Alain Goulard
40 result(s) for your search
Ressource
Consulted
1038
times
Creating Alliances to Accelerate Commercially Viable Sanitation - Lessons learned from the toilet board coalition and its market-based initiatives
The past decades have seen a growing appreciation of the role of market-based approaches in driving global development. Many coalitions of public and private players have emerged to promote them. How best to trigger and support these market-based approaches? How to leverage the expertise and...
Published on 23 Jan 2018
Ressource
Consulted
226
times
Inequality Diagnostics for Ghana
This report on inequality is the second in the series of inequality diagnostics conducted jointly by AFD and ACEIR, under the EU-AFD Research Facility on Inequalities. The report presents a broad overview of various dimensions of inequality over the recent past, using a wide range of data...
Published on 25 Nov 2020
Ressource
Consulted
36
times
A Strategy for Reducing Inequalities in West Africa
Reducing economic and social inequalities in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, Niger, and Senegal requires a set of policies clearly focused on the most remote areas of these countries and the particular challenges facing women, young people, and minority groups. New research on inequalities across six...
Published on 12 Nov 2020
In Akuse, in eastern Ghana, Legacy Girls College provides high-quality education at reduced tuition fees for its 400 students. This represents a rare opportunity in a country where many young girls leave school too soon.
Published on 04 Feb 2020
Page projet (programme de recherche)
Evaluating 15 years of support for development of rural territories in sub-Saharan Africa
Published on 13 Sep 2018
Ressource
Consulted
4221
times
South-South cooperation and new agricultural development aid actors in western and southern Africa - China and Brazil - Case studies
The aim of this study is to better understand, from the information collected on missions undertaken in Senegal, Benin, Ghana, Mozambique, and Brazil, the scope and methods of Chinese and Brazilian cooperation interventions in western and southern Africa’s agricultural sector.
Published on 18 Jan 2018
Ressource
Consulted
3500
times
How Can We Capitalize on the Demographic Dividend? Demographics at the Heart of Development Pathways
In the coming decades, West African countries could benefit from a “demographic window of opportunity” in order to reduce their poverty. The entry of 160 million young people into the labor market between 2010 and 2030 can accelerate economic growth. However, these countries will only benefit...
Published on 31 Aug 2017
Ressource
Consulted
66
times
Exploring the dynamics of micro- level consumption inequality in Ghana
Despite the country’s recent impressive growth record, inequality remains a pressing concern in Ghana as the benefits of higher incomes are not being evenly distributed. Existing micro-level studies on inequality have comprised sub-group decomposition and decomposition of income by factor...
Published on 24 Sep 2020
Ressource
Consulted
52
times
Understanding the relationship between Consumption Inequality, Inequality of Opportunity and Education Outcomes in Ghana
There have been calls for a shift in policy focus towards economic inequality given that it can potentially generate social instability and be harmful to economic growth in the long run. The current study examines the contribution of inequality of opportunity in consumption inequality, schooling...
Published on 14 Oct 2020
Digital technology is playing an increasingly prominent role in Africa’s economic development. In fact, more tech companies are developing across the continent than in the rest of the world. In the approach to the VivaTech technology and start-up event in Paris from June 14 to 17, we interview...
Published on 12 Jun 2023
...
Published on 09 Dec 2019
Ressource
Consulted
39
times
Evaluation Summary - Mesofinance Advans project
In Ghana, for the “Finance” sector, the grant to support the mesofinance Advans project in order to develop its offer of loans to Small and medium enterprises (SME) was subject...
Published on 23 Jul 2019
Ressource
Consulted
196
times
Evaluation Summary - District development facility (DDF), Ghana
In Ghana, the District development facility project (DDF) was subject to an evaluation in September 2015.
Access to funds by the Metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) for implementation of local socioeconomic...
Published on 31 Dec 2019
Expert
Consulted 2594 times
Anda DAVID
Published on 26 Jan 2018
Ressource
Consulted
8
times
“Multiple, polarized and vulnerable”: A socio-economic exploration of Ghana’s middle class
By using mixed quantitative-qualitative methods combining micro-data from the Ghana Living Standards Survey 2016-2017 (GLSS7) and original qualitative data collected from semi-structured interviews in 2022, the present study provides a deeper and comprehensive analysis of the objective (...
Published on 20 Jun 2023
Consulted
1312
times
Developing Lower Secondary Education: a Rural Issue and Challenge for Sub-Saharan Africa
The current development of African education systems focuses on the perspective of universal completion of six years of schooling. This perspective, targeted by the international community for the year 2015 (Dakar declaration, Millennium Development Goals), will no doubt be reached by a number of...
Published in October 2010
AFD has placed the implementation of the Paris Agreement at the heart of its mandate. A commitment that accompanies our actions in our different countries of intervention.
Particularly in the Gulf of Guinea, we are targeting the strengthening of State action, adaptation to the effects of...
Published on 05 Jan 2021
Ressource
Consulted
35
times
Vulnerability of Ghana’s Coast to Relative Sea-level Rise: A Scoping Review
Coastal areas are regions of essential value that are home to a myriad of services. However, population growth and climate change along with their cascading impacts have had profound impacts on their topography and evolution. Consequently, many coastal regions, of which Ghana’s coast is no...
Published on 13 Jun 2023
Ressource
Consulted
80
times
Open Data for Resilient Agriculture - Hackathon Accra 2019
AFD supports open data in order to share knowledge enriched by the multitude of contributors and to create digital commons that benefit everyone. The Internet and browsers constitute the most advanced library, available to all without restriction but connectivity.
This hackathon...
Published on 12 Feb 2020
Page agence
Our office in Ghana
Based in Accra, AFD's Ghana office is attached to the Gulf of Guinea Regional Division.
Published on 24 Nov 2017