Events du programme 'Private Sector and Development'

The Global Development Conference 2025 (GDC 2025) organised by the Global Development Network will take place in Clermont-Ferrand, France from October 28 to 30, 2025. It will be co-hosted by the Fondation pour les Études et Recherches sur le Développement International (FERDI) and the Centre d’Études et de Recherches sur le Développement International (CERDI) as part of their collaboration under the Pôle Clermontois de Développement International (PCDI).

Joël Cariolle, Research Officer at Ferdi, will present his paper co-authored with David Carroll at this annual scientific event organized by the CSAE, the Centre for the Study of African Economies at the University of Oxford, on March 23 in Oxford.

Joël Cariolle, Research Officer at FERDI, presented his paper co-authored with David Carroll at the PSSD seminar, organized by the research groups in Development Economics and International Economics at the University of Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne, on February 17th in Paris.

Research seminar organized as part of the Banque de France - Ferdi partnership

Joël Cariolle presented the main findings of his paper, "From Phone Access to Food Markets: Is Mobile Connectivity Transforming West-African Livelihoods?"

Co-organisé par l'IHEDD-Ferdi et le FAGACE, le séminaire réunit les 12 et 13 novembre à Cotonou une quarantaine d'acteurs économiques désireux de parfaire leurs connaissances sur le secteur de l'investissement d'impact, secteur en plein essor.

La soirée organisée par le réseau CERDI Alumni Bénin est un rendez-vous exclusif réunissant les anciens étudiants du CERDI, des partenaires institutionnels et des experts économiques.

Roundtable organised by FERDI in partnership with CIRAD and CERDI Université Clermont Auvergne CNRS IRD on 3 October 2024 at the Sommet de l'élevage (Livestock Summit) in Cournon d'Auvergne.

Le lundi 30 septembre 2024, la Ferdi représentée par Catherine Araujo Bonjean, l'AFDI AuRa ainsi qu'une délégation de cinq membres de l'UCAVICI, conduite par son président M. Sindou Fofana et sa trésorière Mme Djebenou Traore, se sont retrouvées pour une réunion de travail sur la chaine de valeur avicole.

FERDI was atthe 16th Convergences World Forum. Florian Léon, Research Officer, took part in a session dedicated to the international financing of the Social Solidarity Economy.

How can public/private finance (blended finance) support the development of agricultural value chains in Africa?

To share its first findings and officially inaugurate the Impact Investing chair, FERDI and UICI organised a roundtable bringing together the key actors in impact investing in Africa.

Joël Cariolle, chargé de recherche Ferdi, a présenté le papier "From phones to feed: Is mobile connectivity transforming west-African agricultural markets?" (à paraître).

Joel Cariolle, a researcher at Ferdi, was a guest speaker at the conference, kicking off the discussions and taking part in the session on digital finance and entrepreneurship in developing economies.

Round table organized by the Ferdi's Chair “Agricultural modernization policies in Africa” Sommet de l’élevage 2023, Cournon d'Auvergne.