FERDI is a leading player in international financing for sustainable development, mobilising research and expertise to inform international decision-making and help ensure that financing is more effective and better tailored to countries’ vulnerabilities.
↪ Contribute to shaping the architecture of international financing for sustainable development and inform international debates to ensure that countries’ vulnerabilities are better reflected in the allocation of concessional financing
↪ Assess the effectiveness, complementarity and coherence of financing instruments
↪ Promote the diversification and mobilisation of financing sources
Analysis of trends in the architecture of development finance and promotion of greater consideration of vulnerability in resource allocation.
In 2025-2026:
- Contribution to FfD4 (Seville, 2025) through participation in preparatory work and the organisation of three sessions in the conference agenda.
- Participation in international forums (IMF, World Bank, United Nations, OECD, Finance in Common Summit), with advocacy for greater consideration of vulnerability in funding allocation. >> Explore FERDI’s research on the allocation of financing flows based on vulnerabilities
- Publication of a book on the use of a multidimensional vulnerability index (author: Patrick Guillaumont) >> Read the publication (open access)
- Partnership with the IDB to develop a tool integrating vulnerability into financing decisions (dynamic index, conceptual framework, training)
- Organisation of Chatham House-style discussions on “Attacks on aid: reasons, responses and prospects”
- Participation in the Financing One Sustainable Health working group, co-chaired by Jacky Mathonnat (Ferdi/Cerdi) and Agnès Soucat (AFD). At the One Health Summit (March 2026), Aurore Pelissier (University of Burgundy, Senior Fellow at Ferdi) presented a project for an observatory on the efficiency of district hospitals
>> Explore the work of the Chair on International Development Finance Architecture
Analysis of the role of public development banks and their complementarity with multilateral institutions. This work includes a study of the financial profile of development banks, as well as a mapping of the financial support provided by multilateral development banks to public development banks.
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Analysis of resource mobilisation mechanisms and financing instruments, particularly in developing countries.
In 2025–2026:
- Analysis of the role of Caisse des Dépôts in mobilising domestic private resources for development financing. >> Read this study
- Research on international taxation (kerosene tax, maritime tax) and its effects on vulnerable countries. >> Read the results of this research
- Contribution to debates on the diversification of funding sources
Analysis of the linkages between finance, climate and development, with a focus on vulnerable countries.
In 2026:
- Database on international public funding for climate change adaptation (2019–2023), covering commitments from multilateral and bilateral donors. >> Access the database
