Jean-Marie Baland

About

Biography

I have been a professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Namur since 1991. My research interests focus on least developed countries, and include the analysis of informal institutions (for which I received an ERC Advanced grant in 2009), the determinants of deforestation and the consequences of poverty. My more recent research projects focus on the causes of infant mortality in South Asia, the determinants of domestic violence and the analysis of life expectancy as an essential component of well-being in a context of poverty. 

Faculties/Departments/Services

Département d'économie - Directeur/Directrice de département

Research institutes

Research center

Organs

Domains of expertise

Development economics and poverty, Environmental economics, South Asia, Applied microeconomics

Degrees

PhD (with thesis)

Prizes

June 1991 : Prix de la Societe Royale d’Economie Politique 

April 2007: Distinguished Fellow Award at the Institute for Quantitative Social Sciences at Harvard University 

March 2008: Chaire Francqui au titre belge, Université Catholique de Louvain.

November 2009: Special Recognition Award from the World Cultural Council

March 2010: Distinguished Visiting Professor, Institute for Economic Development, Department of Economics, Boston University.

December 2012: Member of the Academia Europea

March 2013: Excellence in Refereing Award 2013, American Economic Review

November 2013 : Thirlwall visiting research fellow, University of Kent

2024-2025

2023-2024

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