Events

Joël Cariolle, chargé de recherche, a participé à la table ronde organisée dans le cadre de notre journée d’étude consacrée aux « Nouvelles technologies et actions collectives ».

Florian Léon, Research Fellow, will participate in a roundtable discussion on Monday, September 7, entitled “The Role and Challenges of Deposit and Consignment Funds in Economic Development.”

Third webinar in FERDI's series on Reconciling International Development Finance with the Financing of Global Public Goods.

From 7 to 9 July 2026, the first edition of the West African Digital Transformations Forum brought together researchers, policymakers, private-sector representatives, civil society organisations and development partners in Cotonou, Benin.

FERDI and AFD partnered to organize a two-part webinar series on Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in Africa. These discussions explored the role of SEZs in the continent’s economic transformation strategies at a time when regional integration and the reconfiguration of global value chains were becoming increasingly important.

Research seminar held on June 23, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., as part of the partnership between the Banque de France and FERDI.

FERDI, in collaboration with the OECD, organized a webinar on 22 June to discuss the implications of declining aid budgets for the allocation of concessional resources by multilateral development banks to poor and vulnerable countries.

On Friday, June 19, the closing ceremony of the Savoirs Éco project took place in Tunisia. Coline Réal, who is in charge of the project at FERDI, attended the event in person to acknowledge the partnership and highlight the results achieved. The gathering marked the end of the project and underscored the quality of the collaboration among the various partners.

As part of the Afro’Fest festival, Alou Adessé DAMA, Research Fellow at the Ferdi, spoke on Friday, June 12, at the conference “Africa(s): Natural Resources, Inequalities and the Colonial Legacy: What Impact on Today’s Economies?”.

On June 10, a conference entitled “Development Economics at a Crossroads” was held in honor of Elisabeth Sadoulet.

The Global Research Network on Public Development Banks, in collaboration with Finance in Common and the French Development Agency, organized the 2026 Conference on Development Bank Research, focused on the theme “Public Banks in a Changing Global Financial Architecture.” The event was held in Clermont-Ferrand in partnership with Ferdi and Cerdi.

Tomas Hos et Teny Yashmina NEBIE du Secrétariat du Forum International sur le TOSSD sont intervenu auprès des auditeurs du Master "Gestion de la politique économique" - GPE pour une session consacrée à la mesure du financement du développement durable, notamment via le cadre TOSSD.

Matthieu Boussichas represented the FERDI at the Forum for the Future of Least Developed Countries, organized by the OHRLLS from May 19 to 21 in Helsinki.

Audrey-Anne de Ubeda’s participation in the OTT Conference 2026 in Rabat provided a valuable opportunity for exchange and reflection on the missions and role of think tanks.

The G7, while reaffirming the importance of directing concessional financing toward least developed and vulnerable countries, has highlighted the diversity of development objectives. The FERDI organized a webinar on differentiating the rules for allocating concessional resources according to these objectives.