N° 4-5, pp. 263-294.
(with E.
Seki), 2001, “Coordination and Pooling Arrangements in Japanese
Coastal Fisheries”, in M. Aoki and Y. Hayami (eds.), Community and Market in Economic Development, Oxford : Clarendon Press, pp. 344-402.
“Does Africa Need Land
Reform ?”, 2000, in Toulmin, C., and J. Quan (eds.) Evolving land Rights, Policy and Tenure in Africa, IIED Bookshop,
London, pp. 51-73.
2000, “Allocating and Enforcing
Property Rights in Land : Informal versus Formal Mechanisms in SubSaharan Africa”, The Nordic
Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 26, Issue 1, pp. 55-81.
(with J.M. Baland), 1999, “The
Ambiguous Impact of Inequality on Local Resource Management”, World Development, Vol. 27, N° 5, pp.
773-788.
(with F.
Gaspart, M. Jabbar, and C. Mélard), 1998, “Participation in the Construction of
a Local Public Good with Indivisibilities : An Application to Watershed
Development in Ethiopia”,
Journal of African Economies, Vol. 7,
N° 2, pp. 157-184.
(with
C. André) 1998, “Land Relations Under Unbearable Stress: Rwanda Caught
in the Malthusian Trap”, Journal of
Economic Behavior and Organization,
Vol. 34, N° 1, pp. 1-47.
(with Y. Hayami)
1998, “Resource Endowments and
Agricultural Development: Africa versus Asia”, in Aoki, M., and Y. Hayami (eds), The Institutional Foundations of East Asian
Economic Development, London:
Macmillan, pp. 357-410.
(with J.M. Baland), 1998,
“Dividing the Commons −A Partial Assessment of the New Institutional Economics
of Property Rights”, American Journal of
Agricultural Economics, Vol. 80, August, pp. 644-650.
(with J.M. Baland) 1998, ,
“Wealth Inequality and Efficiency on the Commons –Part II : the
Regulated Case”, Oxford
Economic Papers, Vol. 50, N° 1, pp. 1-22.
(with J.M. Baland) 1997, “Wealth
Inequality and Efficiency on the Commons –Part I : the Unregulated
Case”, Oxford
Economic Papers, Vol. 49, N° 3, pp. 451-482.
1997, “Partage des risques dans
les sociétés agraires traditionnelles”, Risques, N° 29, janvier-mars, pp. 41-61.
(with J.M. Baland) 1997,
“Coordination Problems in Resource Conservation Programs”, Journal of Development Economics,
Vol. 50, N° 2, pp. 197-210.
1997, “Mutual
Insurance as an Elusive Concept in Traditional Rural Societies”, Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 33,
N° 6, pp. 764-96.
1997, “Comment
on ‘Rural Finance in Africa: Institutional
Developments and Access for the Poor’, by Ernest Aryeetey”, Annual World Bank Conference on Development
Economics —1996, Washington, DC:
The World Bank, pp. 174-179.
1997,
“Reforming Land Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa”, Journal für Entwicklungspolitik, Vol. XIII, N° 1, 1997, pp. 57-98.
1997, “The
Social Conditions of the Market: A Rejoinder”, Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 33, N° 5, pp. 714-717.
1996, “The
Evolutionary Theory of Land Rights As Applied to SubSaharan Africa
: A Critical Assessment”, Development and
Change, Vol. 27, N° 1, pp. 29-86.
1996, “Physical
Infrastructure as a Constraint on Agricultural Growth: The Case of Sub-saharan Africa”, Oxford Development Studies, Vol. 24, N° 3, pp.
189-219.
1995, “A
Framework for the Analysis of Evolving Patron-Client Ties”, World Development, Vol. 23, N° 4, pp.
767-786.
1995, “An Indian
Model of Aristocratic Patronage”, Oxford Economic Papers , Vol. 47, N° 4, pp.
636-662.
(with J.M.
Baland) 1995, “Should Common Property Resources be Privatized ? A Reexamination of the Tragedy of the
Commons”, in P. Terhal and J.G. De Vries (eds), Development, Transformation and State Policy, Manohar Pub, Delhi,
pp. 31-52.
