Jean-Philippe PLATTEAU

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Activités avec contribution

Colloque : "Is the Concern for Governance Benefitting the Richer Developing Countries?", 19ème Congrès des Economistes Belges de Langue Française, Namur (Namur, Belgique, 2011)

Conférence : "Does Aid Availability Affect Effectiveness in Reducing Poverty?", Presentation to the Project Meeting of UNU-WIDER on Foreign Aid. (Helsinki, UNU-WIDER (United Nations University-World Institute for Development Economics Research), 2011)

Colloque : "Group Insurance and Communities", presentation to the Workshop "Index-based and Loss Assessment-based Weather Insurance Contracts: Toward a Two-level Group-Individual Approach", FERDI and University of Clermont-Ferrand. (University of Clermont-Ferrand, 2011)

Conférence : "Redistributive Pressures in Sub-Saharan Africa: Causes, Consequences, and Coping Strategies", International Conference on "Understanding African Poverty over the Longue Durée", Harvard University at Accra, Ghana. (Harvard University at Accra, Ghana, 2010)

International Conference on "Understanding African Poverty over the Longue Durée", Harvard University and the International Institute for the Advanced Study of Cultures, Institutions and Economic Enterprise (HAS, Accra (Ghana)

Conférence : "Transformation of the Family Under Rising Land Pressure: A Theoretical Essay", Paris School of Economics, Paris (Paris, Paris School of Economics, 2010)

Microeconomic theory of development group

Conférence : "Two-Sided Wealth Constraints and Innovation Adoption Under a Grassroots Market-Based Extension System", Presentation to the XIV Annual Meeting of LACEA-LAMES Conference, Buenos Aires, 2009 (Buenos Aires, Torcuatto di Tella, 2009)

Conférence : "Two-Sided Wealth Constraints and Innovation Adoption Under a Grassroots Market-Based Extension System", Lecture given to the EUDN PhD School in Development Economics (University of Örebro, Sweden, 2009)

Conférence : "Political Instrumentalization of Islam, and the Risk of Obscurantist Deadlock", Paper to the Conference on "The Rise and Fall of Democracy" (Université Libre de Bruxelles, 2009)

Conférence : "Transformation of the Family under Rising Land Pressure: A Theoretical Essay", presentation to the Conference "Bridging the Gap Between Economics and Area Studies: Economic Theory and the Diversity of Policies and Institutions", July 2009. (Freie Universität Berlin, 2009)

Séminaire : "Using the Law to Change the Custom", Seminar given to the Department of Economics, University of Bologna, Italy (University of Bologna, Italy, 2009)

Colloque : "Using the Law to Change the Custom", Presentation to the "Microfoundations of Development Workshop", May 29-30 (London School of Economics, London, 2009)

Conférence : "The Persistence of Autocracy in the Lands of Islam", Presentation to the 10th Annual Global Development Conference of the Global Development Network (GDN) (Koweit City Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD), 2009)

Séminaire : Causes of Institutional Inefficiency (Department of Economics, American University of Beyrut (AUB), Lebanon, 2008)

Conférence : "The Transformation of the Family Under Rising Land Pressure: A Theoretical Essay" (Paris, Economix, Université de Paris X, 2008)

The Dynamics of Institutions in Perspective: Alternative Conceptions and Future Challenges"

Conférence : "Politics and Religion in the Lands of Islam" (Budapest, Central European University (CEU), 2008)

"Rethinking Ethnicity and Ethnic Strife", Conference co-organised by Central European University (CEU), Budapest, University of Michigan, and Cornell University.

