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LISA CHAUVET
Professor of economics
Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne
Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne
Positions
Since 2020 Professor of Economics, Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne
Since 2020 Managing editor of Revue d’Economie du Développement
Since 2020 Managing editor of Journal of Development Studies
Since 2013 Senior fellow at FERDI
Since 2007 Associate researcher at CEPREMAP
Past
Researcher at IRD (chargée de recherche), UMR DIAL (IRD, Université Paris-Dauphine) (2004-2020)
Member of the executive board of the European Public Choice Society (2016-2020)
Jury member of the Dudley Seers Price (Journal of Development Studies) (2015-2018)
Consultant Banque de France (2013-2016)
President of the evaluation board of the "Contrats de Désendettement et de Développement (C2D)" jointly commissioned by MAE, AFD, and DG Trésor (Dec. 2015 - Feb. 2016)
Elected member of the Conseil de l’UMR DIAL 225 (2010-2014)
Resource person of AERC / CREA (2006-2008)
Attachée Temporaire d’Enseignement et de Recherche, Université d’Evry (2002-2003)
Attachée Temporaire d’Enseignement et de Recherche, Université d’Auvergne (2001-2002)
Education
Habilitation à diriger des recherches, Université Paris Dauphine, 2016
Post-doctoral project, Centre for the Studies of African Economies, University of Oxford, 2004
Phd in Economics, Université d’Auvergne, CERDI, 2003
DEA d’Economie du Développement, CERDI, Université d’Auvergne, 1998
DEA de Macroéconomie, Modélisation et Conjoncture, Université de Paris 1, 1997
Programme Erasmus, Université de Birmingham, Royaume Uni.
Distinctions and Grants
IRD Prime d’Excellence Scientifique, 2009-2020
Wicksell Price of the European Public Choice Society, 2001
Eiffel post-doctoral fellowship (declined), 2004
Allocation de recherche du ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (1998-2001)
Consultant
Agence française de développement (2017-2018) Evaluation of French aid to financial governance (with Marin Ferry, Marc Raffinot and Jérome Dendura).
Banque de France (2013-2016) Project on firm performance determinants (with Hélène Ehrhart, Luc Jacolin, Maelan Le Goff and Véronique Genre).
World Bank (2014) Greenback 2.0 survey on Montreuil's migrants from Mali, Algeria and Côte d'Ivoire (withFlore Gubert, Sandrine Mesplé-Somps and Jean-Noël Senne).
OECD (2012) Literature review on the political impact of migrants for their home country (with J-P. Dedieu, F. Gubert, S. Mesplé-Somps).
Direction Générale du Trésor (2009) Aid effectiveness in African countries of the Zone de solidarité prioritaire (with J-C. Berthélemy and S. Guérineau).
World Bank (2008) External evaluation of the PCPI (Post-Conflict Performance Indicator) (with E. Aryeetey, N. Sambanis and P. Saravanamuttu, under the direction of J. Page).
Unesco (2007) Background paper on education in fragile states (with P. Collier).
