Publications and media
Empowering Civil Society Organizations : the localisation of AID in Lebanon
The Shabake program mobilizes 9.4 million euros to strengthen the capacities of 13 local CSOs (civil society organizations) in the implementation of their field activities. Co-financed by the Agence F...
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Protecting seawater in Lebanon, a permanent challenge
In Lebanon, the protection of water resources remains a challenge not to be dismissed. Only 24% of raw waster is treated at primary level. AFD contributes to the protection of the environment through...
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Minka Peace and Resilience Fund - 2020 Activity Report
As crises become longer and more complex, AFD Group has made a key commitment to sustainable peace, the climate and social cohesion. This commitment is part of France’s “Prevention, Resilience and Sus...
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Affordable housing, a social challenge amidst Lebanese crises
Since 2019, Lebanon has been experiencing the worst financial and economic disaster in its history. The explosion on 4 August 2020 affected many of the capital’s residential buildings. With over half...
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Evaluation Summary - ACTED’s Project: Improving Access to Basic Social Services Through Local Capacity Buildin...
In Lebanon and Iraq, in the health sector, the ACTED’S Project: Improving Access to Basic Social Services Through Local Capacity Building (CZZ2144) was subject to an evaluation in 2021. The main ob...
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The challenge of psychological well-being in Lebanon
In Lebanon, where mental health is a major public health issue, heightened by the acute economic crisis and the August 4 exposures, AFD is providing support to improve the psychological well-being of...
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Minka Peace and Resilience Fund - 2019 Activity Report
As crises become longer and more complex, AFD Group has made a key commitment to sustainable peace, to the climate and to social cohesion. This commitment is part of France’s “Prevention, Resilience a...
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Middle East - 2020-2030 Regional Strategy
The Middle East Strategy identifies AFD Group’s main strategic priorities for the Middle East, the methodological tools for addressing the challenges common to all of the countries in which AFD operat...
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Minka Middle East Initiative
The wars in Syria and Iraq have driven more than 15 million people to flee their homes and have caused the largest population displacement in the Middle East since World War II. The top host countries...
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Evaluation Summary - Mid-term evaluation of the project “Training and Employability for Vulnerable Populations...
In Lebanon, for the education and vocational training sector, the project "Training and employability of vulnerable populations impacted by the Syrian crisis in Lebanon" was subject to a mid-term eval...
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The economics of the Syrian refugee crisis in neighboring countries. The case of Lebanon
In this article, we investigate the effects of a massive displacement of workers from a war-torn economy on the economy of a neighboring country. Applying a general equilibrium approach to the Lebanes...
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Improving the employment of young people and women in a context of crisis in Lebanon
In Lebanon, AFD and the NGO IECD (“Semeurs d’Avenir”) are not only trying to teach young people a trade, they are promoting the togetherness. Lebanese society has not totally recovered from the 2005 c...
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Euro-Med Growth and Trade Integration: can we talk of a cost of the non-Mediterranean?
This paper revisits the debate on EuroMediterranean integration to reassess its observed and expected impact on the economic growth of the South and East Mediterranean countries (SEMCs).
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Water services and the private sector in developing countries. Comparative perceptions and discussion dynamics
During the past twenty years, participation of the private sector in the field of essential services has been a topic of much discussion, allowing the expression of very different viewpoints and the m...
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The AFD Group and the Mediterranean
In a regional context marked by increasing environmental pressures, the Mediterranean faces major challenges such as pollution, overfishing, and water stress. To protect this unique ecosystem, the AFD...