Conférence : "Using the Law to Change the Custom" (Nijmegen Radboud University Nijmegen, 2008)

"Development: Work in Progress", 35th Anniversary Centre for International Development Issues (CIDIN), Nijmegen

Conférence : "On the Feasibility of Power in Traditional Setups" (University of Oslo, Norway, 2008)

Séminaire : "Using the Modern Law to Change the Custom" (Centre for Study of African Economies (CSAE), Department of Economics, University of Oxford, 2008)

Séminaire : "Using the Modern Law to Change the Custom" (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, 2008)

Conférence : "Using the Modern Law to Change the Custom", Presentation at the Workshop on Institutions (Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh, Scottish Institute for Research in Economics (SIRE), 2008)

Séminaire : "On the feasibility of power in traditional setups" (Gothenburg, University of Gothenburg, School of Business, Economics and Law, Dept of economics, 2008)

Séminaire : "L'Islam est-il un obstacle au développement?" (Brussels, Société Royale d'Economie Politique de Belgique., 2008)

Conférence : "Politics and Ethnicity in SubSaharan Africa". (Brussels, Egmont-Royal Institute for International Relations, Brussels., 2008)

International Conference on "World Inequality: A Challenge to Globalisation"

Conférence : "Does Religion Matter for Development? Insights from the Middle East and Other Regions of the World", (Cairo, ERF (Economics Research Forum) , 2008)

14th Annual Conference on the theme "Institutions and Economic Development".

Conférence : Religion, Politics and Development: Lessons from the Lands of Islam, Presented to the First ENER (European Network on the Economics of Religion) Workshop, Granada (Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain, 2007)

Séminaire : Religion, Politics, and Development: Lessons from the Lands of Islam (United Nations University (UNU), Maastricht, 2007)

Conférence : "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" (Accra, Ghana, Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Legon, 2007)

International Conference on "Land Tenure and Policy Reform in Ghana", organised by the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Séminaire : "The Pitfalls of Participatory Development", Presented to the Seminar on "Effectiveness of decentralized strategies and outcomes" (Torino, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Centro Studi sul Federalismo, 2007)

Conférence : "An Economic Analysis of Legal Pluralism", Presented to the ISNIE Conference on "Comparative Institutional Analysis: Economics, Politics, and Law". (Reykyavik, University of Iceland, 2007)

Séminaire : "Religion, Politics, and Development: Lessons from the Lands of Islam" (The Hague, Institute of Social Studies (ISS), 2007)

Conférence : "Religion, Politics and Development: Lessons from Europe and the Lands of Islam", International Labour Office, Training Centre, Torino (Torino, Italia, 2007)

Formation : "The Sources of Institutional Inefficiency", Parts 1, 2, 3, and 4. (Torino, Italia, 2007)

Séminaire : "The Perverse Effects of Cheap Aid Money" (Université Paris I Sorbonne, Département d'Economie, 2007)

Formation : "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 (Université Paris I Sorbonne , 2007)

Formation : "A Comparative Institutional Analysis of Property Rights Regimes", Cours donné dans la Maîtrise en Economie du Développement et Transition, Université Paris I Sorbonne (Université Paris I Sorbonne, 2007)

Conférence : "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". (Los Angeles, Ca University of Southern California, Institute for Economic Research on Civilizations, 2007)

Séminaire : "On the Feasibility of Power and Status Ranking" (Paris, Delta, 2007)

Conférence : "The economic approach to the community", Department of economics (Economix), Paris-Nanterre university. (Paris, Université Paris-Nanterre (Paris X), 2006)

Séminaire : "On the Feasibility of Power and Status Ranking in Traditional Setups", Department of economics (Economix), Paris-Nanterre University. (Paris, Université Paris-Nanterre (Paris X) , 2006)

Séminaire : "Community Property versus Private Property: An Institutional Analysis", Department of economics (Economix), Paris-Nanterre University. (Paris, Université Paris-Nanterre (Paris X)., 2006)

Séminaire : "Collective Action and Production of Local Public Goods: Managing Natural Resources at Village Level", Department of economics (Economix), Paris-Nanterre University. (Paris, Université de Paris-Nanterre (Paris X)., 2006)

Conférence : "Are Formal and Informal Rules Complementary or Substitutes?", International Seminar on "Informal Institutions and Development", OECD, Paris. (Paris, OECD., 2006)

Conférence : "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. (Bergen, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration., 2006)

Conférence : "Heterogeneity, Social Esteem and Feasibility of Collective Action", Development Economics Annual Conference, November 22, CMI (Christian Michielsen Institute), Bergen, Norway. (CMI (Christian Michielsen Institute), Bergen, Norway, 2006)

Séminaire : "Land Markets and Social Inequality -Contrasting Experiences from Rwanda and Uganda", Mansholt Seminar, University of Wageningen (University of Wageningen, Netherlands , 2006)

Séminaire : "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. (Brussels European Community, 2006)

Conférence : 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". (Paris, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), 2006)

Colloque : Agricultural Institutions in SubSaharan Africa: The Critical Role of Technical Progress and Infrastructure. (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.

