Emmanuelle Lavallée

Emmanuelle Lavallée is a Lecturer at LEDa (Laboratoire d'Économie de la Défense et des Affaires), which is part of Université Paris Dauphine-PSL. Her research focuses on international trade and local institutions in developing countries, with particular emphasis on West African nations. She has developed expertise in measuring corruption and governance, as well as advanced skills in micro and macroeconomic data analysis, model building, and estimation.

Dr. Lavallée's research interests span several critical areas in development economics. She specializes in international trade dynamics, particularly examining French-African trade relations post-independence. Her work also delves into governance issues in developing countries, with a focus on corruption measurement in both formal and informal sectors. Additionally, she conducts extensive research on the impact of armed conflict on social cohesion, democracy, and gender-based violence in Mali and other West African countries. Her methodological approach combines rigorous econometric analysis with innovative survey techniques for sensitive topics.

Her recent publications reveal a strong trend toward conflict studies in fragile states, particularly examining how armed conflict affects social capital, democratic attitudes, and gender relations in Mali. She has developed innovative methodologies for measuring sensitive topics like corruption, gender-based violence, and insecurity in challenging environments. Her work often employs advanced econometric techniques and experimental approaches such as list experiments to overcome reporting biases in survey data, contributing significantly to methodological advances in development economics research.

Dr. Lavallée is actively involved in numerous research and capacity building projects focused on West Africa. She collaborates extensively with researchers from institutions like DIAL (Développement, Institutions & Analyses de Long terme) and has presented her work at major international conferences including the CSAE Conference on Economic Development in Africa and the Nordic Conference in Development Economics. Her research has practical implications for policy development in post-conflict settings and governance reform in developing countries.