Patrick Plane

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Centre d’Etudes et de Recherche sur le Développement International
Patrick Plane
Born April 25, 1957
CERDI
65 boulevard François Mitterrand
BP 320 - 63009 CLERMONT-FERRAND Cedex 1
Tél. : 04 73 17 74 02
Email : [email protected]
Education
• Doctor in Economics, University of Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand (France), 1983
Current positions
• Research Director at the CNRS (1998)
• Associate Professor at the University of Auvergne
• Member of the AUF Committee network on economic analysis and development economics
• Director of the Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches sur le Développement International (UMR6587/University of Auvergne)
• Member of the Scientific Committee of the University of Auvergne
Main publications
Books
• Le Développement face à la Pauvreté. P. Plane, Decaluwé B., Mourji F. (dirs). Economica, 2006, 346 p.
• Les services publics africains à l'épreuve de l'assainissement, une évaluation économique et sociale
(with Lesueur J.Y.), L'Harmattan, 1994.
Articles
• "Capital flows, exchange rate flexibility, and the real exchange rate" (with J-L Combes, T. Kinda), Journal of
Macroeconomics, Vol. 34, 2012, p. 1034-1043.
• "Textile Manufacturing in Eight Developing Countries: Does Business Environment Matter for Firm Technical
Efficiency?" (with M. Chaffai, T. Kinda), Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 48, n° 10, 2012, p. 1470-1488.
• "Exchange Rate Undervaluation and Manufactured Exports: A Deliberate Strategy? "(with R. Nouira, K. Sekkat), Journal
of Comparative Economics, Vol. 39, 2011, p. 584-601.
• "Firm productivity and investment climate in developing countries: how does Middle East and North Africa manufacturing
perform? " (with M-A. Veganzones-Varoudakis, T. Kinda), The Developing Economies, Vol. 49, n° 4, 2011, p. 429-462.
• " La politique budgétaire et ses effets de seuil sur l'activité en Union Economique et Monétaire de l’Afrique de l’Ouest
(UEMOA)" (with N. Ary Tanimoune, J-L Combes), Economie et Prévision, Vol. 186, n° 5, 2008, p. 145-162.
• " Technical Efficiency Measurement within the Manufacturing Sector in Côte d'Ivoire:A Stochastic Frontier Approach"
(with K. Chapelle), Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 41, n° 7, October 2005, p. 1303-1324.
• "Privatization, Technical Efficiency and Welfare Consequences: The Case of the Côte d'Ivoire Electricity Company", World
Development, Vol. 27, n° 2, February 1999, p. 343-360.
• "Privatization and economic growth : an empirical investigation from a sample of developing market economies", Applied
Economics, Vol. 29, février 1997, p. 161-178.
• "Productive Efficiency of Public Enterprises : A Macroeconomic Analysis Based on Cross-Section Estimation of A Neoclassical Production Function", Applied Economics, Vol. 24, 1992, p 833-844.
• "Participating in African Monetary Unions : An alternative evaluation" (with P. et S. Guillaumont), World Development,
Vol 16, n° 5, 1988, p. 569-576.
Areas of specialization
- Reforms of public enterprises and privatization process in developing countries.
- Competitiveness and exchange rate policies.
- Industrial economics.
- Productivity analysis and firm integration into the world economy.