Human Development and Capital

↪ to  analyse the healthcare systems in developing and emerging countries and to provide governments and their partners with research-based information that supports economically feasible, and socially and politically acceptable, decision-making.

↪ to measure the impact of Covid-19 on mortality in Africa, and on the efficiency of district hospitals

 ↪ to support institutions and governments to develop knowledge.

↪  In 2024, IHEDD-FERDI, with support from the Government of Monaco's Department of External Relations and Cooperation, provided six training courses in health economics. 

↪ Jean-Louis Arcand, Sosso Feindouno, and Patrick Guillaumont have published an article in Social Science & Medicine on the transfer of Covid-19 mortality from Northern to Southern countries. This article builds on a study conducted with a grant from the French National Research Agency (ANR) under the "Covid-19 Research Action" call for proposals.

↪ The book La mortalité due au Covid-19 en Afrique : prédominance des effets indirects [COVID-19's death transfer to Sub-Saharan Africa : indirect effects predominate] is published. Author : Sosso Feindouno

↪ FERDI is contributing to the French Development Agency (AFD) program on the impact of Covid-19 on health and the efficiency of healthcare structures in Africa. The aim of this program is to better respond to current and future health shocks. 

↪ FERDI has become the main partner of the "Savoirs Éco en Tunisie" (Economic Knowledge in Tunisi), a project, implemented by Expertise France and funded by the European Union. 

↪ FERDI supports CEMAC's plans to create a regional university of excellence