
Employment
The eighth Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) adopted by the United Nations in 2015 is to promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all. To achieve this goal, AFD supports access to employment and improvement in job quality, promotes Social and Inclusive Business and facilitates job creation through support for the private sector and financial systems.

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SUPPORTING PRIVATE ACTORS TO PROMOTE GROWTH THAT BENEFITS ALL

- Investing for decent work
- Supporting the private sector
- Building inclusive and responsible financial systems
- Promoting social and inclusive business
Investing for decent work
Supporting the private sector
Building inclusive and responsible financial systems
Promoting social and inclusive business
2
billion people work in the informal economy (ILO, 2018)
344
million people will enter the labor market by 2030 (ILO, 2019)
While employment is the primary source of income for individuals and families, people in developing countries are massively confronted with unemployment, underemployment, precarious employment and poor working conditions.
By supporting economic activity and transitions, all AFD interventions, whatever the sector, can have an impact on jobs. In particular, AFD:
- supports policies to access employment and improve the quality of jobs to promote decent work
- promotes Social and Inclusive Business, by supporting all the economic stakeholders at the various stages of development
- facilitates job creation through its sectoral financing (agriculture, energy, etc.), and, in particular, through its support for the private sector and financial systems.
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This map is illustrative and does not list all the projects funded by AFD. Find the complete list of our projects on the opendata.afd.fr portal
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Evaluation of AFD‘s Sectoral Intervention Framework (SIF) on Education, Training and Employment, 2013-2015
Oct 2016
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Oct 2011
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