Phd supervision
-Coralie Hirschi, since 2022 (Université Paris 1), co-supervision with Jean Lacroix
-Muhammad Saleh, since 2021 (Université Paris 1), co-supervision with Whilhelm Lowenstein
-Robert Reinhardt, since 2021 (Université Paris 1)
-Adrien Vandenbunder, since 2019 (Université Paris Dauphine), co-supervision with Cris Beauchemin
- Antoine Boucher, since 2019 (Université Paris Dauphine), co-supervision with Marin Ferry
- Ana Horigoshi, since 2016 (Université Paris Dauphine)
- Marin Ferry, defended in June 2017. Co-supervision with Marc Raffinot (Université Paris Dauphine)
- Marion Mercier, defended in September 2014. Co-supervision with Thierry Verdier (PSE)
Phd jury member
Zeineb Chérif, Université Paris 1, 2022
Mamadou Barry, Université Paris Dauphine, 2022
Gedeao Locks, Université Paris 1 , 2022
Fatoumata Tapo, Université de Cergy Pontoise, 2022
Laura Duthilleul, Université de Lille, 2022
Luis Becerra, Université Paris 1, 2021
Kodjo Adandohoin, Université d’Auvergne, 2021
A. Compaoré, Université d’Auvergne, 2021
U.B. Nguemdjo-Kamguem, Université Aix-Marseille, 2020
V. Sam, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, 2018
O. Polivin, Toulouse School of Economics, 2017
N. Ferrière, Paris School of Economics, 2016
A. Mabali "Quatre essais sur les effets des rentes des ressource snaturelles dans les paus en développement", Université d'Auvergne, 2016
V. Girard "The Economic Relevance of Caste and Religious Identities in India", Université de Paris 1, 2015
A. Gary "Foreign Aid and Governance: To What Extent Political Institutions Matter", Université de Paris 1, 2014
E. Kilama "Analyse de l’efficacité de l’aide et du financement du développement", Université d'Auvergne, 2013
L. Wagner "Aid Effectiveness, Performance and Vulnerability: New Perspectives", Université d'Auvergne, 2013
G. Diarra. "The Governance Doctrine and the Agenda of Multilateral Institutions in Developing Countries", Université d'Auvergne, 2012
P. Domingues "Civil War and Human Capital: Evidence From Mozambique", Université de Paris 1, 2011
C. Korachais. "Contribution de l’aide publique au développement à l’amélioration de la santé dans les pays en développement", Université d’Auvergne, 2010
G. Nébié. "Aide, syndrome hollandais et croissance en Afrique", Université Paris-Dauphine, 2009
HDR jury member
Sophie Panel, Université de Lille, 2023
Claire Naiditch, Université de Lille, 2023
Laetitia Duval, Université Paris 1, 2021
Karine Marazyan, Université Paris 1, 2021
Ishac Diwan, Ecole Nationale Supérieure, 2021
M. Melki, Université Paris 2, 2020
Eric Rougier, Université de Bordeaux, Novembre 2018
Research
Themes
Development financing
Political economy of development
Migration, remittances, transfer of norms
Projects financing
- co-PI of the POLECOWWII “Long Term impact of World War II” with A. François and J. Lacroix, ANR, 2022-2026, 150 000€
- Co-PI of the POLECOMI project with Sandrine Mesplé-Somps, ANR, 2012-2016
- Member of the BLAMM project (PI: Sandrine Mesplé-Somps), FSP Mali Contemporain, 2010-2013
- Member of the GLAMMS project (PI: Flore Gubert), Ville de Paris, 2009-2012
Book
Les migrants, acteurs des changements politiques en Afrique? (edited with Flore Gubert, Thibaut Jaulin and Sandrine Mesplé-Somps), 2018. DeBoeck Supérieur.
Articles published in refereed reviews in English
"Taxation, infrastructure, and firm performance in developing countries" (with Marin Ferry), Public Choice, 187(3), 455-481, 2021.
"Economic volatility and inequality: Do aid and remittances matter?" (with Marin Ferry, Patrick Guillaumont, Sylviane Guillaumont Jeanneney, Sampawende J.-A. Tapsoba, and Laurent Wagner)The Review of World Economics, 2018.
"Third DIAL Conference on barriers to development. Introduction to the special section" (with Emmanuelle Lavallée, Sandrine Mesplé-Somps, and Camille Saint-Macary), Journal of Development Studies, 2018.
"Aid and growth: Evidence using firm-level data" (with Hélène Ehrhart) Journal of Development Economics 135: 461-477, 2018.
"Financial inclusion, bank concentration, and firm performance" (with Luc Jacolin), World Development 97: 1-13, 2017.
"Do Migrants Adopt New Political Attitudes from Abroad? Evidence Using a Multi-Sited Exit-Poll Survey During the 2013 Malian Elections." (with Flore Gubert and Sandrine Mesplé-Somps), Comparative Migration Studies, 2016.
