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François Bourguignon
Chief Economist of the World Bank
In office
2003–2007
PresidentJames Wolfensohn
Paul Wolfowitz
Preceded byNicholas Stern
Succeeded byJustin Yifu Lin
Personal details
Born (1945-05-22) May 22, 1945 (age 79)
NationalityFrench
François Bourguignon
Academic career
InstitutionEcole des hautes études en sciences sociales-Paris School of Economics
Alma materUniversity of Western Ontario
Doctoral
students		Bernard Salanié
AwardsDan David Prize, 2016
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

François Bourguignon (born May 22, 1945) is the 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.

Education

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]

Selected publications

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. {{citation}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • 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. {{citation}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help) 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. {{citation}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

Journal articles

  • Bourguignon, François; Pereira da Silva, Luiz A. (2003). "The impact of economic policies on poverty and income distribution: evaluation techniques and tools". World Bank and Oxford University Press, New York. hdl:10986/15090. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help); Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Bourguignon, François; Lustig, Nora; Ferreira, Francisco (2005). "The microeconomics of income distribution dynamics: in East Asia and Latin America". World Bank Oxford University Press. hdl:10986/14844. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help); Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • 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. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • 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. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • 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". Open Knowledge Repository. Palgrave Macmillan World Bank. hdl:10986/6586. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

See also

References

  1. ^ "François Bourguignon biography". World Bank Website. Archived from the original on 14 January 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
  2. ^ "François Bourguignon personal page". Paris School of Economics Website. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
  3. ^ "François Bourguignon CV" (PDF). Paris School of Economics Website.
Business positions
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2003–2007 		Succeeded by
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