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AFD and Environmental and climate justice
Faced with the environmental and climate emergency, AFD’s Justice Group offers to support its partner countries to strengthen their environmental law and ensuring access for all to justice in environm...
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AFD and capacity building
Nowadays, AFD is no longer simply a «development financier», but rather strives to strengthen its partners in a more structural way. With in-house expertise in capacity building, we support them in th...
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East Africa - 2020-2024 Regional Strategy
Based in Nairobi, the Eastern Africa Regional Office covers eleven countries: Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan and Tanzania. This regional st...
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Questioning Fishing Access Agreements towards Social and Ecological Health in the Global South
While marine ecosystems play a major role in the regulation of climate and our Planet's ability to cope with climate change, they are also critical for providing food, livelihood, and income to billio...
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Evaluation Summary - Secondary Cities Project, Burkina Faso
In 2009, the rate of access to electricity in Burkina Faso stood at around 13%, well below the average of the ECOWAS countries (19%). The country’s energy mix was highly dependent on thermal energy. T...
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Evaluation Summary - Sustainable Energy Efficiency Development in Palestine – SPEED project
In Palestine, in the Energy sector, the Sustainable Energy Efficiency Development (SPEED) Program has been evaluated in September 2019. This SPEED program (2013-2018) aimed at supporting the main o...
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Stakeholder engagement on inequality trends in South Africa – A multidimensional diagnostic of inequality
It is widely accepted that South Africa’s persistently high levels of inequality are not only a humanitarian crisis, they are also unsustainable and curb the country’s growth potential. Yet, despite e...
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Five years after the Paris Agreement: What results for AFD?
In 2015, the Paris Agreement marked a historic turning point in the global fight against climate change. And for over three years, Agence Française de Développement has been scaling up its commitments...
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The impact of the military-political crisis of 2002 on inequalities in Côte d’Ivoire
The military-political crisis in Côte d'Ivoire, sparked by an armed rebellion on September 19, 2002, increased inequalities in the CNW zone (Center, North, and West). However, even if they remained hi...
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Where do social inequalities come from in Côte d’Ivoire?
The LAMPE study on the determinants of social inequalities in Côte d’Ivoire1 shows a persistence of inequalities between 2008 and 2015. In particular, inequalities in participation in the labor market...
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Improving housing and access to sanitation in informal neighborhoods in Ouagadougou to reduce inequalities
The precarious housing conditions in informal settlements increase inequalities. Restructuring these neighborhoods by providing them with basic social services would be one of the solutions to improve...
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Capital stranding cascades: The impact of decarbonisation on productive asset utilisation
The aim of this article is to assess the exposure of economic systems to the risk of physical capital stranding following a reduction of fossil fuel production and use. We calculate crosssectoral and...
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AFD Group and the Western Balkans
AFD Group’s mandate is to support the convergence of western Balkans countries towards european Union standards and the implementation of the Paris climate agreement. Composed of AFD, Proparco and...
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Economic and Financial Transition - 2021-2025 Strategy
The financial and economic transition designates a process through which an economy is transformed in order to build sustainable long-term economic, social and environmental balances. To respond more...
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AFD and China
Located in East Asia, China is the most populous country in the world (1.4 billion people). It is also a huge territory with an exceptional natural and cultural heritage. Since 2004, AFD has...
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AFD and the water and sanitation sector in Kenya
Kenya has embarked on an ambitious Water and Sanitation Sector Development Program. In order to contribute to its achievement, AFD is focusing on three main strategic lines: Improving access to...
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Inequalities and environmental changes in the Mekong region: A systematic mapping
How do accelerating environmental changes impact inequalities and how do rising inequalities affect in reverse environmental dynamics? This paper is built on a systematic mapping (2019-2021) studying...
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Displaced Sand, Displaced People: Examining the Livelihood Impacts of Sand Mining in Cambodia
This working paper focuses on the livelihood impacts of river sand mining in Cambodia. We draw on two examples: (a) that of sand miners, working directly in riverbed sand mining in and around Phnom Pe...
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AFD and Sustainable Urban Development in China
The record urban development which has accompanied China’s economic growth has raised huge challenges in terms of access to urban amenities and the limitation of the environmental footprint of cities....
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AFD and the Development of a Green Financial System in China
The Chinese government has set itself highly ambitious aims in the fight against climate change, in particular its target for carbon neutrality by 2060. To reach these goals, the financial sector and...
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