Francis Akindès

Francis Akindès is a sociologist and a university teacher. He is the President of the Université de Bouaké (Côte d‘Ivoire) Scientific Council, and Head the university’s Department of  Anthropology and Sociology. He is also an associate researcher at France’s Research and Development Institute (IRD) and CRISE (Oxford University). Through his books, Akindès deals with the sociology of political and economic mutations, as well as the analysis of public policies in the fight against poverty.