Publications and media
Vocational Training in the Informal Sector
The AFD, with support from the international network of experts, GEFOP, proposes to conduct an in-depth study on the conditions and forms of investment in training in the informal sector. (...)
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Financing Development: What are the Challenges in Expanding Aid Flows
Cet ouvrage rassemble les actes de la conférence organisée le 14 décembre 2005 par l’Agence Française de Développement et le réseau de chercheurs européens EUDN (European Development Research Network)...
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Development, a question of opportunity?
The World Bank‘s World Development Report 2006 published in September 2005 addresses Equity and Development. The report defines equity as respect for equal opportunities combined with the avoidance of...
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Aid Selectivity According to Augmented Criteria
A dominant trend in the literature maintains that donor assistance should be targeted to poor countries with sound institutions and policies. In this context, donor selectivity refers to what extent a...
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Beyond the fragile state: Taking action to assist fragile actors and societies
The concept of the "fragile state" came rapidly to the fore in 2004 in the international policy debate about official development assistance (ODA). The month of January 2005 saw not only an important...
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A Poverty Forecasting Tool
Poverty reduction has become the focus of economic policy in many Sub-Saharan African countries. As a result, a need for new social indicators has arisen to monitor the application and effectiveness o...
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Tools for what trade? Analysing the Utilisation of Economic Instruments and Valuations in Biodiversity Managem...
L'utilisation des outils économiques est aujourd'hui au cœur des débats sur l'action en faveur de la biodiversité. Un décalage majeur prévaut cependant entre l'omniprésence de ces outils dans les disc...
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Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Countries: Leveraging the role of multinationals
In the 1960s and 1970s, numerous developing countries’ governments developed foreign investment codes to restrict inflows in an effort to reduce remittances of dividends or to protect local firms. In...
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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...
Conference inequalities and social cohesion programme - 6/12
Programme conférence inégalités et lien social - 6/12
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...
