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Patrick.Francois@ubc.caPatrick Francois is Professor in the Vancouver School of Economics (University of British Columbia) and a Senior Fellow of the Institutions, Organizations and Growth programme of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. His work focusses on problems in development economics, with a particular interest in political economy.
Posts by Patrick Francois
Economics Nobel 2024: Igniting discussion beyond the academy
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics has been awarded to Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson “for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity”. In this post, Patrick Francois contend that...
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Patrick Francois 
04 December, 2024
- Perspectives
A tribute to Prof. Ashok Kotwal by Prof. Patrick Francois
Prof. Patrick Francois pens a heartfelt tribute to our founder Editor-in-Chief Prof. Ashok Kotwal.
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Patrick Francois
- 02 May, 2022
- Perspectives
Culture and development
How did human society evolve from being organised predominantly around large kin-based networks, to one with strong notions of individualism? To examine this question, Joseph Henrich (Harvard Universi...
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Patrick Francois Joseph Henrich
- 17 November, 2021
- Videos
Culture and development
How did human society evolve from being organised predominantly around large kin-based networks, to one with strong notions of individualism? To examine this question, Joseph Henrich (Harvard Universi...
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Patrick Francois Joseph Henrich
- 17 November, 2021
- Podcasts
Political reservation and the quality of governance
Existing evidence suggests that while political reservation for traditionally marginalised groups tilts governance outcomes in favour of those groups, there are non-discernable or negative effects on ...
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Siwan Anderson Patrick Francois
- 23 October, 2017
- Articles