Publications and media
Revitalizing Public Decision-Support Institutions in Tunisia
Public analysis and decision-support structures play an essential role in guiding public policy decisions. While Tunisia has relatively strong institutions and expertise, it is clear that the system h...
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...
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Water reuse, a strategic response to water stress?
The effects of climate change, which are particularly noticeable in countries around the Mediterranean and in the Middle East, are exacerbating water stress in these regions. Faced with increasing wat...
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AFD Group Offer in North Africa
Both a protean, multicultural region, but also a space of transitions and mobility, North Africa faces major challenges: accelerated urbanization (two-thirds of the population in North Africa lives in...
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Wahamiaji,Masoko na Mameya
Mtazamo wa uhamiaji na maendeleo ya mijini lazima upanuliwe. Mijadala kuhusu uhamiaji na maendeleo ya mijini kwa kiasi fulani imekuwa ya kupunguza na potofu. Lengo kubwa limekuwa katika majiji makubwa...
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Webinar: AFD & WBG Migrants, Markets & Mayors: Rising above Employment Challenge on Africa's Secondary Cities
Webinar : AFD & WBG Migrants, Markets & Mayors: Rising above Employment Challenge on Africa's Secondary Cities Research on migration and urban development in Africa has primarily focused on larger...
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Migrants, Markets, and Mayors
Research on migration and urban development in Africa has primarily focused on larger cities and rural-to-urban migration. However, 97 percent of Africa’s urban centers have fewer than 300,000 inhabit...
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AFD & KfW activities in the context of Loss and Damage - Position paper
First mentioned in 1991, Loss and Damage (L&D) has become the third pillar of the climate negotiations within a few years. In the absence of an agreed UNFCCC definition, a number of competing framings...
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Measuring social norms towards women and work in Tunisia. An assessment of the ‘opinion-matching’ method
The presence of patriarchal social norms and traditional gender roles is a potential explanation for persistent inequalities in labor market opportunities for women in the MENA region. We investigate...
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Irrigated agriculture: A service-based approach to put irrigators at the center of policy formulation
Irrigated agriculture can help address challenges of food security and sovereignty, develop regions and farms, improve trade balance, and contribute to climate change adaptation. An irrigated area is...
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MacroDev - Semestrial Panorama 2023 #2
Since the last edition of our publication MacroDev Semestrial in February 2023, international economic developments have remained eventful and intense, against the backdrop of the continued global geo...
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Evaluation Highlights: In Tunisia, the emergence of a sustainable microfinance sector
Microcredit is a key tool in Tunisia for promoting the financial and economic inclusion of the most disadvantaged people, in both urban and rural areas. AFD Group has been working since 2011 to suppor...
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Climate Change, Loss of Agricultural Output and the Macro-Economy: The Case of Tunisia
Using an empirical, multi-sectoral, open economy, Stock-Flow Consistent model, this paper assesses the long-term consequences of a sustained climate-induced decline in agricultural production for the...
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Urban Projects Finance Initiative (UPFI)
The Union for the Mediterranean, the European Union, Agence Française de Développement and the European Investment Bank have joined forces to build a successful transition towards sustainable Mediterr...
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The PRIQH: a Tunisian response to the challenges of rapid urbanization
Tunisia is undergoing rapid urbanization, which is creating challenges for its population. The growth of informal settlements raises the issue of access to basic services and amenities. In order to ad...
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Historic degraded centers: the Tunisian strategy for urban regeneration
The Historic Center Regeneration Programme (PRCA) is part of the Tunisian national policy for urban regeneration. It aims to upgrade the historical and traditional districts, which tend to deteriorate...
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AFD and Macroeconomic Modelling Tools for the Ecological Transition
AFD has been developing two macroeconomic modelling tools – the GEMMES and ESTEEM models – for analysing the macroeconomic aspects of the ecological transition.
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Social Safety Nets and Food Insecurity in MENA in the Time of COVID-19
A total of 52 million people in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) were chronically undernourished in 2019. About eight million more were expected to fall into poverty and be food insecure in the...
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Gender and Mental Health: COVID-19 shock-related factors
At the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, the self-reported mental well-being of women in certain Middle East and North African (MENA) countries was significantly worse compared to that of men. New analys...
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Populations' behavior analysis toward Covid-19 safety measures: Evidence from Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia
This policy brief assesses the COVID-19 safety measures use practices of some MENA populations, namely: Algerian, Moroccan and Tunisian populations. To this end, three waves of data provided by rapid...
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Populations' Behavior Toward Covid-19 Safety Measures: Evidence from Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia
The present study aims to analyze the populations’ behavior toward COVID-19 safety measures in each of Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia. In this direction, a particular focus is put on which safety measu...
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