Séminaire Histoire Économique et Sciences sociales (HESS) (Toulouse, 26 mai 2016)

Élise Huillery (Sciences Po. Paris) :
“Who Bore the Cost of French Colonies ? Comparative Analysis of Public Transfers between France and its Colonies” (co-authored with Denis Cogneau and Sandrine Mesple-Somps). (conférence français/anglais)

Abstract : This lecture gives evidence on the importance of public transfers between France and its colonies both for French and for African taxpayers : was colonization costly for France ? To what extend did French taxpayers contribute to colonies’ development ? To answer these questions, we use original public finance data on most important French colonies : French Equatorial Africa, French West Africa, Indochina, Madagascar, Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco. We adopt a comparative analysis to explore whether France adopted the same colonization model in all territories, or whether some colonies costed more and received more than others.

Entrée libre et gratuite, mais sur inscription préalable.

Pour des raisons de sécurité, les participants sont invités à communiquer leur nom et coordonnées par mail avant le 25 mai, à bruno.valat@univ-jfc.fr ou stefano.ugolini@sciencespo-toulouse.fr