Jean-Paul Faguet

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Jean-Paul Faguet is Professor of the Political Economy of Development[1][2] at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and author or editor of five books and many academic and news articles, including Is Decentralization Good for Development? Perspectives from Academics and Policy Makers,[3] and Decentralization and Popular Democracy: Governance from Below in Bolivia,[4] which won the Political Science Association’s W.J.M. Mackenzie award[5][6] for best political science book of 2012. He has advised the governments of numerous developing countries, as well as the World Bank,[7] Inter-American Development Bank[8] and the United Nations on local government reforms, poverty alleviation programs, decentralization, and the design of social investment funds. He is ranked amongst the global top five percent of economics authors according to RePEc (Research Papers in Economics).[9]

He is known for the "One-country, large-N" empirical approach, using blended quantitative and qualitative methods for the analysis of complex problems of political economy and public policy.[citation needed] He is Chair of the Decentralization Task Force at Columbia University, part of Joseph Stiglitz's Initiative for Policy Dialogue, and head of the LSE's MSc in Development Management[10]

In 2008-09 he was a Visiting Professor at the University of California, Berkeley. Previously he worked for the World Bank in La Paz, Bolivia. He studied political science and economics at Princeton University, Harvard University and the London School of Economics, where his dissertation won the William Robson Memorial Prize.[1]

Selected publications[edit]

Books[edit]

  • Faguet, J.P. and C. Pöschl (eds.). 2015. Is Decentralization Good for Development? Perspectives from Academics and Policy Makers. Oxford: Oxford University Press.[11]
  • Faguet, JP (ed.). 2014. “Decentralization and Governance.” Special Issue of World Development, 53: 1-112.
  • Faguet, JP. 2012. Decentralization and Popular Democracy: Governance from Below in Bolivia. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
  • Zuazo, M, JP Faguet, and G Bonifaz (eds.). 2012. Descentralización y democratización en Bolivia: La historia del Estado débil, la sociedad rebelde y el anhelo de democracia. La Paz: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.

Non-Academic Press[edit]

  • Faguet, J.P. 21 October 2015. “Expert Commentary: Better for Business.” The Cipher Brief[12]
  • Faguet, J.P.. 15 October 2015. “Interview: After Riding Commodities Boom, Bolivia Faces Stress of Falling Prices.” World Politics Review[13]
  • Faguet, J.P. 27 October 2014. “Es notable que los países que más inversión extranjera atraen, tienden a ser federales y no unitarios.” FAO AgroNoticias América Latina y el Caribe[14]
  • Faguet, J.P. 17 September 2014. “Scottish independence: David Cameron is becoming the 'George Bush of Britain'” The Independent[15]

At LSE, he teaches courses on development management.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "CV of Jean-Paul Faguet" (PDF). Governance from Below. 9 February 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Professor Jean-Paul Faguet". LSE International Development. Archived from the original on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  3. ^ Faguet, Jean-Paul; Pöschl, Caroline, eds. (15 October 2015). Is Decentralization Good For Development? Perspectives from Academics and Policy Makers. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198737506. Archived from the original on 28 May 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  4. ^ Faguet, Jean-Paul (2013). Decentralization and Popular Democracy: Governance from Below in Bolivia. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 9780472035441. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  5. ^ "LSE academic awarded W.J.M. Mackenzie Book Prize for 2013". LSE. 12 September 2013. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  6. ^ GovFromBelow (6 December 2013). "Jean-Paul Faguet receiving W.J.M. Mackenzie Book Prize 2013". YouTube. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  7. ^ Khan, Qaiser M.; Faguet, Jean-Paul; Gaukler, Christopher; Mekasha, Wendmsyamregne (3 September 2014). Improving Basic Services for the Bottom Forty Percent: Lessons from Ethiopia. World Bank Group Publications. ISBN 9781464803338. Archived from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  8. ^ Faguet, Jean-Paul (July 2011). "Impacts and Consequences of the New Regime of Autonomies in Bolivia: Elements for a Discussion" (PDF). Inter-American Development Bank. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Jean-Paul Faguet". IDEAS/RePEc. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  10. ^ "MSc Development Management". LSE International Development. Archived from the original on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  11. ^ Carr, Sarah (30 November 2015). "Book Launch: Is Decentralization Good for Development?". LSE International Development Blogs. Archived from the original on 31 May 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  12. ^ Faguet, Jean-Paul (21 October 2015). "Expert Commentary: Better for Business". The Cipher Brief. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  13. ^ "After Riding Commodities Boom, Bolivia Faces Stress of Falling Prices". World Politics Review. 15 October 2015. Archived from the original on 16 October 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  14. ^ ""Es notable que los países que más inversión extranjera atraen, tienden a ser federales y no unitarios"". AgroNoticias América Latina y el Caribe (in Spanish). 27 October 2014. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  15. ^ Faguet, Jean-Paul (19 September 2014). "Scottish independence: David Cameron is becoming the 'George Bush of Britain'". The Independent. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.

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