Publications

The Economic Vulnerability Index (EVI) is a well-recognized measure of the structural vulnerability of developing countries and is one of the three criteria used for the identification of Least Developed Countries (LDCs). Both for effectiveness and equity reasons, the EVI is also retained as a relevant criterion for aid allocation between developing countries. Such an […]

Many donors, international agencies and national policy makers, have called for the development of vulnerability to climate change indices which would make it possible to prioritize the recipients of financial support for adaptation to climate change. Indeed, despite the complexity of the phenomenon, there has been a proliferation of indices of vulnerability to climate change. […]

Alongside GNI per capita and the Human Assets Index (HAI), the Economic Vulnerability Index (EVI) is one of the three criteria used for the identification of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), as used by the UN-CDP (Committee for Development Policy) at each triennial review of the list of LDCs (see LDC Handbook, United Nations, 2015). […]

This article investigates the impact of remittances on credit in 30 developing (low and middle income) countries and 27 developed (high-income) countries during the period of 2000-2014. This paper differs from existing literature in two ways. First, we distinguish the impact of remittances on credit in both the short run and the long run. Second, […]

La Chaire Sahel de la Ferdi a organisé les 25 et 26 mars 2019 un atelier de haut niveau sur l’analyse des flux financiers pour le développement des pays membres du G5 Sahel. Quatre-vingt-deux (82) participants se sont réunis à Ouagadougou au Burkina Faso dans la grande salle de la Direction Générale de la Coopération, […]

L’évolution erratique de la monnaie Bitcoin a récemment jeté un coup de projecteur sur la technologie blockchain dont la célèbre cryptomonnaie est l’application la plus connue. Présentée comme une révolution disruptive par ses promoteurs, cette technologie permet la création de registres numériques infalsifiables, immuables et historicisés, et promets de pallier le déficit de confiance qui […]

Dans le secteur minier, les Etats doivent être en mesure de concilier deux objectifs : attirer les investissements directs étrangers pour exploiter la ressource et capter une part suffisante de la rente minière pour financer le développement. Cette problématique est connue depuis longtemps et pose certes la question de la répartition de la rente minière entre […]

La facilitation des échanges est un impératif de développement, tout particulièrement pour les pays africains, dont le commerce reste entravé par une multitude de facteurs bloquants et d’obstacles administratifs, logistiques, infrastructurels et humains. L’Accord de l’OMC sur la facilitation des échanges (AFE) signé en 2013, contient des dispositions visant à accélérer le mouvement, la mainlevée […]

Does international trade help or hinder the economic development of border regions relative to interior regions? Theory tends to suggest that trade helps, but it can also predict the reverse. The question is policy relevant as regions near land borders are generally poorer, and sometimes more prone to civil conflict, than interior regions. We therefore […]

The Ferdi and AFD organized a workshop at the AFD in Paris on November 15, 2018, on “Agricultural value chain development and smallholder competitiveness”. Participating institutions to the workshop included Ferdi, AFD, the University of California at Berkeley, Leuven University, CIRAD, IFPRI and the University of Bordeaux, CERDI, the World Bank, the FARM Foundation, the […]