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Thomas Mélonio is an economist. He graduated from France’s Haute Ecole de Commerce (2003) and also holds a post-master’s degree (diplôme d’études approfondies, or DEA) in macroeconomics from the Institut de Sciences Politiques-OFCE (2004). After working with Dominique Strauss-Kahn to establish his think tank “A gauche, en Europe” (To the Left in Europe), he joined AFD in early 2005, becoming Assistant Editor-in-Chief of the journal Afrique contemporaine and Editor-in-Chief of the newsletter La Lettre des économistes de l’AFD. In September 2007, he joined the Research Department as an economist to work on the linkages between human capital and development in the countries where AFD operates. He is also the correspondent for sub-Saharan Africa for La Vie des idées (the online journal of the think tank La République des Idées).
Research Work
- Working Paper n°117 | Student Loans: Liquidity Constraint and Higher Education in South Africa
- Working Paper n° 116 | Formation et emploi au Maroc - Etat des lieux et recommandations
- Recherches n°1 | Financing Higher Education in the Mediterranean Region
- Working Paper n°74 | Migration Balances Concept, Hypotheses and Discussion
- Working Paper n°69 | China's presence in West Africa: the case of Mali and Benin (in French)
Other works
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Adriana Jaramillo and Thomas Melonio, Editors, "Breaking even or breaking through: reaching financial sustainability while providing high quality standards in Higher Education
in the Middle East and North Africa" , August 2011T. Mélonio, C. Antonin et X. Timbau (2011), Revue de l'OFCE / Débats et politiques, "L'épargne nette ré-ajustée"
Mélonio, T., Gurgand, M. and A. Lorenceau (2011), "Student loans: Liquidity constraint and higher education in South Africa"
Mélonio T., "Migration Balances - Concept, Hypotheses and Discussion" , Working Paper No74, October 2008.
Mélonio T. and X. Timbeau, “L’immatérielle richesse des Nations”, Revue de l’OFCE no. 97 , No. 2006-2, May 2006.
Mélonio T. and X. Timbeau, “Les 140 points de PIB oubliés de la comptabilité nationale française” , OFCE (French Observatory of Economic Conditions) Working Paper 2005-18, November 2005.
As editor-in-chief:
Research programme
DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA:
WHAT SOURCES, WHAT CONSEQUENCES ?The Agence Inter-Etablissements de Recherche pour le Développement (AIRD), the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation are joining forces to launch a call for proposals for research projects targeting the economic impacts of population and migration issues in Sub-Saharan Africa. This program is intended to improve the state of knowledge about the determinants and consequences of the population dynamics and reproductive health situations that characterize the African continent.
Call for proposalsSynthesis of the selected projects - Scientific committee for the call for proposals DEMTREND
List of the selected projects:- Information, Sexualité adolescente et Santé
- Les transitions en matière de fécondité, scolarisation et travail des jeunes femmes en Afrique : Identification des déterminants et conséquences
- Migrations, marché du travail et dynamiques démographiques en Afrique sub-saharienne
- Migration et développement : Analyse comparée du rôle des transferts monétaires, des investissements et des migrations de retour au Sénégal et en RD du Congo
- Conséquences des stratégies de fécondité et de la composition du ménage sur la scolarisation et le travail des enfants en milieu urbain au Burkina Faso
- Pauvreté et besoins non satisfaits en santé de la reproduction des adolescents et des jeunes en Afrique Centrale
- Health risks and migration in Sub-Saharan countries
Work in progress
- Measuring the value of human capital
- Estimation of the efficiency and profitability of education systems
- Valuation of migratory flows
- Link between the “brain drain” and economic growth
- Migration of skilled personnel and health
Conferences
- Joint AFD-UNDP seminar on the reform of the Human Development IndicatorParis, 19 October 2009The 2010 Human Development Report , by Jeni Klugman and Francisco Rodriguez (UNDP)“ Learning from the Sen-Stiglitz-Fitoussi Commission” , by Thomas Mélonio (AFD) and Xavier Timbeau (OFCE)“Sustainability indicators” , by Pierre-Noël Giraud (MinesParisTech)“Institutions and HDI” , by Nicolas Meisel (AFD) and Jacques Ould Aoudia (DGTPE).
- The Second International Conference on Migration and Development
10-11 September 2009, World Bank, Washington. <Find out more>
Discussion on Ozden, Parsons, Schiff and Walmsley's paper , by Thomas Mélonio (AFD)- 2008 ADRES conference on « Migration and Development »
organised by the research centre Equippe (Université de Lille), in partnership with the World Bank and AFD. 26-28 June 2008
- David McKenzie (World Bank)
- Caglar Ozden (World Bank)
- Hillel Rapoport (EQUIPPE and Université Bar-Ilan)
- Mark Rosenzweig (Yale University)
- Michel Beine (Université de Luxembourg and Caglar Ozden (World Bank)
- Maurice Kugler (Center for International Development, Harvard University)
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