Publications and media
Exchange rate and balance of payment risks in the global development finance architecture
The authors analyze the exchange rate and balance of payment crisis risks when MDBs lend, in hard currency, to NDBs, for NDBs to onlend to investment projects. Investment projects maybe “export-enhanc...
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From global to local: Subnational development banks in the era of Sustainable Development Goals
Financing the implementation of the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been a development challenge since the establishment of the 2030 Agenda – especially under the unequal circumstan...
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Participatory irrigation management: from theory to reality – Insights from the Phước-Hòa irrigation project
PIM (Participatory Irrigation Management) has become one of the cornerstones of irrigation development. Its implementation always involves multilayered interaction between international ideologies, de...
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Climate Variability and Inequality: Comparing the Experiences of Indonesia and Vietnam
Households in Indonesia and Vietnam that are poor, rural, older, headed by women, and/or from ethnic minorities bear the biggest burden of variability in climatic conditions. New research investigate...
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The Impact of Climate Variability on Inequality: Evidence from Vietnam
Climate instability in Vietnam leads to reduced incomes and greater inequality, especially in areas most affected by climatic events related to El Nino, such as the Central Highlands, Southeast and Me...
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Who bears the burden of climate variability? A comparative analysis of the impact of weather conditions on ine...
Is climate variability regressive? One argument could be as follows: People living in areas with high risk of climate hazards usually correspond to the most disadvantaged populations. Due to existing...
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Evaluation Summary - Project to Support Vocational Training in Vietnam
In Vietnam, in the field of vocational training, the Vocational Training Support Project (VTSP) underwent a mid-term evaluation in March 2019. The project aims to support the implementation of the...
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Financing TVET: a comparative analysis in six Asian countries
Over the last years, technical and vocational education and training (TVET) has been rising in the political agenda of both the international community and many governments around the world. In the ne...
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Reemerging diseases: New health challenges in Southeast Asia
Population growth and economic development in Southeast Asia are driving major changes: a high rate of urbanization, increased exploitation of natural resources, intensification of agricultural practi...
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Southeast Asia - Activity Report
AFD’s field of intervention in Southeast Asia covers seven ASEAN member countries: we’ve had a long-standing presence in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam going back to 1993. We’ve subsequently extended our...
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AFD and the energy transition in Vietnam
In line with Vietnam’s revised Power Development Plan, electricity production in 2030 will be four times the level of 2014. This revised plan emphasises the development of renewable energies (ENR), wh...
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Impacts of Extreme Climate Events on Technical Efficiency in Vietnamese Agriculture
The aim of this study is to examine farm household-level impacts of weather extreme events on Vietnamese rice technical efficiency. Vietnam is considered among the most vulnerable countries to climate...
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Non-linear Impacts of Climate Change on Income and Inequality in Vietnam
This paper measures the marginal impact of climate variability on Vietnamese households’ income. We combine survey data from the Viet Nam Household Living Standard Survey (VHLSS) database with daily c...
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Economic and political stakes of the middle income group expansion in Vietnam
Middle class expansion in formerly poor countries has become the focus point of business groups, development banks and national governments over the latter decade. By naturalizing an income group into...
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AFD and Vietnam
AFD supports in Vietnam the implementation of the Paris Agreement around the area of energy transition, resilience of cities and territories, and youth. It offers a wide range of financial instruments...
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Evaluation Summary - Rural infrastructure development and tourism project in Lao Cai Province, Vietnam
In the Lao Cai Province of Vietnam, the rural infrastructure development and tourism project was subject to an evaluation in December 2018. Northern Vietnam province Lao Cai is among the poorest ar...
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Evaluation Summary - Development of the Ninh Thuan irrigation system, Vietnam
In Vietnam, for the “Irrigation” sector, the development of the Ninh Thuan irrigation system was subject to an evaluation in July 2018. The province of Ninh Thuan, which suffers from extremely dry...
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The Challenges of Energy Transition in Vietnam and in Southeast Asia
The Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS), Agence française de développement (AFD), Global Development Network (GDN), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), École française d’Extrême-O...
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Evaluation of French development aid in Vietnam (2005-2015)
The Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs (MEAE), the Directorate General of the Treasury (DG Trésor) and the French Development Agency (AFD) have requested an evaluation of French development aid to...
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Mekong: the challenges of common management
The Mekong River is a common good and its fairly-shared management can be a source of peace and development. This delta is one the biggest water reservoirs in the world along with Amazonia. 80 million...
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Informal Recycling vs municipal Waste Service in Asian cities: Opposition or Integration?
Despite being generally poorly recognized by public authorities, informal recycling remains nevertheless a major component in the waste sector, which questions the legitimacy of the official waste arr...
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