Alice Nicole Sindzingre
Present position
Research Fellow, National Centre for Scientific Research (Centre National de
la Recherche Scientifique-CNRS , Paris)-EconomiX, University Paris X-Nanterre;
Research Associate,
School of
Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), Department of Economics,
University of
London.
Associate Researcher, Centre d'Etude d'Afrique Noire (CEAN) (CNRS-Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Bordeaux).
Research topics
Development economics, institutions, political economy, Sub-Saharan Africa.
Recent publications
- The Uncertain Prospects of Commodity-dependent Developing Countries, in Machiko Nissanke ed., Challenges and Prospects for Commodity Markets in the Global Economy, London, Palgrave, 2009, à paraître.
- Les programmes de stabilisation et d'ajustement structurel dans les pays en développement: rétrospectivement, quelles leçons?, Techniques Financières et Développement, n°92, September, pp. 31-42, 2008 (special issue: 25 years of cooperation).
- The Multidimensionality of Poverty: an Institutionalist Perspective, in Nanak Kakwani and Jacques Silber eds., The Many Dimensions of Poverty, London, Palgrave Macmillan, 2007; based on: The Multidimensionality of Poverty: An Institutionalist Perspective, Brasilia, International Conference ‘The Many Dimensions of Poverty', International Poverty Centre (IPC), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), 2005.
- Financing the
Developmental
State : Tax and Revenue Issues, Development Policy Review, vol. 25, n°5, September, pp. 615-632 (Theme issue: ‘Developmental States in the New Millennium', Verena Fritz and Alina Rocha Menocal eds.), 2007.
- Explaining Threshold Effects of Globalisation on Poverty: an Institutional Perspective, in Machiko Nissanke and Erik Thorbecke eds., The Impact of Globalization on the World's Poor: Transmission Mechanisms, London, Palgrave Macmillan, 2007; based on: Explaining Threshold effects of Globalisation on Poverty: an Institutional Perspective, Helsinki, UNU-WIDER Research Paper n°2005/53, 2005.
- (And Machiko Nissanke), Institutional Foundations for Shared Growth in Sub-Saharan
Africa , African Development Review, vol. 18, n°3, December, pp. 353-391, 2006; based on: Institutional Foundations for Shared Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, Accra, International Conference ‘Shared Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa', Cornell University-Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER-University of Ghana)-World Bank-DFID-USAID, 2005.
- The Relevance of the Concepts of Formality and Informality: A Theoretical Appraisal, in Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis, Ravi Kanbur and Elinor Ostrom eds., Linking the Formal and Informal Economy: Concepts and Policies,
Oxford ,
Oxford
University Press and WIDER, 2006; based on: The Relevance of the Concepts of Formality and Informality: A Theoretical Appraisal, Helsinki, EGDI-WIDER International Conference 'Unlocking Human Potential: Linking the Informal and Formal Sectors', 2004.
- Reforms, Structure or Institutions? Assessing the Determinants of Growth in Low-Income Countries,
Third World Quarterly, vol. 26, n°2, March, pp. 281-305, 2005.
- Truth', ‘Efficiency', and Multilateral Institutions: a Political Economy of Development Economics, New Political Economy, vol. 9, n°2, June, pp. 233-249, 2004.
- The Evolution of the Concept of Poverty in Multilateral Financial Institutions: the Case of the World Bank, in Morten Boas and Desmond McNeill eds., Global Institutions and Development: Framing the World?,
London , Routledge, 2004.
- Contracts, Norms and Political Economy: Sub-Saharan State Credibility and the Microeconomic Foundations of Developmental Taxation, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, vol. 16, n°1, pp. 89-103, 2003.
Working papers
- (And Albert-Enéas Gakusi), Credibility and
Independence in Development Evaluation,
Lisbon , European Evaluation Society (EES) Biennial Conference “Building for the Future: Evaluation in Governance, Development and Progress”, 1-3 October 2008.
- The European Union Economic Partnership Agreements with Sub-Saharan Africa,
Bruges , United Nations University, Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS), UNU-CRIS working paper W-2008/5.
- Assessing the Impact of Market Structures on Economic and Political Development in Sub-Saharan Africa, Bordeaux, CEAN (Centre d'Etude d'Afrique Noire), Institut d'Etudes Politiques/Institute of Political Studies, University Montesquieu-Bordeaux-IV, International Conference ‘Political Analysis on Africa, 50th Anniversary of the CEAN, 3-5 September 2008.
- Trade Structure as a Constraint to Multilateral and Regional Arrangements in Sub-Saharan Africa: the WTO and the African Union, Bruges, United Nations University-Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS) working paper, W-2007/11.
- Institutions, Legal Systems and Development: A Theoretical Contribution,
London ,
School of
Oriental and African Studies (SOAS),
University of
London , International Conference “Change, Rules and Institutions: Law and Economics in the Context of Development”, September 2007.
- Financing Developmental Social Policies in Low-Income Countries: Conditions and Constraints,
Geneva , United Nations, UNRISD Workshop on Financing Social Policy, March 2007.
- Poverty Traps: a Perspective from Development Economics, Pluridisciplinary Conference ‘Coordination et Sciences Sociales', EconomiX, University Paris X-Nanterre, 22 September 2006.
- Institutions, développement et pauvreté, Paris, Agence Française de Développement, working paper 20, July 2006. English version: Institutions, Development and Poverty,
Paris , Agence Française de Développement, working paper 20, July 2006.
- Financing the Developmental State: Tax and Revenue Issues, London, Overseas Development Institute (ODI), ODI Meetings Series '(Re)building Developmental States: From Theory to Practice', 5 April 2006.
- Institutions and Development: A Theoretical Contribution, mimeo, The Hague, Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Economic Research Seminar, 2005. First version: Conference ‘Economics for the Future',