Conférence : Heterogeneity, Social Esteem and the Feasibility of Collective Action (Paris, IAREP-SABE Conference 2006 on "Behavioural Economics and Economic Psychology", 2006)

Conférence : The Perverse Effects of Cheap Aid Money (Helsinki, WIDER Conference on "Aid: Principles, Policies and Performance", 2006)

Conférence : Does Religion Matter for Development? (Torino, International Labour Office (Training campus), 2006)

Conférence : Heterogeneity, Social Esteem and the Feasibility of Collective Action (London, Brunel university, 2006)

Conférence : The Perverse Effect of Cheap Aid Money (CSAE Conference on "Reducing Poverty and Inequality: How can Africa be Included?" Oxford Univ. , 2006)

Séminaire : The Perverse Effects of Cheap Aid Money. (Department of Economics, University of Nottingham, 2005)

Conférence : A Leader-Disciplining Mechanism in Decentralized Development Aid Programmes. (Department of Economics, Université Catholique de Louvain-La-Neuve, 2005)

Workshop in Development Economics.

Conférence : Politics and Religion in the Land of Islam. (Berlin , 2005)

International Policy Workshop: "Development and the Next Generation", in preparation on the World Development Report 2007.

Conférence : Governance in Decentralized Development Aid Programs. (WIDER (World Institute for Development Economics Research), Helsinki, 2005)

WIDER Jubilee Conference: "Thinking Ahead: The Future of Development Economics".

Conférence : Participation in the roundtable: "Recent Lessons from Economics for the Definition of Cooperation Policies in Developing Countries. (CERDI, Université de Clermont-Ferrand, 2005)

Journées de l'AFSE (Association Française de Science Economique).

Séminaire : Heterogeneity, Social Esteem and Income Pooling: Theory and Evidence from Japanese Fishing Groups. (CERDI, Université de Clermont-Ferrand, 2005)

Journée de l'AFSE (Association Française de Science Economique).

Séminaire : Conditional Inheritance : Evidence from the Peruvian Highlands. (Free University of Amsterdam, 2005)

Conférence : Heterogeneity, Social Esteem and Income Pooling: Theory and Evidence from Japanese Fishing Group. (Rockefeller Foundation Conference Centre, Bellagio, Italy, 2005)

Conference on "the Social Dynamics and the Microeconomics of Poverty.

Séminaire : The Role of Trust in Market Development. (International Labour Office and Torino University, Italy, 2005)

The Determinants of Collective Action.

Conférence : Disciplining Local Leaders in Community-Based Development Programmes. (University of Ghent, 2004)

Conférence : "Testing the Presence of Social Norms in Development Studies", Keynote Panel on the "Economic Sociology of Development", 75 Years of Development Research. (Cornell University, 2004)

Conférence : "Disciplining Local Leaders in Community-Based Development Programmes", 75 Years of Development Researchh (Cornell University, 2004)

Conférence : Community-Based Development is Not a Panacea: Some Lessons from NGO Experiences. (Washington DC, 2004)

World Bank Conference on Politics and Service Delivery: When Do Governments Fail Voters?

Conférence : Collective Action Heterogeneous Loyalties, and Path Dependence: Micro-Evidence from Senegal. (University of Oxford, 2004)

Conference on "Growth, Poverty Reduction, and Human Development in Africa", Centre for Study of African Economies.

Séminaire : Community Ties and Land inheritance in the Context of Rising Outside Opportunities: Evidence from the Peruvian Highlands (Tinbergen Institute, Free University of Amsterdam, 2004)

Autre : 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.

Séminaire : "Disciplining Local Leaders in Community-Based Development", Joint Development Economics Seminar. (UCL (University College London) and LSE (London School of Economics), London, 2004)

Conférence : Effect of Aid on Inequality. (Agence Française de Développement and EUDN, Paris, France, 2003)

Conference on "Poverty, Inequality and Growth".

