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François Bourguignon (born May 22, 1945) is a former Chief Economist (2003–2007) of the World Bank. He has been the Director of the Paris School of Economics,[1] and from 1985 to his retirement in 2013 a professor of economics at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris.[2] in 2016 Bourguignon was awarded the Dan David Prize. He focuses on the study of income and wealth inequality, economy-wide country studies (Brazil, China, India…), international trade and trade policy, education, wealth, income, redistribution, and tax policy.
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François Bourguignon | |
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| Chief Economist of the World Bank | |
| In office 2003–2007 | |
| President | James Wolfensohn Paul Wolfowitz |
| Preceded by | Nicholas Stern |
| Succeeded by | Justin Yifu Lin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1945-05-22) 22 May 1945 (age 78) Paris, France |
| Education | ENSAE ParisTech (BS) Pierre and Marie Curie University (DEA) University of Western Ontario (PhD) |
| Academic career | |
| Institution | Paris School of Economics |
| Doctoral students | Bernard Salanié |
| Awards | Dan David Prize (2016) |
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Trained as a statistician at ENSAE Paris (French National School of Statistics and Economics), François Bourguignon has a PhD from the University of Western Ontario.[3]
Books
- Bourguignon, François; Atkinson, Anthony B. (2000). Handbook of income distribution. Amsterdam New York: Elvesier. ISBN 9780444816313.
- Bourguignon, François; Pereira da Silva, Luiz A. (2003). The impact of economic policies on poverty and income distribution: evaluation techniques and tools. Washington, DC: World Bank and Oxford University Press, New York. ISBN 9780821354919.
- Bourguignon, François; Lustig, Nora; Ferreira, Francisco (2005). The microeconomics of income distribution dynamics: in East Asia and Latin America. Washington, DC New York: World Bank Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780821358610.
- Bourguignon, François; Bussolo, Maurizio; Pereira da Silva, Luiz A. (2008). The impact of macroeconomic policies on poverty and income distribution: macro-micro evaluation techniques and tools. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York Washington, DC: Palgrave Macmillan World Bank. ISBN 9780821357781.
- Bourguignon, François (2015). The Globalization of Inequality. Translated by Scott-Railton, Thomas. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691160528.
Chapters in books
- Bourguignon, François (2005), "The effect of economic growth on social structures", in Aghion, Philippe; Durlauf, Steven N. (eds.), Handbook of economic growth, vol. 1B, Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp. 1701–1748, ISBN 9780444520432.
- Bourguignon, François; Stern, Nicholas; Pereira da Silva, Luiz A. (2006), "Evaluating the poverty impact of economic policies: some analytical challenges", in Mody, Ashoka; Pattillo, Catherine (eds.), Macroeconomic policies and poverty, London New York: Routledge, ISBN 041570071X. Pdf version.
- Bourguignon, François; Chakravarty, Satay R. (2009), "Multidimensional poverty orderings: theory and applications", in Kanbur, Ravi; Basu, Kaushik (eds.), Arguments for a better world: essays in honor of Amartya Sen | Volume I: Ethics, welfare, and measurement, Oxford New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 337–362, ISBN 9780199239115.
Journal articles
- Bourguignon, François; Pereira da Silva, Luiz A. (2003). Pereira Da Silva, Luiz A.; Bourguignon, Francois (eds.). The impact of economic policies on poverty and income distribution: evaluation techniques and tools. World Bank and Oxford University Press, New York. doi:10.1596/0-8213-5491-4. hdl:10986/15090. ISBN 978-0-8213-5491-9.
- Bourguignon, François; Lustig, Nora; Ferreira, Francisco (2005). Lustig, Nora; Bourguignon, Francois; Ferreira, Francisco H. G. (eds.). The microeconomics of income distribution dynamics: in East Asia and Latin America. World Bank Oxford University Press. doi:10.1596/0-8213-5861-8. hdl:10986/14844. ISBN 978-0-8213-5861-0.
- Bourguignon, François; Sundberg, Mark (May 2007). "Aid effectiveness: opening the black box" (PDF). The American Economic Review. 97 (2). American Economic Association via JSTOR: 316–321. doi:10.1257/aer.97.2.316. JSTOR 30034468.
- Bourguignon, François; Ferrera, Francisco H.G.; Walton, Michael (August 2007). "Equity, efficiency and inequality traps: a research agenda". The Journal of Economic Inequality. 5 (2). Springer: 235–256. doi:10.1007/s10888-006-9042-8. S2CID 54090211.
- Bourguignon, François; Bussolo, Maurizio; Pereira da Silva, Luiz A. (2008). Pereira Da Silva, Luiz A.; Bourguignon, Francois; Bussolo, Maurizio (eds.). "The impact of macroeconomic policies on poverty and income distribution: macro-micro evaluation techniques and tools". Open Knowledge Repository. Palgrave Macmillan World Bank. doi:10.1596/978-0-8213-5778-1. hdl:10986/6586. ISBN 978-0-8213-5778-1.
- "François Bourguignon biography". World Bank Website. Archived from the original on 14 January 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
- "François Bourguignon personal page". Paris School of Economics Website. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
- "François Bourguignon CV" (PDF). Paris School of Economics Website.
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