1994, “Behind
the Market Stage Where Real Societies Exist –Part I: The Role of Public and
Private Order Institutions”, Journal of
Development Studies, Vol. 30, N° 3, pp. 533-577.
1994, “Behind
the Market Stage Where Real Societies Exist –Part II: The Role of Moral Norms”,
Journal of Development Studies, Vol.
30, N° 4, pp. 386-422.
1992, “Share
Contracts and Their Rationale: Lessons from Marine Fishing”, Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 28,
No. 3, 386-422.
1992,
“Small-scale Fisheries and the Evolutionist Theory of Institutional
Development”, in Tvedten, I., and B. Hersoug
(eds.), Fishing for Development -
Small-scale Fisheries in Africa, Uppsala : Scandinavian
Institute of African Studies, 91-114.
1991,
“Traditional Systems of Social Security and Hunger Insurance: Past Achievements
and Modern Challenges”, in E. Ahmad, J. Drèze, J. Hills and A.K. Sen (eds.), Social Security in Developing Countries, Clarendon
Press, Oxford, 112-170.
1991, “A
Proposal for Cooperative Relief of Debt in Africa”
(with J. Drèze, A. Kervyn and P. Reding), in Steinherr, A., and D. Weiserbs, Evolution of the International and Regional
Monetary Systems - Essays in Honour of Robert Triffin, Macmillan, London, 170-197.
1991, “The
Social Prerequisites of the Market” (Sotsialnye
Predposilki Rinka ), Eco, Novosibirsk.
1990, “The Food
Crisis in Africa: A Comparative Structural
Analysis”, in J. Drèze and A.K. Sen (eds.), The
Political Economy of Hunger, Vol. II : Famine Prevention, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 279-387. (Also reprinted in Drèze,
J., A.K. Sen, and A. Hussain (eds), The
Political Economy of Hunger - Selected Essays, 1995, Oxford : Charendon
Press, pp. 445-553.)
1989, “The
Dynamics of Fisheries Development in Industrializing Countries : A General
Overview”, in : J.-Ph. Platteau, (ed.), The
Transformation of Third World Fisheries,
Development and Change, Vol. 20, N° 4, pp. 565-597.
1989,
“Penetration of Capitalism and Persistence of Small-scale Organizational Forms
in Third World Fisheries”, in: J.-Ph.
Platteau, (ed.), The Transformation of Third World Fisheries, Development and Change, Vol.
20, N° 4, pp. 621-651.
1987, “An
Inquiry into Quasi-credit Contracts: The Role of Reciprocal Credit and
Interlinked Deals in Small-scale Fishermen Communities”, (with A. Abraham), Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 23,
N° 4, pp. 461-90.
1986, “La fonction euphémisante et
mystificatrice de l’aide”, in : X. Dijon et J. Burton, (eds.), Dis-moi qui tu aides ..., Presses
Universitaires de Namur, pp. 183-216.
1985, “The
Political Economy of John Stuart Mill or the Coexistence of Orthodoxy, Heresy
and Prophecy”, International Journal of
Social Economics, Vol. 12, N° 1, pp. 3-26; reprinted in M. Blaug (eds.), Pioneers in Economics, Vol. 16 :
Thomas-Robert Malthus and John Stuart Mill, Edward Elgar, Brookfield, 1991,
pp. 107-130. [Also translated into
Italian in P. Roggi (eds.), 1985, Gli
economisti e la politica economica, Napoli
: Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, pp. 167-99].
1985, “India as
an Engine of Green Revolution in Africa”, in : W.M. Callewaert and R. Kumar,
(eds.), E.E.C. - India : Towards a Common
Perspective, Peeters, Leuven, pp. 86-104 (also published in German in Journal für Entwicklungspolitik, Heft 3,
1985, pp. 77-96).
1984, “The Drive
towards Mechanization in Small-scale Fisheries: A Microstudy of the
Transformation Process of Traditional Village Societies”, Development and Change, Vol. 15, N° 1, pp. 65-103.
