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Jean-Philippe Berrou is Assistant Professor in Development Economics and Member of the Research Unit Les Afriques dans le Monde (LAM) at Sciences Po Bordeaux. His main research projects are based on an interdisciplinary perspective and deal with (i) the dynamics of urban labor market and informal entrepreneurship in developing countries (mostly African countries), (ii) social networks analysis, (iii) the social construction of markets, and (iv) growth and structural changes in Africa. He has led several field surveys in Burkina Faso, Senegal, Ivory Coast and Colombia. He currently coordinates three research programs: (i) The role of social networks on the access to jobs on Bogota's labor market (Colombia); (ii) ICT uses and the dynamics of informal micro and small enterprises in Dakar (Senegal); (iii) The rise of middle classes in developing countries.