"Migrants' Hometown Associations and Local Development in Mali" (with Flore Gubert, Marion Mercier and Sandrine Mesplé-Somps), Scandinavian Journal of Economics 117(2): 686-722, 2015.
"Do Return Migrants Transfer Political Norms to their Origin Country? Evidence from Mali" (with Marion Mercier), Journal of Comparative Economics 42: 630-651, 2014.
"Aid, Remittances, Medical Brain Drain and Child Mortality. Evidence using Inter and Intra-Country Data" (with F. Gubert and S. Mesplé-Somps), Journal of Development Studies 49(6): 801-818, 2013.
"Paradise Lost. The Cost of State Failure in the Pacific" (with P. Collier and A. Hoeffler), Journal of Development Studies 46(5): 961-980, 2010.
"Elections and Economic Policy in Developing Countries" (with P. Collier), Economic Policy 24(59): 509-550, 2009.
"Aid, Volatility and Growth Again. When Aid Volatility Matters and When It Does Not" (with P. Guillaumont), Review of Development Economics 13(3): 452-463, 2009.
"What Are the Preconditions for Turnarounds in Failing States?" (with Paul Collier), Conflict Management and Peace Science 25(4): 332 - 348, 2008.
"Aid and Reform in Failing States" (with P. Collier), Asian-Pacific Economic Literature 22(1), 2008.
"Socio-Political Instabilities and the Allocation of International Aid by Donors", European Journal of Political Economy 19(1): 33-59, 2003.
"Aid and Performances: A Reassessment" (with Patrick Guillaumont (first author)), Journal of Development Studies 37(6): 66-92, 2001.
Articles published in refereed review in French
"La dynamique associative des Maliens de l’extérieur : enseignements tirés de deux dispositifs d’enquête originaux" (with Claire Bernard, Flore Gubert, Marion Mercier and Sandrine Mesplé-Somps), Revue Européenne des Migrations Internationales 30 (3 & 4): 109-137, 2014.
"Les "Batailles" de Paris et de New York. Une analyse du comportement électoral transnational des migrants sénégalais en France et aux Etats-Unis" (withJ-P. Dedieu (first author), F. Gubert, S. Mesplé-Somps and E. Smith), Revue Française de Sciences Politiques 63(5), 2013.
"Les transferts monétaires des migrants sont-ils plus efficaces que l’aide publique pour améliorer la santé des enfants ? Une évaluation empirique sur des données inter et intra pays" (with S. Mesplé-Somps and F. Gubert), Revue d'Economie du Développement 4: 41-80, 2009.
"Sélectivité et égalité des chances dans l'allocation de l'aide. Une analyse de la dernière décennie" (with D. Cogneau and J.-D. Naudet), Economie et Prévision 186: 23-38, 2008.
"L'impact des financements internationaux sur les inégalités des pays en développement" (with S. Mesplé-Somps), Revue Economique 58(3): 735-744, 2007.
"L'aide publique au développement et les investissements directs étrangers en Afrique sont-ils complémentaires ? " (with Sandrine Mesplé-Somps), Revue Tiers-Monde 192: 815-831, 2007.
"Allocation de l'aide et instabilités socio-politiques”, Revue Economique 53(3), p. 545-556, 2002.
Book chapters
"On the Heterogenous Impact of Aid on Growth - A Review of the Evidence", in M. Arvin (ed) Handbook on the Economics of Foreign Aid, Edward Elgar, 2015.
"Transferts migratoires et démocratisation" (with Flore Gubert and Sandrine Mesplé-Somps), in P. Gonin, N. Kotlok and M-A. Pérouse de Montclos (eds), La Tragédie Malienne, Edition Vendémiaire, Paris, 2013.
"The Cost of Failing States and the Limits to Sovereignty in Fragile States" (with Paul Collier and Anke Hoeffler). Causes, Costs, and Responses, Naudé, W., Santos-Paulino, A. U., McGillivray, M., ed, Oxford University Press, 91-111, 2011.