1984, “Malthus et le sous-développement ou le problème
de la cohérence d'une théorie”, Revue économique,
Vol. 35, N° 4, pp. 635-66.
(with A.
Abraham) 1984, “Credit as an Insurance Mechanism in the Backward Rural Areas of
Less Developed Countries”, Savings and
Development, Vol. 8, N° 2, pp. 115-133.
1984, “Das
Paradoxon des Staates in Wirtschaftlich Rückständingen Ländern”, Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie, Vol.
9, N° 4, pp. 63-87.
1983, “Classical Economics and
Agrarian Reforms in Overpopulated Areas: The Radical Views of the two Mills”, Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 19,
N° 4, pp. 453-60.
Recent communications
"On
the Feasibility of Power in Traditional Setups" (Conférence, University of Oslo, Norway, 2008)
"Using
the Modern Law to Change the Custom" (Séminaire, Centre for Study of
African Economies (CSAE), Department of Economics, University of Oxford,
2008)
"Using
the Modern Law to Change the Custom" (Séminaire, Swiss Federal Institute
of Technology (ETH), Zurich,
2008)
"Using
the Modern Law to Change the Custom", Presentation at the Workshop on
Institutions (Conférence, Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh, Scottish
Institute for Research in Economics (SIRE), 2008)
"On
the feasibility of power in traditional setups" (Séminaire, Gothenburg, University of Gothenburg, School of Business,
Economics and Law, Dept of economics, 2008)
"L'Islam est-il un obstacle au
développement?", Société Royale d'Economie Politique de Belgique,
Brussels. (Séminaire, Brussels, 2008)
"Politics
and Ethnicity in SubSaharan Africa",
Presentation to the International Conference on "World Inequality: A Challenge
to Globalisation", Egmont-Royal Institute for International Relations, Brussels. (Conférence, Brussels, 2008)
"Does
Religion Matter for Development? Insights from the Middle
East and Other Regions of the World", ERF (Economics Research
Forum) 14th Annual Conference on the theme "Institutions and Economic
Development". (Conférence, Cairo,
2008)
Religion,
Politics and Development: Lessons from the Lands of Islam, Presented to the
First ENER (European Network on the Economics of Religion) Workshop, Granada
(Conférence, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain, 2007)
Religion,
Politics, and Development: Lessons from the Lands of Islam (Séminaire, United Nations University (UNU), Maastricht, 2007)
"The
Custom in the Shadow of the Modern Law: An Economic Analysis of Legal
Pluralism", International Conference on "Land Tenure and Policy
Reform in Ghana"
(Conférence, Accra, Ghana, Institute of Statistical,
Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Legon,
2007)
"The
Pitfalls of Participatory Development", Presented to the Seminar on
"Effectiveness of decentralized strategies and outcomes" (Séminaire, Torino, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Centro Studi sul
Federalismo, 2007)
"An
Economic Analysis of Legal Pluralism", Presented to the ISNIE Conference
on "Comparative Institutional Analysis: Economics, Politics, and
Law". (Conférence, Reykyavik, University
of Iceland, 2007)
"Religion,
Politics, and Development: Lessons from the Lands of Islam" (Séminaire, The Hague, Institute of Social Studies (ISS), 2007)
"Religion,
Politics and Development: Lessons from Europe
and the Lands of Islam", International Labour Office, Training Centre, Torino (Conférence, Torino,
Italia, 2007)
"The
Sources of Institutional Inefficiency", Parts 1, 2, 3, and 4. (Formation, Torino, Italia, 2007)
"The Perverse Effects of Cheap Aid
Money" (Séminaire, Université Paris I Sorbonne, Département d'Economie,
2007)
"The Impact of Inequality on
Efficiency -with special reference to the management of village-level natural
resources", Cours donné dans la maîtrise en Economie du développement et
transition, Université de Paris I, Sorbonne (Formation, Université Paris I
Sorbonne , 2007)
"A Comparative Institutional Analysis
of Property Rights Regimes", Cours donné dans la Maîtrise en Economie du
Développement et Transition, Université Paris I Sorbonne (Formation, Université
Paris I Sorbonne, 2007)
"Is
Culture an Obstacle to African Economic Development?", Paper presented at
the First IERC Conference on "The Economic Performance of Civilizations-
Roles of Culture, Religion and the Law". (Conférence, Los Angeles, Ca University of Southern
California, Institute for Economic Research on
Civilizations, 2007)
"On
the Feasibility of Power and Status Ranking" (Séminaire, Paris, Delta, 2007)
"The
economic approach to the community", Department of economics (Economix),
Paris-Nanterre university. (Conférence, Paris, Université Paris-Nanterre (Paris X), 2006)
"On
the Feasibility of Power and Status Ranking in Traditional Setups",
Department of economics (Economix), Paris-Nanterre
University. (Séminaire,
Paris, Université Paris-Nanterre (Paris
X) , 2006)
"Community Property
versus Private Property: An Institutional Analysis", Department of
economics (Economix), Paris-Nanterre
University. (Séminaire, Paris, Université Paris-Nanterre
(Paris X)., 2006)
"Collective Action
and Production of Local Public Goods: Managing Natural Resources at Village
Level", Department of economics (Economix), Paris-Nanterre University.
