Eight Advisory x Rencontres Économiques d’Aix-en-Provence 2025

This year’s theme is “Facing reality : a call to action” and the 2025 conference will focus on the structural changes that are redefining the economic, social, environmental and geopolitical balance. The programme is divided into several main themes: Environment, Technology, Trust, Demographics, Geopolitics and Finance. 

Over three days, more than 70 debates, plenary sessions and controversies will bring together public decision-makers, business leaders, researchers, economists and civil society actors to put forward concrete proposals for action. 

On 4 July at 11:00 am, Augustin de Romanet, Advisor to the Group General Management at Eight Advisory, will participate in the session “Ending Poverty”. He will be joined by Caroline Chevé, General Secretary of the Fédération Syndicale Unitaire, Patrice Douret, Volunteer President of the Restos du Cœur, and Nicolas Joly, Chief Executive Officer of Icade. The session, coordinated by Pierre Jacquet, Member of the Cercle des économistes, will be moderated by Pierre de Vilno, Presenter for Europe 1 and CNews.  

Remediating Poverty 

After decades of progress in reducing poverty in developing countries, it has once again worsened in many countries due to the pandemic, inflation, conflicts and disasters, especially those related to global warming. In developed countries, inequality poses a considerable economic and political challenge. 

This round table has three objectives. The first is to take stock of what is known about poverty reduction, both in terms of the effectiveness of development aid and national policies for reducing poverty, but also in terms of defining and measuring poverty. The second is to discuss public policies that reconcile the necessary ecological transition and the advent of artificial intelligence and the digital economy with poverty reduction and social justice, while it is easy to show the risks of widening inequalities that these challenges entail. Finally, the third objective is to ask how the deterioration of international policy affects the orientation, the relevance and organization of development assistance and efforts undertaken by existing multilateral institutions to reduce poverty, and the directions in which they should be directed. 

Session 11 “Ending Poverty” 

Friday 4 July 2025, 11:00 – 12:00

Amphi 3

Parc Jourdan, Aix-en-Provence

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