Events

FERDI organised a webinar on the reform of the Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust Fund (PRGT). The aim was to discuss how the IMF intervenes in poor countries and how the PRGT reform meets their needs.

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

The World Customs Organisation represented by its Secretary General signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the IDGM Laboratory of Excellence "Global Governance and Development Initiative". through FERDI, represented by Grégoire Rota Graziosi in order to strengthen their cooperation and research capacities in different fields.

50 years after the creation of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) Category, and in the lead up to the 5th UN Conference on the LDCs, we are holding a meeting to analyse the impact this decision has had and if it is still valid today.

Florian Léon (FERDI) presented the paper "Elections Hinder Firms' Access to Credit" co-authored with Laurent Weill (LaRGE, Univ Strasbourg).

Présentation des projets financés par le Centre International de Recherche 4 "Catastrophes naturelles et développement durable".

La cérémonie d’ouverture du séminaire, ouverte à de hautes personnalités, a réuni des experts académiques sur la question, des hauts représentants des administrations des pays d’Afrique de l’Ouest ainsi que des partenaires bilatéraux et multilatéraux du développement.

Anne-Marie Geourjon (FERDI), Émilie Caldeira (University of Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, CERDI) & Bertrand Laporte (University of Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, IRD, CERDI) presented the study which aimed to assess the fiscal and economic impact of the full implementation of the ECOWAS Common External Tariff (CET) as of January 1, 2023, and to propose guidelines to improve revenue mobilization and fiscal transition.

This seminar presented the results of an impact study of development projects in the area.

Fayçal Sawadogo (Research Assistant, Ferdi and PhD student, Cerdi-Université Clermont Auvergne), discussed on the effects of tax incentives on firms in developing countries.

Christophe Angely, Special Adviser for FERDI, took part in the round table discussion on "A city for all".

Roundtable organized by the Center for Global Development (CGD) and the Foundation for studies and Research on International Development (Ferdi), on the allocation of recycled SDRs.

Annual research seminar organised in partnership by the Banque de France and FERDI.

As part of the GDN annual conference, FERDI organised on Monday 25 October, a panel on "Remote sensing to assess what works in contexts of fragility, conflict or violence".

This year, the topics were: Agriculture, economy, entrepreneurship, climate, and new technologies. With the participation of Patrick Guillaumont (opening remarks), Jean-Marc Gravellini (moderator of the round tables on agriculture), Jean-Michel Severino (intervention in the session "African entrepreneurship: A key player in Africa's economic takeoff."