Publications and media
Evaluation of the Health in Common 2020 Initiative (HIC 2020)
Three years after the outbreak of the global health crisis caused by Covid-19, an evaluation of AFD’s response to this pandemic seemed essential. Firstly, for accountability requirements with regard t...
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What characterizes the re-institutionalisation of research in Sahel countries?
After several years of de-institutionalization, African research has now entered a new consolidation phase in which international funding plays a central role. This paper has been produced through the...
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Social Mobility, Care Policies, and Social Protection Policies in Nuevo León
In this study, we shed light on the connections between social mobility and policies in terms of care and social protection in the state of Nuevo León. The objective is to examine women's opportunitie...
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Sustainable Water Management: What Are the Challenges for the Great Green Wall?
The Great Green Wall (GGW) initiative aims to create a green strip through the Sahel, some 8,000 km long and 15 km wide, to restore degraded land. Launched in 2021, the GGW Accelerator focuses on five...
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HOW IS CLIMATE ACTION A MATTER OF GOVERNANCE?
The fight against climate change is more than just a technical issue: it is also a major political and institutional challenge that reaches beyond international summits and multilateral COPs, question...
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Social Mobility, Care Policies, and Social Protection
In this study, we shed light on the connections between social mobility and social protection related to care. The objective is to examine women's opportunities for choice and life achievements in ter...
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Africa’s mining potential: Current landscape, opportunities, and challenges
Mining activity sparks both fantasies and, at times, criticism, particularly among funders and traditional international cooperation actors. By its very nature, any extractive activity is unsustainabl...
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Mozambique — Completing the successful transformation of the development model
Mozambique, a country in southern Africa that stretches for 2,800 km along the Indian Ocean, is the fifth-poorest state on the planet, with alarming human development indicators. Despite having had ro...
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How Public Development Banks mobilize their resources to finance transitions?
This paper studies how Public Development Banks (PDBs) are able to finance the transition by focusing on their funding resources. The first part of the paper focuses on an explanatory analysis of fund...
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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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Evaluation of “Sport & Development” and “Impact 2024 International” programs
The French Development Agency (AFD) has made sport a driver of inclusive investment by adopting a "Sport and Development" strategy in February 2019. These encouraging results present an opportunity f...
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Distributive Impact of Green Taxes in Mexico
Carbon pricing is one of the most effective tools available worldwide for the regulation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. There is extensive theoretical and empirical research on optimal pricing ins...
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Challenges in the Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy for Developing Countries: Estimating Capital-Use Matrices...
The low-carbon transition in developing countries requires large investments in new technologies. However, since capital goods production is concentrated mostly in more advanced economies, this transi...
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Paris 2024, Dakar 2026 and Beyond: Building Sustainable Olympism
With every passing day, countries and people are becoming more aware of the urgency of climate change, its negative consequences on the planet, and the need to adopt more sustainable practices. In thi...
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MacroDev - Semestrial Panorama 2024 #2
2024 was supposed to be a year of rate cuts, ending with a question mark over the US elections which would reopen the scenarios for 2025… Yet, firstly, inflation is struggling to leave the stage and g...
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The 18th SDG? Democracy, Development and International Assistance
In 2015, the 193 Member States of the United Nations unanimously adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This agenda begins with a common vision describing the various characteristics of...
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Does co-producing Climate Services with farmers lead to higher usability?
Climate Services for farmers are essential tools to assist decision-making. They help users to better understand weather risks, which are becoming increasingly hard for farmers to predict in the conte...
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Enhancing Environmental Sustainability Through the Environmental Sustainability Gap (ESGAP) Framework in Colom...
We encourage Colombian policymakers and stakeholders to leverage the detailed insights the Environmental Sustainability Gap (ESGAP) framework provides to refine and strengthen environmental policies....
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Social inequality in Mozambique
This study presents the profile of social inequality in Mozambique from 1997 to 2017. Despite progress in reducing poverty within the government's efforts to achieve Sustainable Development Goals, the...
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Modelling low-carbon transitions in Colombia: macrofinancial opportunities and risks
With over fifty percent of its total exports consisting of petroleum and coal, Colombia remains highly vulnerable to both global and domestic energy transitions. With the aim of fostering policy dialo...
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Comparative Study on Financing Schemes for Student Accommodation in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, & South Africa
This comparative study analyzes the student accommodation sectors in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa, focusing on prevalent business models, benefits, challenges, and opportunities. The study...
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