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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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How can development finance address the vulnerability challenge in LDCs and other vulnerable countries? Improving allocation and supporting structural transformation

AGENDA. Mondat, April 12

Side event to the 2021 ECOSOC Financing for Development Forum. Organised by UN-OHRLLS, OECD and FERDI. Information and registration.

09 April 2021

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Guide méthodologique de bonnes pratiques pour la mise en œuvre des projets et programmes de développement dans les pays membres du G5 Sahel et de la Côte d’Ivoire

Publication

Rapport de l'atelier régional organisé du 1er au 3 mars 2021 par la Chaire Sahel de la Ferdi et ayant réuni 18 experts des pays membres du G5 Sahel et la Côte d’Ivoire.

06 April 2021

National Security and Resilience Forum 2021: Sahel, from war to peace?

Agenda. April 8, 2021

An event organised by the Académie of Clermont-Ferrand. WithTertius Zongo, Director of the Sahel Chair at Ferdi, former Prime Minister of Burkina Faso. Registration until April 5, 2021. Event in French.

30 March 2021

Pool patents to get COVID vaccines and drugs to all

Publication

Correspondence in Nature Journal. By Etienne Billette de Villemeur (Université de Lille), Vianney Dequiedt (Cerdi-UCA-CNRS, Ferdi)., Bruno Versaevel (Emlyon Business School, France).

24 March 2021

Blog

A survey of African education institutions: coping with the Covid-19 crisis

On www.entreprenanteafrique.com. Nene Diallo (IetP) and Camille Manse (IetP) surveyed some thirty African educational institutions to understand the impacts of the crisis and the coping strategies put in place by those most affected.

08 April 2021

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Towards An Environmental Goods Agreement STyle (EGAST) agenda to improve the regime complex for Climate Change

By Jaime DE MELO, Jean-Marc SOLLEDER

April 07, 2021

Do Banks and Microfinance Institutions Compete? Microevidence from Madagascar

By Pierrick BARATON, Florian LÉON

April 06, 2021

Guide méthodologique de bonnes pratiques pour la mise en œuvre des projets et programmes de développement dans les pays membres du G5 Sahel et de la Côte d’Ivoire

April 06, 2021

Covid-19 : doit-on remettre en question les droits de propriété intellectuelle?

By Etienne BILLETTE DE VILLEMEUR, Vianney DEQUIEDT, Bruno VERSAEVEL

April 01, 2021

Pool patents to get COVID vaccines and drugs to all

By Etienne BILLETTE DE VILLEMEUR, Vianney DEQUIEDT, Bruno VERSAEVEL

March 24, 2021

Does an Inclusive Citizenship Law Promote Economic Development?

By Patrick IMAM, Roland Kangni KPODAR

March 24, 2021

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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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Indicators

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Observatoire de la Compétitivité Durable

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Build your own index

BYIND

The application "Build your index" allows the testing of the Economic Vulnerability Index (EVI) by choosing different weights and/or different definitions for the components used by the United Nations. The current series cover 145 developing countries from the 1970s to 2016.

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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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