Gilbert Étienne
French economist, author and professor
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Gilbert Étienne (22 June 1928 – 17 May 2014) was a Swiss economist, author and professor.[3] Étienne is best known for his extensive publishing on economic subjects related to India, China and Pakistan. He was a professor at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva for over 30 years.
Early life
Étienne was born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland.[4] His first studies were in law, and he received a degree from the University of Neuchâtel in 1951.[2][5] Following this, he studied at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations (Inalco) in Paris. As a student of Inalco he spent a year doing doctoral research (from 1952 to 1953) in India and Pakistan, where he also spent time teaching in Lahore.[4][5] In 1955 he defended his doctoral thesis India: economy and population, which was published the following year by Droz.[6]
Academic career
Following his graduation in 1955, he took a two-year trip to India, where he worked as a representative of the Swiss watch company Favre-Leuba.[2][7] On his return to Switzerland in 1958 he became a lecturer at the Graduate Institute of International Studies (IUHEI) in Geneva, where his research focused on the economic and social questions of developing countries.[2] He became a professor at the same establishment in 1964, after the publication of his book The Chinese Way.[8] He stayed at IUHEI until the end of his career, in 1994, interrupting his education study tours on the Asian field.[9].From 1979 to 2002 he was the president of the Swiss Association for development aid, Frères de nos frères.[4]
Death and legacy
Selected publications
- 2007, China-India: the great competition[11]
- 2003, Development against the current[12]
- 2002, Unpredictable Afghanistan[13]
- 1998, Chine-Inde: le match du siècle[14][15]
- 1996, The Economy of India[16][17]
- 1989, Pakistan, a gift from the Indus: economy and politics[18][19]
- 1988, Food and Poverty:India's Half Won Battle[20][21]
- 1985, Rural development in Asia: Meetings with Peasants[22]
- 1982, Rural development in Asia: people, grain and tools[23]
- 1974, The Chinese way: the long march of the economy / La voie chinoise. La longue marche de l'économie, 1949–1974[24][25]
- 1969, A Review of Rural Cooperation in Developing Areas[26]
- 1969, Les Chances de l'Inde[27]
- 1968, Studies in Indian Agriculture– The Art of the Possible[28][29][30]
- 1962, Tiers Monde, la voie chinoise[31]
- 1959, De Caboul à Pékin: rythmes et perspectives d'expansion économique[32]
- 1956, India: economy and population[33]