(Séminaire, Paris, Université de
Paris-Nanterre (Paris X)., 2006)
"Are Formal and
Informal Rules Complementary or Substitutes?", International Seminar on
"Informal Institutions and Development", OECD, Paris. (Conférence, Paris, OECD., 2006)
"Is Religion an
Obstacle to Economic Development in the Middle East?",
Thorolf Rafto Memorial Symposium, "Human Rights and Economic
Development", Norwegian School
of Economics and Business
Administration, Bergen, Norway. (Conférence, Bergen, Norwegian School of Economics and
Business Administration., 2006)
"Heterogeneity,
Social Esteem and Feasibility of Collective Action", Development Economics
Annual Conference, November 22, CMI (Christian Michielsen Institute), Bergen, Norway.
(Conférence, CMI (Christian
Michielsen Institute), Bergen, Norway, 2006)
"Land Markets and Social Inequality -Contrasting Experiences from Rwanda and Uganda",
Mansholt Seminar, University of Wageningen (Séminaire, University of Wageningen, Netherlands
, 2006)
"The Determinants
of Growth in Africa: What Do We Know?",
at the Conference on "The African Economic Outlook 2006: What Drivers of
Growth for Africa?", European Community,
DG VIII, Brussels.
(Séminaire, Brussels European
Community, 2006)
Conference (Opening speech): "Religion,
Politique et Développement", at the 7èmes Journées Scientifiques du Réseau
"Analyse Economique et Développement" de l'AUF on the theme
"Institutions, développement économique et transition". (Conférence,
Paris, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), 2006)
“Agricultural
Institutions in SubSaharan Africa: The Critical Role of Technical Progress and
Infrastructure” (Colloque, University of Manchester, UK, World Poverty
Institute Task Force on Africa, 2006) (This
is the first meeting of the Task Force on Africa led by J. Stiglitz within the
framework of the Initiative for Policy Dialogue).
“Heterogeneity, Social Esteem and the Feasibility of Collective Action”
(Conférence, Paris, IAREP-SABE Conference 2006 on "Behavioural Economics
and Economic Psychology", 2006)
“The Perverse Effects of Cheap Aid Money” (Conférence, Helsinki, WIDER Conference on "Aid:
Principles, Policies and Performance", 2006)
“Does Religion Matter for Development?” (Conférence, Torino,
International Labour Office (Training campus), 2006)
“Heterogeneity, Social Esteem and the Feasibility of Collective Action”
(Conférence, London,
Brunel university, 2006)
“The Perverse Effect of
Cheap Aid Money” (Conférence, CSAE Conference on "Reducing Poverty and
Inequality: How can Africa be Included?" Oxford Univ. , 2006)
“The Perverse Effects of Cheap Aid Money” (Séminaire, Department of
Economics, University
of Nottingham, 2005)
“A Leader-Disciplining Mechanism in Decentralized
Development Aid Programmes” (Conférence,
Department of Economics, Université Catholique de Louvain-La-Neuve, 2005)
“Politics
and Religion in the Land
of Islam” (Conférence, Berlin
, 2005). International Policy Workshop: "Development and the Next
Generation", in preparation on the World Development Report 2007.
