Nicolas Meisel

Nicolas Meisel graduated from France’s leading business School HEC with a MSc in Management and holds an M.Phil. in institutional economics from the University of Paris-X Nanterre. He worked for six years as a development economist at the OECD Development Centre before joining the French Development Agency (AFD) in 2005. His research topics include institutions and governance, the functioning of financial systems, macroeconomics and development strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa. His leisure activities are sailing, mountain climbing and martial arts.

Internet:
www.afd.fr/jahia/Jahia/lang/en/home/chercheur/pid/1916

Recent publications:
- with Jacques Ould Aoudia (2008) ‘‘Is ‘Good Governance’ a Good Development Strategy?’’, AFD Working Paper No. 58.
- with Jacques Ould Aoudia (2007): ‘‘A New Institutional Database: ‘Institutional Profiles 2006’ ’’, AFD Working Paper No. 46.
- Access to the database: INSTITUTIONAL PROFILES DATABASE 2006
- Governance Culture and Development, OECD Development Centre Study, Paris (2004). (A historical analysis of the interaction between public and corporate governance institutions in France and lessons for developing countries)