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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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Maman Sambo Sidikou, Secrétaire permanent du G5 Sahel et Tertius Zongo Directeur de la Chaire Sahel de la Ferdi
SAHEL-Signature of an agreement between the G5 Sahel and the Sahel Chair of FERDI.
Event
Maman Sambo Sidikou, and Tertius Zongo, signed an agreement to carry out a study on security spending and its crowding-out effects on the financing of development spending in the G5 Sahel countries.
12 September 2019
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Renforcement des systèmes de santé et des politiques de lutte contre les maladies infectieuses - Session 2019
Training
Formation en économie de la santé à l’intention des pays francophones d’Afrique au sud du Sahara - Session 2019. Les inscriptions sont ouvertes.
10 September 2019
Support Education in Africa: Towards a New Partnership Approach
BLOG
Faced with the many challenges of education in Africa, a boiling entrepreneurial dynamic is emerging and provides innovative solutions.
12 September 2019
Issues and challenges of international development
Publication
CONTRIBUTION TO BOOK - In a chapter on the process of adopting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Matthieu Boussichas (FERDI) traces the debates that accompanied the transition from the Millennium Goals to the SDGs. (Book in French)
11 September 2019
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Taxation of mining industries
UPDATE- Tax data for 2017 and 2018 are available for Kenya, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone.
05 September 2019

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The role of an environmental goods agreement in the quest to improve the regime complex for climate change
By Jaime DE MELO, Jean-Marc SOLLEDER
September 16, 2019
Supporting Education in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities for the Impact lnvestor
By Tom DILLY, Francesca MARCHETTA
September 13, 2019
Des Objectifs du Millénaire pour le développement à l'Agenda 2030
By Matthieu BOUSSICHAS
September 11, 2019
“The winner takes it all” or a story of the optimal allocation of the European Cohesion Fund
By Benoit DICHARRY, Phu NGUYEN-VAN, Thi Kim Cuong PHAM
September 11, 2019
Presentation: The Sustainable Competitiveness Observatory
By Patrick PLANE
September 10, 2019
Achieving Coordination in Agricultural Value Chains: The Role of Lead Agents and Multi-stakeholder Platforms
By Alain DE JANVRY, Elisabeth SADOULET, Carly TRACHTMAN
September 05, 2019

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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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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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