“Governance
in Decentralized Development Aid Programs” (Conférence, WIDER (World Institute
for Development Economics Research), Helsinki,
2005) WIDER Jubilee Conference:
"Thinking Ahead: The Future of Development Economics".
“Heterogeneity,
Social Esteem and Income Pooling: Theory and Evidence from Japanese Fishing
Groups” (Séminaire, CERDI, Université de Clermont-Ferrand, 2005) Journée de l'AFSE (Association Française de
Science Economique).
Participation
in the roundtable: "Recent Lessons from Economics for the Definition of
Cooperation Policies in Developing Countries. (Conférence,
CERDI, Université de Clermont-Ferrand, 2005). Journées de l'AFSE (Association Française de Science Economique).
“Conditional Inheritance : Evidence from the Peruvian Highlands” (Séminaire,
Free University of Amsterdam,
2005)
“Heterogeneity,
Social Esteem and Income Pooling: Theory and Evidence from Japanese Fishing
Group” (Conférence, Rockefeller Foundation Conference Centre, Bellagio, Italy,
2005). Conference on "the Social
Dynamics and the Microeconomics of Poverty.
“The Role of Trust in Market Development” (Séminaire,
International Labour Office and Torino
University, Italy,
2005)
“Disciplining Local Leaders in Community-Based Development Programmes” (Conférence,
University of Ghent, 2004)
"Testing the
Presence of Social Norms in Development Studies", Keynote Panel on the
"Economic Sociology of Development", 75 Years of Development
Research. (Conférence, Cornell
University, 2004)
"Disciplining Local Leaders in Community-Based Development
Programmes", 75 Years of Development Researchh (Conférence, Cornell University, 2004)
“Community-Based
Development is Not a Panacea: Some Lessons from NGO Experiences” (Conférence, Washington
DC, 2004). World Bank Conference on
Politics and Service Delivery: When Do Governments Fail Voters?
“Collective
Action Heterogeneous Loyalties, and Path Dependence: Micro-Evidence from Senegal”
(Conférence, University
of Oxford, 2004). Conference on "Growth, Poverty
Reduction, and Human Development in Africa",
Centre for Study of African Economies.
“Community Ties and Land inheritance in the Context of Rising Outside
Opportunities: Evidence from the Peruvian Highlands” (Séminaire, Tinbergen
Institute, Free University of Amsterdam, 2004)
“An
Introduction to the Economic Analysis of Institutions” (United Nations, and the
University of Torino, Itraly, 2004). A Series of Four Lectures, Training
Programme jointly organized by the International Training Centre of the ILO.
"Disciplining Local Leaders in Community-Based Development",
Joint Development Economics Seminar. (Séminaire, UCL (University College
London) and LSE
(London School of Economics), London, 2004)
“Effect of Aid on Inequality”
(Conférence, Agence Française de Développement and EUDN, Paris, France, 2003)
“Elite
Capture in Decentralized Development Programmes”, Conference on "Poverty, Inequality and
Growth", Paris,
2003, EUDN (European Development Network) Scientific Meeting.
“Property Regimes and Efficiency in the
Management of Natural Resources” (Séminaire, Institut du Développement Durable
et des Relations Internationales, Paris, France, 2003)
“Rushing to Help
the Poor Through Participation May Be Self-Defeating”,
Development Policy Forum. (Séminaire,
Berlin, 2003). World Bank
Workshop on the Theme "Service Delivery to the Poor”.
“Institutional
and Distributional Aspects of Sustainability in Community-Driven Development”
(Conférence, The World Bank, Washington
DC, 2003). Fifth OED Conference on Evaluation and
Development - "Evaluating Development Effectiveness: Challanges and the
Way Forward".
“Land
and Conflict: the case of Rwanda”
(OECD, Paris, France, 2003). OECD-USAID informal
expert seminar on "Land, Conflict, and Development: What Role for
Donor"?
