Serge PERRIN

Career

  • Serge Perrin is currently an economist in the Sub-Saharan Africa Department, following a stint in the Research Department (2002-2006). Before joining AFD, he worked at the French engineering school ENPC, the French Institute for International Relations (IFRI) and the Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade (KIET, Seoul) under the European Union’s Science and Technology Programme. He has also taught economics at the University of Paris I – Panthéon-Sorbonne as a temporary teaching and research fellow.

Research Work

Other works

  • Serge PERRIN

    Perrin, S. and A. Goldstein (2007), “La stratégie internationale d ’ un groupe nord-africain de télécommunications : le cas d ’ Orascom”, in Les trajectoires d ’ insertion dans l ’ économie numérique , ed. M. Mezouaghi, Maisonneuve et Larose, Paris, pp. 257-282.
    Perrin, S. (2006), “ Preference Erosion and Multilateral Liberalization: The Case for Scaling Up Aid for Trade ” , in Reviving the Special and Differential Treatment of Developing Countries in International Trade , ed. A.-S. Novel and J.-M. Paugam, Travaux et Recherches de l ’ Ifri, La Documentation française, Paris, Ch. 5, pp 119-150.
    Perrin, S. and J.-R. Chaponnière (2005), The Tunisian Clothing and Textile Sector and the Challenge of Liberalisation: What Role for FDI?  (in French only), Notes and Documents no. 16, AFD, Paris, May, 150 pp.
    Perrin, S. and B. Coestier (2005), “ The Internationalization of Korean Firms: Strategic Interaction and Tariff-jumping when Quality Matters ” , in Multinationals and Foreign Investment in Economic Development , ed. E.M. Graham, Palgrave Macmillan, IEA Conference, Vol. 141, Ch. 6, pp. 119-144.
    Perrin, S. and D. Lagandré (2005), African Cotton versus the Competition on the World Market (in French only), Jumbo Thematic Report no. 6, AFD, Paris, September, 33 pp.
    Perrin, S., A.-S. Novel and J.-M. Paugam (2005), “ The Future of SDT, the Twin Challenges of Preference Erosion and Developing Countries’ Differentiation” , Policy Brief Paper , Ifri-AFD, Paris, December. 
    Perrin, S., P. Baris and J. Zaslavsky (2005), The Rice Sector in Mali: Competitiveness and Market Outlook , Working Paper 5, AFD, Paris, September, 63 pp.
    Perrin, S. (2004), “Rattrapage technologique et développement”, contribution to Croissance et innovation, special issue of Cahiers français, no. 323, La Documentation française, Paris, November-December.
    Perrin, S. and F. Sachwald, eds. (2004), Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Countries: Leveraging the Role of Multinationals , Notes and Documents no. 11, AFD, Paris, November, 201 pp.
    Perrin, S. and E. Filipiak (2003), Agriculture and Trade: What Are the Issues for Development Aid? (in French only), Notes and Documents no. 5, AFD, Paris, November, 123 pp.
    Perrin, S. and F. Sachwald (2003), Multinationals and Development: the Role of National Policies (in French only), Notes and Documents no. 2, AFD, Paris, November, 156 pp.
    Perrin, S. (2001), “ Patterns and Determinants of Korean Direct Investment in North America and Europe ” , in F. Sachwald, ed., Going Multinational: The Korean Experience of Direct Investment , Routledge, London and New York, pp. 77-126.
    Perrin, S. (2001), “ The Internationalization of Korean Electronics Firms: Domestic Rivalry and Tariff-jumping ” , in F. Sachwald, ed., Going Multinational: The Korean Experience of Direct Investment , Routledge, London and New York, pp. 173-212.
    Perrin, S., F. Sachwald and L. Miotti (2001), “Multinationales émergentes : un modèle coréen ?”, Economie internationale , no. 85, 1st quarter, Centre d ’ études prospectives et d ’ informations internationales (CEPII), Paris, pp. 37-61.
    Perrin, S. (1999), “ The Emergence of Korean Multinational Enterprises in European Manufacturing ” , in Lee S.-G. and P.-B. Ruffini, eds., The Global Integration of Europe and East Asia: Studies of International Trade and Investment , pp. 187-208, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham and Northampton, MA.
    Perrin, S. (1996), “Les déterminants de l ’ investissement direct étranger et de la multinationalisation des firmes”, in D. Tersen and J.-L. Bricout, eds., L ’ investissement international , Armand Colin, Collection U, Paris, Ch. 3, pp. 59-72.