Conférence : Elite Capture in Decentralized Development Programmes. (Paris, France, 2003)

EUDN (European Development Network) Scientific Meeting

Séminaire : Property Regimes and Efficiency in the Management of Natural Resources. (Institut du Développement Durable et des Relations Internationales, Paris, France, 2003)

Séminaire : Developement Policy Forum. (Berlin, 2003)

World Bank Workshop on the Theme "Service Delivery to the Poor.

Conférence : Institutional and Distributional Aspects of Sustainability in Community-Driven Development. (The World Bank, Washington DC, 2003)

Fifth OED Conference on Evaluation and Development - "Evaluating Development Effectiveness: Challanges and the Way Forward".

Formation : 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"?

Conférence : Participation, Inclusion, and Results. (Bangalore, 2003)

Fiftheenh Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics.

Conférence : Inequality and Efficiency of Collective Action. (Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, 2003)

Keynote address at the VIIIrh Spring Meeting of Young Economists.

Conférence : Property Rights and Environmental Conservation. (ISPRA, Milano, 2003)

Meeting of Expert Group on Desertification European Commission.

Autre : Inequality and Efficiency in the Commons. (Trieste, 2003)

First School on Ecological Economics, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics.

Séminaire : Market Order and Economic Development. (Ibidem, 2003)

Séminaire : Property Regimes and Efficiency in the Management of Natural Resources. (University of Montpellier, 2003)

Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique, Département des sciences économiques, sociales et de gestion.

Conférence : Participatory Development: Where Culture Creeps In. (World Bank, Washington DC, 2002)

Conference on "Culture and Development".

Conférence : Development Meets Transition. (Riga, 2002)

Annual Conference on Transition Economies.

Séminaire : Strategic Behaviour and Mariage Payments: Theory and Evidence from Senegal. (Delta, Paris (France), 2002)

Conférence : Solidarity Norms and Institutions in Village Societies: Static and Dynamic Consideration. (University of Marseilles, 2002)

Conference on "Altruism and Gift-Giving".

Conférence : Taking Africa Seriously: the Problem of State Formation in SubSaharan African Countries. (Oxford University, 2002)

Bi-Annual Conference on Africa, Centre for the Study of African Economies.

Conférence : Heterogeneous Loyalties and Collective Action : Micro-Evidence from Senegal. (Santa Fe Institute, New Mexico, 2001)

Conference on "Inequality, Cooperation and Environmental Sustainability".

Conférence : Inequality and Efficiency in the Commons. (Montréal, 2001)

Cinquièmes Journées scientifiques du Réseau Analyse économique et développement de l'Aupelf-Uref

Conférence : 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'.

Séminaire : The Determinants of Collective Action in Common Property Management. (Lund University, 2001)

Conférence : Heterogeneous Loyalties and Collective Action : Micro-Evidence from Senegal. (Free University of Amsterdam, 2001)

International Conference 'People and the Sea: Maritime Research in the Social Sciences'.

Autre : 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

Formation : 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".

Autre : New Institutional Economics: Methods. (Concepts, and Limitations. University of Copenhagen, 2001)

PhD Course on Social Capital in Development

Séminaire : The Equity Impact of Land Markets: Evidence from Uganda. (Oxford University, Department of Economics and Statistics, 2001)

Séminaire : Strategic Behaviour and Marriage Payments: Theory and Evidence from Senegal. (Cornell University, Ithaca, 2001)

Conférence : Community Imperfections as an Obstacle to Participatory Development. (World Bank, Washington DC, 2001)

Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics

Conférence : What Have We Learned About the Endogenous Development of Land Markets in Africa? (The World Bank, Washington, 2001)

Consultative Meeting on Land Issues.

Autre : 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".

