11 Facts About Alfred Sauvy

Alfred Sauvy was a demographer, anthropologist and historian of the French economy.

Alfred Sauvy was born in Villeneuve-de-la-Raho in 1898 to a family of Catalan wine-growers, and educated at the Ecole Polytechnique.

Alfred Sauvy founded Institut Francais de la Conjoncture in 1938.

Under the Nazi occupation, Alfred Sauvy contributed to the Bulletins rouge-brique, a government-sanctioned periodical.

Alfred Sauvy became director of INED and simultaneously represented France at the commission of Statistics and Population of the United Nations.

Alfred Sauvy was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society.

Alfred Sauvy wrote for Le Monde until his death in October 1990.

Alfred Sauvy suggested examining countries on a case-by-case basis to determine whether they lack the raw materials and natural resources that can support a larger population.

Alfred Sauvy coined the term 'Third World' in an article published in the French magazine, L'Observateur on August 14,1952.

Alfred Sauvy coined Third World by analogy with the Third Estate and the above quote is a paraphrase of Sieyes's famous sentence about the Third Estate during the French Revolution.

The Prix Alfred Sauvy is awarded annually to startup projects and social enterprises in the Pyrenees-Orientales region.