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Out of the Trap: Supporting the least developed countries
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“The book is both important and timely, as it could contribute to the discussions on the content and contours of commitments towards the least developed countries for the next decade”. Fekita ‘Utoikamanu, Under Secretary General, High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States.
11 November 2019
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Collaborative Smart Mapping of Mini-grid Action (CoSMMA)
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FERDI publishes a smart mapping of decentralized electrification projects. In partnership with Schneider and Veolia.
07 November 2019
Workshop on socio-economic impact of off-grid electrification
SAVE THE DATE
November, 13-14, Paris. The CLUB-ER and FERDI within the framework of IDGM are organizing a workshop to share with researchers and practitioners advances in identifying and measuring the impacts of decentralized electrification projects.
08 November 2019
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Measuring the impacts of decentralized electrification, an essential condition for scaling up
05 November 2019
Dans la presse
E-Learning Africa 2019: L’expertise française figure en bonne place
Abidjan.net
24 October 2019

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Challenges of decentralized electrification for economic development: Lessons from experience
By Jean-Claude BERTHÉLEMY
November 04, 2019
Out of the Trap: Supporting the least developed countries
By Patrick GUILLAUMONT
October 29, 2019
Taxing aid: the end of a paradox?
By Emilie CALDEIRA, Anne-Marie GEOURJON, Grégoire ROTA-GRAZIOSI
October 18, 2019
Is there a Strategy in China’s Health Official Development Assistance to African Countries?
By Marlène GUILLON, Jacky MATHONNAT
October 14, 2019
Revue d'économie du développement 2018/4 (vol.26): Varia
October 11, 2019
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Climate Change, Inequality, and Human Migration
By Michal BURZYŃSKI, Jaime DE MELO, Frédéric DOCQUIER
September 18, 2019

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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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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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