The Role of Public Development Banks

Through its partnerships with the French Development Agency (Agence Française de Développement – AFD) and the Peking University’s INSE, FERDI conducted in-depth work on public development banks (PDBs).

Objectives

↪ to analyse the financing structure of development banks 

↪ to participate in the international collection of data on public development banks. 

Latest Achievements

↪ Update of the PDB database with financial data on 536 banks 

↪ Study on the Financing Structure of Development Banks. This study by Florian Léon and Mavis Bosman (IAE de Bordeaux) has been published by AFD.

↪ Report on the financial profiles of national development banks

↪ Coordination of two working groups at the Finance in Common Summit (FICS 2025, Cape Town) on international architecture and PDB analysis

A programme supported by the French Development Agency (Agence Française de Développement – AFD) as part of the Finance in Common Summit (FiCS). 

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  • Agence française de développement (AFD)
  • Université de Pékin (Peking University)

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