Séminaire : The Distributive Impact of Land Markets in Central Uganda. (University of California, Berkeley, 2001)

Séminaire : Resource Misappropriation in Participatory Development Programmes. (State University of San Diego, 2001)

Séminaire : Endogenous Community Imperfections and the Challenge of Decentralized Rural Development. (University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 2001)

Conférence : Community Imperfections and Participatory Development. (CERGE, Charles University, Prague, 2000)

Conférence : Community Imperfections and Participatory Development. (London School of Economics and Political Science, 2000)

Conference on Land Reform

Conférence : Communities as an Ambiguous Asset in Village Societies. (Paris, France, 2000)

Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE), World Bank

Conférence : Heterogeneity and Collective Action in Effort Regulation: Lessons from the Senegalese Small-Scale Fisheries (University Bocconi, Molan, 2000)

Conférence : Land Tenure Security and Investment Incentives: Some Puzzling Evidence from Burkina Faso. (World Bank, Washington, Research Department, , 2000)

Conférence : 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),

Séminaire : A Critical Appraisal of the New Approaches to Institutions in Economics. (Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, 2000)

Kurt Martin Lecture

Conférence : Ethnic Cleavages and Grassroots Behaviour. (Berlin, 2000)

Development Policy Forum on 'The Institutional Foundations of a Market Economy', World Bank Workshop.

Conférence : Impartible Inheritance Versus equal Division: A Comparative Perspective Centered on Europe and SubSaharan Africa. (Santa Fe Institute, New Mexico, 2000)

Formation : Can Economists Understand Institutions ? The New Institutional Economics Under Scrutiny (Leuven, KUL, 1999)

Cours Chaire Francqui :

9 décembre : leçon inaugurale

15 décembre : leçon sur le thème "Agrarian Contracts"

22 décembre : leçon sur le thème "Resource Endowments and Market Development"

Autre : Institutions, Social Norms and Economic Development. (Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven , 1999)

A series of seven lectures given in the framework of the Franqui Chair

Séjour à l'étranger : enquêtes de terrain (Sénégal, 1999)

Séminaire : Sécurité sociale et accès à la terre pour les femmes : Etudes de cas au Sénégal et au Burkina Faso (Bruxelles, AGCD (Administration Générale de la Coopération au Développement, 1999)

Séminaire : Access to Land and Social Protection for Women : the Case of Senegal (Oxford University, 1999)

Conférence : Order, the Rule of Law, and Moral Norms. (, 1999)

Overseas Development Institute, Preparatory meeting for the High-Level Round Table of UNCTAD X on Trade and Development,

Réunion : 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

Séminaire : Collective Action for Resource Management : the Case of Coastal Fishermen Communities in Senegal (Rome, FAO, 1999)

Séminaire : Heterogeneous Loyalties and Collective Action : Micro-Evidence from Senegal. (FAO, Fisheries Department, Rome, 1999)

Conférence : * Fighting Poverty Through Institutions * The NIE : Where to Go ? (Washington, ISNIE Annual Conference, 1999)

Conférence : Keynote address at the Annual Conference of the International Society for the New Institutional Economics (ISNIE. (Washington, 1999)

Conférence : Collective Action for Resource Management : the Case of Coastal Fishermen Communities in Senegal (Helsinki, WIDER (World Institute for Development Economics Research), 1999)

Workshop on Group Behaviour and Development

Conférence : Heterogeneous Loyalties and Collective Action : Micro-Evidence from Senegal. (WIDER (World Institute for Development Economics Research), Helsinki, 1999)

Conference on "Group Behaviour and Development".

Colloque : Access to Land and Social Protection for Women : the Case of Senegal (Bonn, ZEF - Center for Development Research, 1999)

Thème du colloque : Women Farmers : Enhancing Rights and Productivity

Séminaire : Land Pressure and Marriage Payments. (ZEF, Center for Development Research, Bonn, 1999)

Conférence : Global Externalities (Paris, Banque Mondiale, 1999)

Conférence Européenne sur l'Economie du Développement, sur le thème "Gouvernance, Equité et Marchés Mondiaux"

Séjour à l'étranger : enquêtes de terrain (Sénégal, 1999)

Séminaire : How Traditional Sharing Norms Can Inhibit Economic Development ? (Bruxelles, Communauté Economique Européenne, 1999)

Séminaire : Coordination and Pooling Arrangements in Japanese Coastal Fisheries (University of Amsterdam, Tinbergen Institute, 1999)

Conférence : Social Esteem and Heterogenity in Japanese Income Pooling Groups. (Tinbergen Institute, University of Amsterdam, 1999)

Conférence : Heterogeneity and Collective Action for Resource Management (Washington, World Bank, 1999)

Workshop on "Poverty, Environment, and Growth-Oriented Policies"

Conférence : Poverty and Resource Management at Village Level. (Washington DC, 1999)

World Bank, Workshop on «Poverty, Environment, and Growth-Oriented Policies".

