Events

Jaime de Melo, Senior Fellow at FERDI, spoke on the Continental Free Trade Area for Africa (AfCFTA) and the Common External Tariff (CET) assessments of the East African Community (EAC).

Anne-Marie Geourjon (FERDI) presented the methodological guide on tax expenditure evaluation.

For the Chair Sahel, Catherine Araujo (CERDI) and Matthieu Boussichas (FERDI) participated as observers in the working group on agriculture.

The students of the GPE programme participated in the 2019 edition of the Bonnes Nouvelles d'Afrique.

FERDI and IDDRI organized the session on development: "Inequalities and vulnerabilities: what links? Towards a convergence of development policies led by G7 members?"

Joël Cariolle (FERDI) presented the paper "Telecommunications Submarine Cable deployment and the Digital Divide in Sub-Saharan Africa"

Jacky Mathonnat (CERDI CNRS-Université Clermont Auvergne and FERDI) participated in this meeting.

Joël Cariolle (FERDI) presented the paper "Telecommunications submarine cable vulnerability and local performance of firms in developing and transition countries" co-written with Maelan Le Goff (Banque de France) and Olivier Santoni (FERDI).

Grégoire Rota-Graziosi, Emilie Caldeira et Alou Adessé Dama ont présenté leurs travaux sur la qualité de la dépense publique dans le monde.

Jean-Claude Berthelemy presented the database on off-grid electrification.

Christophe Angely (Ferdi) participated in this seminar as a representative of the Sahel Chair to discuss and exchange on this theme.

Visit by Anne-Marie Geourjon (FERDI) and Emilie Caldeira (University Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, CERDI) as part of the project to support the evaluation of tax expenditures in the Republic of Guinea.

The 25th promotion of the Economic Policy Management (GPE) training programme went to Geneva for seminars organised with international organisations.

Christophe Angely participated in the seminar to represent the Sahel Chair. He spoke on global issues, development, demographic and climate issues.

Fayçal Sawadogo, doctorant au Cerdi et assistant de recherche à la Ferdi, est intervenu sur la question de la fiscalité des entreprises de télécommunications en Afrique.