“Participation,
Inclusion, and Results” (Conférence, Bangalore,
2003). Fiftheenh Annual World Bank
Conference on Development Economics.
“Inequality
and Efficiency of Collective Action” (Conférence, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, 2003). Keynote
address at the VIIIrh Spring Meeting of Young Economists.
“Property
Rights and Environmental Conservation” (Conférence, ISPRA, Milano, 2003). Meeting
of Expert Group on Desertification European Commission.
“Inequality
and Efficiency in the Commons” (Trieste,
2003). First School
on Ecological Economics, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical
Physics.
“Market Order and Economic Development” (Séminaire, Ibidem, 2003)
“Property
Regimes and Efficiency in the Management of Natural Resources” (Séminaire, University of Montpellier, 2003). Ecole Nationale Supérieure
Agronomique, Département des sciences économiques, sociales et de gestion.
“Participatory
Development: Where Culture Creeps In” (World Bank, Washington DC,
2002). Conference on "Culture and
Development".
“Strategic Behaviour and Mariage Payments: Theory and Evidence from Senegal. (Séminaire,
Delta, Paris (France), 2002)
“Solidarity
Norms and Institutions in Village Societies: Static and Dynamic Considerations”
(University of Marseilles, 2002). Conference on "Altruism and
Gift-Giving".
“Taking
Africa Seriously: the Problem of State
Formation in SubSaharan African Countries” (Conférence, Oxford University,
2002). Bi-Annual Conference on Africa, Centre for the Study of African Economies.
“Heterogeneous
Loyalties and Collective Action : Micro-Evidence from Senegal” (Santa
Fe Institute, New Mexico,
2001). Conference on "Inequality,
Cooperation and Environmental Sustainability".
“Inequality
and Efficiency in the Commons” (Conférence, Montréal, 2001). Cinquièmes Journées scientifiques du Réseau Analyse économique et
développement de l'Aupelf-Uref.
« The
Impact of Inequality on Collective Action in the Commons” (Imperial College
of Science, Technology and Medicine, Wye, 2001). 74th International Seminar on “Livelihoods and Rural Poverty:
Technology, Policy and Institutions”.
“The Determinants of Collective Action in Common Property Management” (Séminaire,
Lund University, 2001)
“Heterogeneous
Loyalties and Collective Action : Micro-Evidence from Senegal” (Conférence,
Free University of Amsterdam,
2001). International Conference
“People and the Sea: Maritime Research in the Social Sciences”.
“Property
Rights and Trust as Critical Factors of Development”, August 2001; (FASID, Tokyo, Japan,
2001). A Series of Eight Lectures, PhD
School on Economic
Development, Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development
“The
Gradual Erosion of the Social Security Function of Customary Land Tenure
Arrangements in Lineage-based Societies”, WIDER (World Institute for the
Development Economics Research), Helsinki,
2001. Conference on "Insurance
against Poverty".
“New
Institutional Economics: Methods” (Concepts, and Limitations. University of Copenhagen,
2001). PhD Course on Social Capital in
Development.
“The Equity Impact of Land Markets: Evidence from Uganda” (Oxford University,
Department of Economics and Statistics, 2001)
“Strategic Behaviour and Marriage Payments: Theory and Evidence from Senegal” (Cornell University, Ithaca, 2001)
“Community
Imperfections as an Obstacle to Participatory Development” (Conférence, World
Bank, Washington DC, 2001). Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics.
“What
Have We Learned About the Endogenous Development of Land Markets in Africa?” (Conférence, The World Bank, Washington, 2001). Consultative Meeting on Land Issues.
“Market
Order Institutions and Economic Development” (Luxor, Egypt,
2001). A series of six lectures on “Local-level Participation in Resource
Management”, Beijer Advanced Workshop on “Property Rights Structures and
Environmental Resource Management".
