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Independent and not-for-profit, the Foundation for studies and Research on International Development (FERDI) proposes relevant and innovative thinking on the key issues in development economics.

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Banque de France - FERDI Seminar. December 2024
Agenda, 11 décembre
Research seminar organized as part of the Banque de France - Ferdi partnership
06 December 2024
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30e cérémonie de remise des diplômes. Master Gestion de la Politique Économique GPE
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Economic Policy Management (GPE) training programme
Training courses
Registration for the 2025-2026 session is now open. 
04 December 2024
Committee of the United Nations Conference on Financing for Development
Agenda: December 4–5, 2024
Follow our side events organized during the Preparatory Committee of the United Nations Conference on Financing for Development (#FfD4). 
03 December 2024
Pascal et l'économie du monde
Publication
Parution de l'ouvrage "Pascal et l'économie du monde", fruit des réflexions menées lors du colloque organisé par la Ferdi et le Centre international Blaise Pascal, le 20 novembre 2023. La publication est dès à présent accessible sur le site de la Ferdi.
26 November 2024
Training
Understanding and modeling the sharing of mining and petroleum rent in Africa
L'IHEDD-FERDI propose un parcours de formations sur la gestion des ressources naturelles. La première formation de ce parcours est programmée du 6 janvier au 10 mars 2025. Les candidatures sont ouvertes.
25 November 2024

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Revamping African and the United States Economic Ties: A Quest for More Trade and Investment
By Fatimata BELEM, Policarpo Gomes CAOMIQUE, Sampawende J.-A. TAPSOBA
November 30, 2024
Uncertainty Matters for Trade: Uncovering the Heterogeneous Effects
By Ibrahim NANA, Rasmané OUEDRAOGO, Sampawende J.-A. TAPSOBA
November 28, 2024
How can the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) help develop regional value chains across Africa? An Exploration
By Jaime DE MELO, Jean-Marc SOLLEDER
November 26, 2024
Household changes in post-Apartheid South Africa
By Michel GARENNE, Nancy Stiegler
November 21, 2024
"Transforming Challenge into Action: Expanding Health Coverage for All" at the World Bank Group and IMF Spring Meetings 2024 – Two hot issues that should have been brought out of the shadows but weren’t
By Jacky MATHONNAT
November 20, 2024
Pascal et l'économie du monde
By Patrick GUILLAUMONT, Laurence PLAZENET
November 14, 2024
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Chairs

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The Sahel Chair aims to enlighten the decisions of public and private actors in their action to end the Sahel crisis and to promote sustainable development in the region. Its headquarters are in Ouagadougou.

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IHEDD Training courses

The Institute for Advanced Studies in Sustainable Development (IHEDD), is the training institute of the laboratory of excellence Labex IDGM+ "Initiative for Development and Global Governance". IHEDD offers an Economic Policy Management Masters programme (GPE), short training courses (on line or on site), and tailor-made training courses on demand.

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Observatoire de la Compétitivité Durable

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Physical Vulnerability to Climate Change Index
PVCCI

For more than 10 years, FERDI has been calculating and regularly updating a Physical Vulnerability to Climate Change Index (PVCCI). Freely available, the PVCCI measures the geophysical risks faced by countries as a result of climate change.

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Taxation of mining industries
Mining taxation

FERDI makes available the first legal and tax database which lists the tax regime applicable to industrial gold mines in 21 African countries from the 1980s to the present, and a simulation tool for sharing the mineral resource rent between states and investors.

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