"Are Remittances More Effective Than Aid To Improve Child Health? An Empirical Assessment using Inter and Intra-Country Data" (with S. Mesplé-Somps and F. Gubert), in Yifu Lin J. and B. Pleskovic (ed. by) People, Politics and Globalization, Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics – Global 2010, The World Bank, Washington D.C., 173-204, 2010.
"The Security Challenge in Conflict-Prone Countries" (with P. Collier and H. Hegre), in B. Lomborg (ed) Global Crisis, Global Solutions, Cambridge University Press, 2009.
"L’aide aux Etats fragiles: quand et comment?" (with P. Collier), in J-M. Chataigner and H. Magro (eds), Etats et sociétés fragiles, Karthala, Paris, 2007.
"What Constrains Turnarounds in Fragile States?" (with Paul Collier), in F. Schuppert (ed) Staatszerfall und Governance. No. 7 of the series "Schriften zur Governance-Forschung", Nomos Verlag, Baden-Baden, 2006.
"Atténuer la vulnérabilité aux chocs de prix : un rôle pour l’aide internationale" (with Patrick Guillaumont, Sylviane Guillaumont Jeanneney, Pierre Jacquet and Bertrand Savoye), in F. Bourguignon and P. Jacquet (eds). Economic Integration and Social Responsibility, Oxford University Press, 2005.
"Aid and Growth Revisited: Policy, Economic Vulnerability and Political Instability" (with Patrick Guillaumont), in B. Tungodden, N. Stern, I. Kolstad (eds). Towards Pro-Poor Policies - Aid, Institutions and Globalization. World Bank/Oxford University Press. April 2004.
"Aid and Performance: A Reassessment" (with Patrick Guillaumont (first author)), in N. Hermes and R. Lensink (eds.). Changing the Conditions for Development Aid : A New Paradigm ?, Frank Cass, 2001, p. 66-92.
Working papers
"Taxation, infrastructure, and firm peformance in developing countries" (with Marin Ferry), WIDER Working Paper 103, 2016.
"Aid and Growth. Evidence Using Firm-Level Data" (with Hélène Ehrhart), Working Paper Banque de France 563, 2015.
"Supervision and Project Performance: a Principal-Agent Approach" (with Paul Collier and Andreas Fuster), 2013. DIAL Working Paper 2015-04.
"What Explains Aid Project Success in Post-Conflict Situations?" (with P. Collier and M. Duponchel), World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 5418, 2010.
"The Security Challenge in Conflict-Prone Countries" (with P. Collier and H. Hegre), Copenhagen Consensus 2008 Challenge Paper, 2008.
"The Cost of Failing States and the Limits to Sovereignty" (with P. Collier and A. Hoeffler), WIDER Research Paper n°2007/30, 2007.
"Helping Hand? Aid to Failing States" (with Paul Collier), 2006, DIAL Working Paper 2006-14.
Other publications
"L’aide publique au développement", (with Marin Ferry), Developpement Economique et Social, Encyclopaedia Universalis [web], 2014.
"Are Post-Conflict Aid Projects More Successful Than Others?" (withP. Collier and M. Duponchel), VOX (www.voxeu.org), 2010.
"Do Elections in Developing Countries Improve Economic Policy?" (with P. Collier), VOX (www.voxeu.org), 2009.
"Aide et réforme dans les Etats fragiles" (with Paul Collier), DIALOGUE 28, 2008.
"Débats sur l'efficacité de l'aide: fondements et nouveaux enjeux" (with Jacky Amprou), Notes et Documents n°37, Agence Française de Développement, Paris, 2007.
"L’aide publique au développement: Fondements et efficacité", in Universalia 2006, Encyclopaedia Universalis, Paris, 2006.
"Aide publique au développement et lutte contre la pauvreté : Vers une allocation optimale ? " (with Jacky Amrpou), in Mérieux (ed). Rapport moral sur l’argent dans le monde, Paris, 2006.
"Efficacité et allocation de l’aide, revue des débats" (with Jacky Amprou), Notes et Documents n°6, Agence Française de Développement, Paris, 2004.