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Jean-Baptiste JACOUTON
Research Officer on Sustainable Finance
Researcher
Expertise : Sustainable finance, Public Development Banks, Sustainable Development Goals, Development Financing, Artificial Intelligence
Theme : Financial Systems, Digital and Innovation
Jean-Baptiste Jacouton is a research officer at AFD, where he works on sustainable finance.
Jean-Baptiste Jacouton joined the AFD Group in 2021 in the « Economic Analysis and Public Policy Dialogue Department ».
As part of the research program on international development finance, he explores issues related to the reform of the global financial architecture, the development of local financial systems, and the specific role of public development banks in promoting and financing the Sustainable Development Goals.
Within the Finance in Common System, he coordinates an international research group on public development banks. He is one of the co-authors of the book « Public Development Banks – A Reference Book », published by Pearson in 2025.
Jean-Baptiste holds a master's degree in «Economic Development Analysis » (University Clermont Auvergne/CERDI).
- « Futur de l’Europe : comment financer les grands chantiers à moindres coûts ? », The Conversation France, September 2024.
- « Le Brésil, un nouveau modèle pour les banques publiques de développement ? », The Conversation France, May 2024.
- « Pacte financier mondial : quel rôle pour les banques publiques de développement face aux crises ? », with Florian Léon, The Conversation France, June 2023.
Book
- « Public Development Banks: A Reference Book », edited with Régis Marodon and Lennart Ploen, Pearson (July 2025)
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