Côte d’Ivoire’s ER program combines political commitment and private sector initiatives in one subnational region to promote zero-deforestation agriculture, sustainable management of forests and conservation of classified forests and national parks, agroforestry, agricultural intensification, and capacity building for protected area management and forest monitoring. The ER program is implementing a model for economic development that improves the population’s living conditions and livelihoods while ending deforestation and forest degradation and reducing carbon emissions. It is also developing strong partnerships, including with World Cocoa Foundation members (some of the world’s largest cocoa companies) who have committed to participate in Côte d’Ivoire’s ER program by financing investments up front.