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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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Master Maîtrise d'ouvrage pour le développement (MODEV)

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Les candidatures pour les bourses de l'AFD est clôturé mais l'appel à candidature reste ouvert aux candidats non boursiers. Candidater.

10 June 2021

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Call for Expressions of Interest: Assessing Social Science Research Systems Doing Research program

Global Development Network

The Global Development Network (GDN) call for expressions of interest from multidisciplinary research teams based in research institutions in developing countries.

10 June 2021

Rebellion, Rascals, and Revenue: Tax Follies and Wisdom Through the Ages

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Presentation of the book "Rebellion, Rascals, and Revenue: Tax Follies and Wisdom Through the Ages" by the authors Michael Keen and Joel Slemrod. See the video

10 June 2021

Why the creation of the African Medicines Agency is an urgent and compelling requirement for Africa?

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On Entreprenanteafrique.com. An article by Michel Sidibé, African Union Special Envoy for the African Medicines Agency, Former Minister of Health and Social Affairs of Mali, former Under-Secretary-General at UN and Executive Director at UNAIDS.

01 June 2021

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Pourquoi l’aide publique au développement doit (aussi) servir à soutenir les entreprises privées en Afrique

Le Sommet sur le financement des économies africaines qui s’est tenu à Paris le 18 mai dernier se donnait pour objectif d’apporter une respiration financière aux économies africaines. Le bilan reste mitigé. Florian Leon (Ferdi) sur The Conversation France

07 June 2021

Latest publications

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Foreign direct investment and domestic private investment in Sub-Saharan African countries: crowding-in or out?

By Askandarou DIALLO, Luc JACOLIN, Isabelle RABAUD

June 10, 2021

Revue d'économie du développement 2020/1 (Vol. 28): Varia

June 03, 2021

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Projets de développement, conditions de vie et activité économique dans les pays du G5 Sahel

By Jean-Louis ARCAND, Lamissa BARRO

June 03, 2021

Présentation : La fiscalisation de l’aide. Contribution de la Ferdi.

By Anne-Marie GEOURJON

May 28, 2021

African regional integration: A problem-driven approach to delivering regional public goods

By Bruce BYIERS, Antoine CAZALS, Jaime DE MELO, Alfonso MEDINILLA

May 28, 2021

Export Growth - Fuel Price Nexus in Developing Countries: Real or False Concern?

By Kodjovi EKLOU, Stefania FABRIZIO, Roland Kangni KPODAR

May 26, 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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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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