Current position
| Professor of Economics, University Toulouse 1 Capitole |
Editorial
| 2011 | Member of the Editorial Board, Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy |
| 2010 | Member of the Advisory Board, Economic History of Developing Regions |
| 2004 | Member of the Editorial Board, Nigerian Journal of Economic and Social Studies |
| 1998 | Member of the Advisory Board, African Development Review |
| 1991 | Member of the Editorial Committee, Revue d'économie du développement |
Education
| 1983 | French Nationwide Competition for Recruitment of University Professors in Economics |
| 1982 | Doctorat d'État ès Sciences Économiques, Aix-en-Provence II |
| 1980 | Ph.D. (Economics), The London School of Economics, Londres |
Grants and awards
| June 2019 | Lewis Fry Richardson Lifetime Achievement Award, the European Consortium for Political Research |
| 2009 | Officier dans l'ordre des Palmes Académiques |
| November 2008 | Melville J. Herskovitz Award, Honorable Mention for the book "Trade, Exchange Rate and Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa" (Cambridge University Press) |
| 1999 | Senior member of the Institut Universitaire de France |