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The Role of the Multidimensional Vulnerability Index (MVI) in Leveraging Finance for Resilience Building
Agenda. 10 décembre 2023
COP28 side-event organised by the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States, the Foundation for Studies and Research on International Development (FERDI), the Overseas Countries and Territories Association (OCTA), the UK Overseas territories association (UKOTA), the Greeen Overseas.
04 December 2023
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Blaise Pascal and the global economy
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Explorez la galerie de photos et les vidéos de l'événement "Blaise Pascal et l'économie du monde" 
29 November 2023
Accès à l'information via internet et démocratie
INTERVIEW
Joël Cariolle (Ferdi) et Yasmine Elkhateeb (Université Paris 1 et Université du Caire) présentent l'article "(Mis-)information technology: Internet use and perception of democracy in Africa" co-écrit avec Mathilde Maurel (Université Paris 1). 
04 December 2023
Roundtable on the Allocation of Concessional Finance at the Paris Peace Forum
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FERDI is persistently engaged in its advocacy efforts to make that concessional development funds be allocated in priority to poor and vulnerable countries (FERDI recommendation 7, submitted to the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact last July). During the Paris Peace Forum, Patrick Guillaumont participated in a Chatham House roundtable discussion focused on the allocation of concessional funding. 
03 December 2023
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Using Remote Sensing: Initial Results on the Impact of Cafés Lumière
A series of four articles for “Entreprenante Afrique” by  Jean-Claude Berthelemy (Université Paris 1, FERDI) and Serena Barès (Électriciens sans frontières). In this second article, they explore the feasibility of evaluating impacts through the use of remote sensing data, which is generally a low cost approach. 
14 November 2023

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La compétitivité hors prix de l’UEMOA : mesure et évaluation comparée
By Alban AHOURÉ, Youssoufou Hamadou DAOUDA , Patrick PLANE
November 30, 2023
Covid-19 en Afrique : études de cas sur la morbidité et la mortalité dans une perspective comparative
By Michel GARENNE
November 30, 2023
Pourquoi cet échec stratégique des institutions de développement et des États africains ? Et de quelques pistes pour aller vers des politiques publiques mieux adaptées aux contextes locaux
By Jean-Pierre OLIVIER DE SARDAN, Tertius ZONGO
November 29, 2023
(Mis-)information technology: Internet use and perception of democracy in Africa
By Joël CARIOLLE, Yasmine ELKHATEEB, Mathilde MAUREL
November 16, 2023
Mobile Phones and Development in Africa: Does the Evidence Meet the Hype?
By Jenny C. AKER, Joël CARIOLLE
November 14, 2023
Earmarked Taxes to Finance Global Public Goods: Relevance and Implementation
By Vianney DEQUIEDT, Audrey-Anne DE UBEDA, Grégoire ROTA-GRAZIOSI
November 13, 2023

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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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