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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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Chaire Arhitecture internationale du financement du développement

Diversification and fragmentation of public financing for development

AGENDA. 4 April 2023

Third event (on six) of the Chair on International Architecture of Development Finance to prepare the June Paris Summit on Development Financing of Vulnerable Countries. Information and registration.

24 March 2023

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Financial Innovation for the poor

AGENDA. 31 mars 2023

Round table of the Global Development Network (GDN) in collaboration with FERDI organised during the Clermont Innovation Week (#CIW23). Registration is open (limited places).

27 March 2023

Chair in International Architecture of Development Finance

AGENDA

The FERDI's Chair on International Architecture Development Finance (IADF) is organizing six events in preparation for the June Paris Summit on Development Financing of Vulnerable Countries.

08 March 2023

Recrutement d’un(e) expert(e) «Électrification décentralisée en Afrique»

Recrutement

Date limite de candidature : 05 avril 2023. Informations.

27 March 2023

VIDEO

Tax citizenship and tax consent

Webinar of the French Inter-ministry Exchange and Coordination Platform on the Mobilisation of Domestic Public Resources (MRIP). See the video (in French).

23 March 2023

Latest publications

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Mining tax regimes and rent sharing: comparative analysis Africa - Latin America, the case of copper

By Yawovi Mawusse Isaac AMEDANOU, Yannick BOUTERIGE, Bertrand LAPORTE

March 17, 2023

Climate funds: time to clean up

By Philippe LE HOUÉROU

March 14, 2023

Financing global policies : but for whom? Taking into account countries vulnerability

By Patrick GUILLAUMONT

March 09, 2023

Taxation of civil aviation fuels as a source of financing for vulnerable countries

By Alou Adessé DAMA, Vianney DEQUIEDT, Audrey-Anne DE UBEDA, Grégoire ROTA-GRAZIOSI

March 07, 2023

Compte rendu de la conférence sur l'entrepreneuriat agricole privé en Afrique et son financement

By Catherine ARAUJO BONJEAN, Andrea DSOUZA, Jean-Marc GRAVELLINI

March 06, 2023

How export shocks corrupt: Theory and evidence

By Joël CARIOLLE, Petros G. SEKERIS

March 06, 2023

Events

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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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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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