“The Distributive Impact of Land Markets in Central
Uganda” (University
of California, Berkeley, 2001)
“Resource Misappropriation in Participatory Development Programmes” (State University
of San Diego,
2001)
“Endogenous Community Imperfections and the Challenge of Decentralized
Rural Development” (University
of Southern California, Los Angeles, 2001)
“Community Imperfections and Participatory Development” (CERGE, Charles University, Prague, 2000)
“Community
Imperfections and Participatory Development” (London School
of Economics and Political Science, 2000).
“Communities
as an Ambiguous Asset in Village Societies” (Paris,
2000). Annual World Bank Conference on
Development Economics (ABCDE), World Bank
“Heterogeneity and Collective Action in Effort Regulation: Lessons from
the Senegalese Small-Scale Fisheries” (University Bocconi, Molan, 2000)
“Land Tenure Security and Investment Incentives: Some Puzzling Evidence
from Burkina Faso”
(World Bank, Washington,
Research Department, , 2000)
“Land
Tenure Security and Investment Incentives: Some Puzzling Evidence from Burkina Faso” (Oxford University,
2000). Bi-Annual Conference on Africa, Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE).
“A
Critical Appraisal of the New Approaches to Institutions in Economics” (Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, 2000). Kurt Martin Lecture.
“Ethnic
Cleavages and Grassroots Behaviour” (Berlin,
2000). Development Policy Forum on “The Institutional Foundations of a Market
Economy”, World Bank Workshop.
“Impartible Inheritance Versus equal Division: A Comparative Perspective
Centered on Europe and SubSaharan Africa”
(Conférence, Santa Fe Institute, New
Mexico, 2000)
“Can Economists Understand Institutions ? The New
Institutional Economics Under Scrutiny” (Leuven, KUL, 1999)
Chaire Francqui Lectures around
the theme “Institutions, Social Norms and Economic Development” (Katholieke
Universiteit, Leuven , 1999) :9 décembre : leçon inaugurale ; 15 décembre
: leçon sur le thème "Agrarian Contracts" ; 22 décembre : leçon
sur le thème "Resource Endowments and Market Development"
“Access to Land and Social Protection for Women : the Case of Senegal” (Oxford University, 1999)
“Order,
the Rule of Law, and Moral Norms”, Overseas Development Institute, Preparatory
meeting for the High-Level Round Table of UNCTAD X on Trade and Development,
1999.
“Order,
the Rule of Law and Moral Norms” (London, Overseas Development Institute, 1999).
Preparatory meeting for the High-Level
Round Table of UNCTAD X on Trade and Development.
“Collective Action for Resource Management : the Case of Coastal
Fishermen Communities in Senegal”
(Rome, FAO, 1999)
“Heterogeneous Loyalties and Collective Action : Micro-Evidence from Senegal” (FAO,
Fisheries Department, Rome, 1999)
“Fighting Poverty Through Institutions and The NIE : Where to Go ?” (Washington,
ISNIE Annual Conference, 1999)
Keynote address at the
Annual Conference of the International Society for the New Institutional
Economics (ISNIE. (Conférence,
Washington, 1999)
“Collective
Action for Resource Management : the Case of Coastal Fishermen Communities in Senegal”, Helsinki, WIDER (World
Institute for Development Economics Research), 1999.
“Heterogeneous Loyalties and Collective Action : Micro-Evidence from Senegal” WIDER
(World Institute for Development Economics Research), Helsinki, 1999, Workshop on Group Behaviour and Development.“Access to
Land and Social Protection for Women : the Case of Senegal” (Bonn, ZEF-Center for
Development Research, 1999)
“Land Pressure and Marriage Payments” (ZEF, Center for Development
Research, Bonn)
1999.
“How Traditional Sharing
Norms Can Inhibit Economic Development ?” (Bruxelles, Communauté Economique Européenne, 1999)
“Coordination and Pooling Arrangements in Japanese Coastal Fisheries” (University
of Amsterdam, Tinbergen Institute), 1999.
“Social Esteem and Heterogenity in Japanese Income Pooling Groups” (Tinbergen
Institute, University
of Amsterdam), 1999.
“Heterogeneity
and Collective Action for Resource Management” (Washington, World Bank), 1999. Workshop on "Poverty, Environment, and
Growth-Oriented Policies".
