Current position
| Professor of Economics, University Toulouse 1 Capitole | 
Former positions
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 | 
    