Séminaire : Impartible Inheritance versus Equal Division : A Comparative Perspective Centered on Europe and SubSaharan Africa (Rotterdam, Erasmus Universiteit, 1999)

Séminaire : Impartible Inheritance Versus equal Division: A Comparative Perspective Centered on Europe and SubSaharan Africa. (Erasmus Universiteit, Rotterdam, 1999)

Colloque : Does Africa Need a Land Reform ? (London, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), 1999)

Conférence : 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'.

Séminaire : Dividing the Commons (Trivandrum, Centre for Development Studies, 1999)

Séjour à l'étranger : enquêtes de terrain (Trivandrum, Centre of Development Studies; Chennai,Madras Institute for Development, 1999)

Séminaire : Coordination and Pooling Arrangements in Japanese Coastal Fisheries (London School of Economics, 1999)

Séminaire : Collective Action and Village-Level Management of Natural Resources. (Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum (India), 1999)

Séminaire : Community Arrangements to Overcome Market Failures: Pooling Groups in Japanese Fisheries. (London School of Economics and Political Science, 1999)

Conférence : 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. (Oslo, 1998)

Annual Conference of the Norwegian Political Economy Society.

Conférence : Heterogeneity and Social Esteem in Income-Pooling Groups. (University of Toulouse, 1998)

ARQADE-IDEI Conference 'Industrial Organization and Development'.

Séminaire : Dividing the Commons: Lessons from Economic Theory. ( SOAS (School of Asian and African Studies), London, 1998)

Conférence : Dividing the Commons: Lessons from Economic Theory. (Bergen, 1998)

CERES seminar on 'Nature Dynamics, Scarcity of Natural Resources and Social Insecurity'.

Conférence : Land Tenure Security and Investment Incentives: Some Puzzling Evidence from Burkina Faso. (Paris, 1998)

Annual Conference of the International Society for the New Institutional Economics (ISNIE). , September 1998;

Conférence : Heterogeneity and Social Esteem in Income-Pooling Groups. , (Paris, 1998)

Workshop on 'Norms and Evolution at the Grassroots of Asia'.

Séminaire : Land Tenure Security and Investment Incentives: Some Puzzling Evidence from Burkina Faso. (Cornell University, Ithaca, 1998)

Séminaire : Land Relations Under Stress : Rwanda Caught in the Malthusian Trap. (Philadelphia, 1998)

Talk before the Board members of the World Bank

Conférence : Impartible Inheritance Versus equal Division: A Comparative Perspective Centered on Europe and SubSaharan Africa. (Santiago, 1998)

WIDER Conference on 'Land Access and Public Policy'.

Conférence : Community Arrangements to Overcome Market Failures: Pooling Groups in Japanese Fisheries. (Stanford University, 1998)

Workshop on 'Norms and Evolution at the Grassroots of Asia', (with Erika Seki);

Conférence : Dividing the Commons: Assessing the New Institutional Economics of Property Rights. (American Economic Association, Chicago, 1998)

Activités : conférencier

Conférence : "Is Legal Radicalism Effective to Confront Oppressive Social Norms?", Inaugural Lecture of the Chaire Francqui 2011-2012 (ULB, Bruxelles, 2012)

Séminaire : "Aid Effectiveness Revisited: The Trade-Off Between Needs and Governance" (Paris School of Economics, Paris, 2012)

Conférence : "Rareté de la terre, structures des exploitations et des familles",5èmes Journées de Recherches en Sciences Sociales SFER-INRA-CIRAD (Dijon, 2011)