“Impartible Inheritance versus Equal Division : A
Comparative Perspective Centered on Europe and
SubSaharan Africa” (Rotterdam, Erasmus
Universiteit), 1999.
“Impartible
Inheritance Versus equal Division: A Comparative Perspective Centered on Europe and SubSaharan Africa”
(Séminaire, Erasmus Universiteit, Rotterdam),
1999.
“Does Africa Need a Land Reform ?” (London,
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)), 1999.
“Does
Africa Need a land Reform?” (International Institute for Environment and
Development (IIED), London, 1999). Conference
on “Land Tenure Poverty and Sustainable Development in Sub-Saharan Africa”.
Dividing the Commons (Séminaire, Trivandrum, Centre for Development
Studies, 1999)
enquêtes de terrain (Séjour à l'étranger,
Trivandrum, Centre of Development Studies; Chennai,Madras Institute for
Development, 1999)
Coordination and Pooling Arrangements in Japanese Coastal Fisheries
(Séminaire, London School of Economics, 1999)
Collective Action and
Village-Level Management of Natural Resources. (Séminaire, Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum
(India), 1999)
Community Arrangements
to Overcome Market Failures: Pooling Groups in Japanese Fisheries. (Séminaire, London School of Economics and
Political Science, 1999)
Allocating and Enforcing Property Rights in Land:
Informal Versus Formal Mechanisms in SubSaharan Africa”.
, Annual Conference of the Norwegian Political Economy Society, Oslo, December 1998. (Conférence, Oslo, 1998)
“Heterogeneity
and Social Esteem in Income-Pooling Groups” (University of Toulouse, 1998). ARQADE-IDEI Conference “Industrial
Organization and Development”.
“Dividing the Commons: Lessons from Economic Theory”, SOAS (School of
Asian and African Studies), London,
1998.
“Dividing
the Commons: Lessons from Economic Theory” (Bergen, 1998). CERES seminar on “Nature
Dynamics, Scarcity of Natural Resources and Social Insecurity”.
“Land
Tenure Security and Investment Incentives: Some Puzzling Evidence from Burkina Faso”. Annual Conference of the International
Society for the New Institutional Economics (ISNIE), Paris, September 1998.
“Heterogeneity
and Social Esteem in Income-Pooling Groups”(Paris, 1998). Workshop on “Norms and Evolution at the Grassroots of Asia”.
“Land Tenure Security and Investment Incentives: Some Puzzling Evidence
from Burkina Faso”
(Cornell University, Ithaca, 1998)
“Land
Relations Under Stress : Rwanda
Caught in the Malthusian Trap” (Philadelphia,
1998). Special Session with the Board members of the
World Bank.
“Impartible
Inheritance Versus equal Division: A Comparative Perspective Centered on Europe and SubSaharan Africa”, WIDER Conference on “Land Access and Public Policy”, Santiago (Chile), 1998.
“Community
Arrangements to Overcome Market Failures: Pooling Groups in Japanese Fisheries”
(Stanford University, 1998), Workshop
on “Norms and Evolution at the Grassroots of Asia”.
“Dividing the Commons: Assessing the New Institutional Economics of
Property Rights” (American Economic Association, Chicago, 1998).
Thesis committees
I have participated in twenty-four PhD jury committees
in the following institutions:
Vrije Universiteit Brussels;
Katholieke Universiteit,
Leuven, Belgium (three times);
Université
Catholique de Louvain, Belgium;
Vrije Universiteit, Brussels,
Belgium ;
Fondation
Universitaire Luxembourgeoise (FUL), Arlon, Belgium;
University of Clermont-Ferrand, France
(two times);
University
of Montpellier, Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique de Montpellier,
France ;
Ecole des
Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France;
University of Oslo, Norway ;
Agricultural University of Norway,
As, Norway;
London School of Economics and Political Science, United
Kingdom (three times);
Brunel University, United Kingdom;
University of Sussex, United Kingdom;
Free University
of Amsterdam, Netherlands
(three times);
University of Madras, India;
University of Wageningen, Netherlands.