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Clélie
NALLET

Former Research Fellow, African Studies Center

Research areas:

  • Socio-economic transformations
  • African cities
  • Middle classes
  • Ethiopia, East Africa

Clélie Nallet is a former Research Fellow for the African Studies Center at Ifri. Her work focuses on African socioeconomic transformations and urban dynamics.  She received her PhD from Sciences Po Bordeaux. Her thesis focused on Ethiopian middle classes.

She conducted several fieldwork researches in Addis Abbeba, Niamey, Abidjan and Kinshasa. She is also specialized in private sector issues in the global South and she has been editor in chief of the review Secteur Privé & Développement.


 

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Publications
African Affairs

Conceptualizing the middle class in a developmental state: Narratives and expectations in Ethiopia

01 July 2018

The category ‘middle class’ was used increasingly throughout the 2010s to identify social changes occurring in African countries, including Ethiopia. However, the category itself is hard to define and has been employed to describe very diverse socio-economic dynamics.

Clélie NALLET Jean-Nicolas BACH
Papers

New Consumption Spaces for the New Middle Classes? Shopping Centres in Abidjan

20 April 2018

Since 2011 and the end of the post-election crisis, Côte d’Ivoire has returned to impressive economic growth. The country and its capital are drawing attention from a growing number of investors, and the “Abidjanian middle classes” are widely publicised and sought after. 

Clélie NALLET
Papers

The Challenge of Urban Mobility. A Case Study of Addis Ababa Light Rail, Ethiopia

19 February 2018

In September 2015, Addis Ababa introduced the first Light Rail Transit system (LRT) in sub-Saharan Africa. This tram, a symbol of Ethiopian renewal, was nevertheless barely used by the capital’s residents during the first few months. However, at the time of our research trip in April 2017, access to the tram during rush hour was difficult and the trams were overcrowded.

Clélie NALLET
Studies

Are African Middle Classes Coming Together? The Case of Telecommunications Employees in Kinshasa

05 April 2017

For many observers, a change in perception of the African continent occurred in the 2010s. Attention has focused on the relatively high rates of economic growth and a high population growth associated with urban expansion; both indicators interpreted as promises of economic “emergence” leading to potential new markets.

Clélie NALLET
Studies

Three Years of China’s New Silk Roads: From Words to (Re)action?

28 February 2017

More than three years have already passed since China’s new silk roads were launched by President Xi Jinping. When he first mentioned the idea in an autumn 2013 speech in Kazakhstan, questions quickly emerged on the meaning of this general concept, which soon became widely promoted through a large-scale and well-coordinated public diplomacy strategy both in and outside China.

Alice EKMAN Françoise NICOLAS John SEAMAN Gabrielle DESARNAUD Tatiana KASTOUÉVA-JEAN Şerif Onur BAHCECIK Clélie NALLET
Papers

Identifying the Middle Classes: Diversity, Specificities and Consumption Practices Under Pressure

08 December 2015

The international viewpoint on the African continent has profoundly changed in the last decade. Images advertised by the media drifted from afro-pessimism - the sad fate of Africa (wars and poverty) - to afro-optimism - a brighter future for the continent.

Clélie NALLET