Conférence : "Aid Effectiveness and the Millenium Development Goals", FAO High-level Policy Learning Programme: Addressing Long-Term Development Challenges: From Short-Lived Interventions to Lasting Achievements, FAO, Rome, 7 November 2011. (Rome, 2011)

Séminaire : "Confronting Oppressive Custom: Reformism versus Radicalism", FAO. (Rome, 2011)

Conférence : "Is Cheap Aid Money Desirable for the Poor?",Workshop on Economics of Non-Profits, NGOs and Aid Effectiveness. (Namur, CRED, FUNDP, 2011)

Séminaire : "Political Instrumentalization of Islam and the Risk of Obscurantist Deadlock" (Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies (OCIS), university of Oxford, Oxford, 2011)

Colloque : "A Critical Review of Social Science Research in the CGIAR", Workshop on "Strengthening Social Science in the CGIAR", Mercure Montpellier Centre (Montpellier, 2010)

Conférence : "Using the Law to Change the Custom in Traditional Societies", communication to "Economics of Culture, Institutions and Crime'", FEEM (Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei), University of Padua and CEPR, Milan (University of Padua, Milan, 2010)

Conférence : "Information Distortion, Elite Capture, and Task Complexity in Decentralised Development", GDN (Global Development Network) Annual Conference, Prague (Prague, 2010)

Séminaire : "Transformation of Family Structure under Rising Land Pressure: a Theoretical Essay", Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi. (Delhi, University of Delhi, 2009)

Conférence : "Two-Sided Wealth Constraints and Innovation Adoption: Evidence from a Grassroot Extension Programme in Peru", Communication to the 5th Annual Conference on Economic Growth and Development, December 16-18, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi. (Delhi, Indian Statistical Institute , 2009)

Conférence : Keynote Speech "Institutional Convergence? Lessons from Modern Economic Theory and Illustrations", FEMISE (Forum Euro-Méditerranéen des Instituts de Sciences Economiques) Annual Conference, Brussels, 14-15 November 2009. (Brussels, 2009)

Séminaire : "Two-Sided Wealth Constraints and Innovation Adoption: Evidence from a Grassroot Extension Programme in Peru" (Universita Bicocca, Milano, 2009)

Conférence : "Political Instrumentalisation of Islam, Persistent Authoritarianism, and Obscurantist Deadlock", Paper presented to the Conference "The Challenges of Fragility to Development Policy", organised under the aegis of ERD, European Report on Development (Barcelona, Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Department of economics., 2009)

Séminaire : "Transformation of the Family under Rising Land Pressure: A Theoretical Essay" (Boston, USA, University of Boston, Department of economics, 2009)

Activités avec simple participation

Conférence : "Optimal Aid Allocation : Need versus Governance", 5th ThReD (Theoretical Research in Economic Development) Conference. (Barcelona, Banco de Espagna, 2011)

Colloque : "Causes of Institutional Failures: Theories and Illustrations", Paper Presented to the Workshop "Challenges for Development Research", World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), and Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM). (Hanoi, Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM), Ministry of Planning, Vietnam, 2011)

Colloque : "The Effect of Land Scarcity on Farm Structure: Empirical Evidence from Mali", Paper presented to the UNU-WIDER Project Meeting "Land Inequality and Decentralized Governance in LDCs" (Hanoi, 2011)

Conférence : "Confronting Oppressive Customs: Reformism versus Radicalism", Arthur Sackler Colloqium on "Dynamics of Social, Political, and Economic Institutions" (University of Irvine, California, 2010)

Conférence : "Two-Sided Wealth Constraints and Innovation Adoption: Evidence from a Grassroots Extension Programme in Peru", EUDN Annual Conference (Paris, Agence Francaise de Développement, 2010)

Conférence : "Confronting Oppressive Norms: Reformism versus Radicalism", Academic Consultation on "Social Norms and the Human Rights and Well-Being of All Children" (UNICEF, New York, 2010)

Conférence : "The custom in the shadow of the formal law: An economic analysis". (Paris, European Development Network (EUDN), 2007)

EUDN (European Development Network) Annual Conference, Paris.

Formation : The Distributive Impact of Land Markets in Central Uganda. (The World Bank, Washington, 2001)

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