Research

During the Mediterranean Worlds Forum held in Marseille on February 7 and 8, AFD Group announced the creation and pursuit of several initiatives to promote positive development in the Mediterranean region, including the Mediterranean Talents Academy, a series of development projects, as well as...

Agence Française de Développement (AFD) has just cofinanced a study on civil societies in the Maghreb region. Martin Pericard (education), Sarah Botton (research) and Matthieu Vasseur (Africa) explain how AFD assists local civil society organizations with the challenges related to the ongoing...

During the nineties, the globalization of telecommunications imposed a model of development based on the suppression of public monopolies, leading to international competition and the privatization of public telecommunication operators. These economic dynamics have been fostering regulatory and...

The present study aims to analyze the populations’ behavior toward COVID-19 safety measures in each of Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia. In this direction, a particular focus is put on which safety measures are observed and which category of people is most likely to observe them. To answer these...

As part of its “Shared Innovation” series, Agence Française de Développement (AFD) is showcasing innovative programs that have been developed in its partner countries.

Kheira Benaissa, head of the Algerian start-up, Green AI, has developed an innovative process that combines household gas...

This paper revisits the debate on EuroMediterranean integration to reassess its observed and expected impact on the economic growth of the South and East Mediterranean countries (SEMCs).

For twenty years now, the Sahel region has been marked by rising insecurity, political crises, and poorly controlled flows of people, arms and illegal goods, with a major risk of States becoming destabilized. In the wake of the war in Libya and the Malian crisis, causes, arms, and combatants have...

In Africa, making the digital transition is one of the challenges facing emerging and developing cities. To achieve this objective, AFD is supporting 12 African cities with technical assistance. In the African Smart Towns Network (ASToN), they are developing digital practices together to create...

Supported by the Agence Française de Développement and the African Development Fund of the African Development Bank Group, the ANCEE is a pan-african initiative launched in June 2015by the Association of Power Utilities in Africa (APUA), in order to improve the performance of the power sector...

The marine and coastal ecosystems of the Mediterranean are under considerable anthropic pressure. AFD is participating in the effort to remedy this situation with a €4 million grant to a trust fund dedicated to strengthening protected marine areas.

Based in Alger, AFD's Algeria office is attached to the North Africa Regional Division.

This policy brief assesses the COVID-19 safety measures use practices of some MENA populations, namely: Algerian, Moroccan and Tunisian populations. To this end, three waves of data provided by rapid phone survey (household data) of ERF COVID -19 MENA Monitor, and Computer-Assisted Personal...

For more than ten years, in North Africa, the AFD Group has developed a very close partnership with the European Commission. This partnership begins with a constant dialogue and continues with an operational collaboration in many important sectors:...

The Union for the Mediterranean, the European Union, Agence Française de Développement and the European Investment Bank have joined forces to build a successful transition towards sustainable Mediterranean cities. The Urban Projects Finance Initiative (UPFI) supported public project...

Set up in September 2019, the North Africa Regional Office covers five countries: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia,...