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290 results for "citoyens institutions"
Nigeria: Women of big dreams
AFD in Nigeria has always put gender at the center of its projects and reflections. In 2019, AFD’s communication department in Abuja decided to commission a movie on the emancipation of women in the c...
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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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Finance in Common: The first global summit of all Public Development Banks
The Finance in Common Summit, taking place during the Paris Peace Forum in November 2020, will address our common need to build new forms of prosperity that take care of the living (people and planet)...
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Vulnerabilities to crises and resilience - 2017-2021 Strategy
AFD’s motto, « A word in common », illustrates the interdependence of women and men who share the same space and destiny. Crises – whether relating to security, politics, health, food, economics, soci...
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Impacts of Climate Change and Land Use Change on Flood Flow in the Ca River Basin (Vietnam)
The Ca River Basin, one of the largest transboundary basins in Viet Nam, located in the North Central region, regularly faces large flood events causing great damage to people’s lives and livelihoods....
Annual Review: JEFIC in 2023
JEFIC – Joint European Financiers for International Cooperation – is a network of European bilateral banks and financial institutions which collaborate with public sector partners in developing countr...
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JEFIC - AECID, AFD, BGK, CDP AND KFW TOGETHER IN TEAM EUROPE FOR SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION
JEFIC – Joint European Financiers for International Cooperation – is a network of European bilateral banks and financial institutions which collaborate with public sector partners in developing countr...
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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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Water and Sanitation: 2021 Activity Report
Water is central to the balance of ecosystems and societies and an essential factor for biodiversity, food security, health, gender equality – and even peace. Water resources are under pressure fro...
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Matching risks with instruments in development banks
This paper explores how development banks should deploy appropriate financial instruments to encourage real economic risk-taking while minimizing financial engineering risks. We distinguish real econo...
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AFD International Conference on Development : Inequalities and Social Cohesion - Synthesis
On December 6th and 7th of 2018, the 13th International AFD Conference - Inequalities and Social Cohesion was held in Paris. It aimed to bring together specialists on the issues of inequality and soci...
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Climate - 2017 Activity Report
The climate is today the identity marker of the AFD group. In 2018, this already strong orientation was reinforced by the adoption of a new climate strategy (2017-2022), which reflects AFD's ambition...
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The Political Economy of Decentralization in Sub-Saharan Africa : A New Implementation Model in Burkina Faso, ...
For the past two decades, experiments in decentralization and federalization have been developing in Africa, Asia, and the formerly communist states of Eastern Europe. Many of the powers previously in...
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Impact of Microcredit in Rural Areas of Morocco: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation
Microcredit has rapidly expanded in recent years, providing access to financial services to a large population previously excluded from the financial system. However, whether it helps the poor has bee...
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Analysis of the Determinants of the Demand for Financial Services in Rural Morocco
This study has been designed to be complementary to the work carried out by the IPA (Innovations for Poverty Action) / J-PAL (The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab) team. The IPA/J-PAL study, whic...
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AFD International Conference on Development : Inequalities and Social Cohesion - Synthesis
On December 6th and 7th of 2018, the 13th International AFD Conference - Inequalities and Social Cohesion was held in Paris. It aimed to bring together specialists on the issues of inequality and soci...
Research Conversations replay: Middle Classes : A socioeconomic exploration of Ghana and Argentina
This webinar is part of the conference series 'Research Conversations'.
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Beyond "dichotomania"
The invention of the categories of “developed” and “developing” in the mid-20th century created a representation of the world whose impact has been nothing short of extraordinary. So much so that this...
Reaping Richer Returns: Public Spending Priorities for African Agriculture Productivity Growth
Enhancing the productivity of agriculture is vital for Sub-Saharan Africa's economic future and is one of the most important tools to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity in the region. How...
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Evaluation of AFD’s Sunref Program and Transformational Credit Line to Industrial Development Corporation (IDC...
AFD supported three consecutive projects implemented by the IDC in South Africa between 2012 and 2024, aiming to strengthen IDC’s contribution to reducing the country’s carbon footprint and energy int...
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Colombia: Squaring energy transition and fiscal credibility to transform the economy
Despite a robust institutional framework and a broadly sound policy mix, Colombia’s economic model is running out of steam. For over a decade, since the end of the commodities supercycle,growth has be...
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