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The Least Developed Countries, France and Europe
FERDI's News: The Least Developed Countries, France and Europe, a primer on rules of origin as non-tariff barriers, Climate finance for Africa: Burden or opportunity?
April 2022
Exploiting The Full Power of Special Drawing Rights
News on FERDI's website: 2022 OECD Tax and Development Days, Conference "Exploiting The Full Power of Special Drawing Rights", Fiscal Policies for Fisheries in five African Countries...
February 2022
- Special Drawing Rights (SDR)
Waiting for the 5th UN Conference on Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
FERDI news: The most recent work on LDCs, the conference agenda, the training agenda and the latest publications including the UN report on the Multidimensional Vulnerability Index.
January 2022
- Least developed Countries (LDCs)
- GPE
Supporting capacity building on data science in tax and customs administrations
FERDI News: Meeting with tax and customs representatives from Côte d'Ivoire, Niger, Togo, Mauritania in the framework of the DATAFID project (Expertise France), the GDN conference 'Evidence for Development: What Works Global Summit 2021' and the Foundation Prospective et Innovation conference, the publications and the training agenda.
October 2021
- Development financing
- Data science
The Commonwealth Universal Vulnerability Index
FERDI news: Ferdi news: announcement of the Commonwealth report on the Universal Vulnerability Index, the video of the Ferdi-CGDev conference on special drawing rights, publications, press review.
September 2021
- Vulnerabilities
- Composite Indicators
What financial choices for Africa in the face of climate change?
Ferdi news: video review of the Banque de France, AFD, Ferdi conference "What financial choices for Africa in the face of climate change?", the publications and the agenda of events.
July 2021
- Climate change
- Development financing
The Sahel Chair, a Sahelian tool at the heart of the region's challenges
Editorial by Tertius Zongo, Director of the Sahel Chair and former Prime Minister of Burkina Faso
June 2021
- Sahel
- Sahel Chair
Contribution of FERDI to the Summit on Financing African Economies and on the Covid-19 vaccine discussions
Editorial by Patrick Guillaumont, President of Ferdi.
May 2021
- Development financing
- Covid-19
How can development finance address the vulnerability challenge in LDCs and other vulnerable countries?
FERDI news: video on the OECD, UN-OHRLLS, Ferdi conference on how development financing can address the vulnerability of LDCs and other vulnerable countries, video on the conference on revenue agencies (Inter-ministerial Platform on Domestic Resource Mobilization -MRIP)...
April 2021
- Development financing
- Vulnerabilities
Mobilizing and allocating external financing for Africa
Ferdi's news : events calendar, training agenda, publications
March 2021
- Development financing
3 years of the Sahel Alliance: Achievements, Challenges and Prospects
FERDI's news: launch of the GPE call for applications, conference on off-grid renewable energy, announcement of the Sahel Alliance's results report ...
February 2021
- Sahel
- Sahel Chair
Databases and innovative development indicators designed in 2020.
One of FERDI's objectives is to provide innovative development databases and indicators freely available. These databases and indicators are particularly valuable in these times of crisis and uncertainty.
January 2021
- Data base
- Index
Towards a new world economic order? How can we contribute to it?
I cannot begin this December "Flash Info" without a word to reiterate the FERDI's tribute to Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, who passed away on December 2d and who has been its Honorary President from the outset. I would simply like to refer to our editorial on the FERDI website, which reminds us of what the Foundation owes him.
December 2020
Development Banks: Towards a new expansion in support of sustainable development
Editorial by Patrick Guillaumont, President of FERDI
October 2020
- Development financing
- Development Banks
Old and new vulnerabilities
Editorial by Patrick Guillaumont, President of FERDI
July 2020
- Vulnerabilities