Research

Celebrating 10 years of partnership between India and AFD, the exhibition ‘A World in Common’ highlights their collaboration on projects that promote sustainability in all its dimensions – social, economic and environmental. 

The urban population in India is growing consistently, placing unseen pressure on existing urban infrastructures. Public service performance is low by international standards. Empowerment of local authorities could improve the provision of services, but there are many challenges to overcome.

The CITIIS program was launched by the government of India, AFD and the EU in 2018. Under this program, 12 Indian cities were selected to receive financial and technical assistance from AFD and the EU to become the country’s next smart cities. Here's how mentors and experts from around the world...

Three large-scale social protection schemes - the Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) in Ethiopia; the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in India; and the Juntos conditional cash transfer program in Peru - have led to a reduction in both the incidence and...

The CITIIS (City Investments to Innovate, Integrate and Sustain) program supports Indian cities in implementing urban infrastructure projects that are integrated,...

In India, the "Metis" project, through the visual arts, aims to raise awareness of plastic pollution in the Pacific Ocean. Launched in 2021 by Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the Metis fund promotes better integration of the arts and culture into official development assistance...

The year 2022 saw major advances in France’s commitment to reducing plastic waste, with its decision to ban plastic packaging for nearly all fruit and vegetables, for example. India is also doing its bit to cut down on plastic, by launching a new nationwide start-up challenge, with backing from...

From 2010 to 2019, the international community committed USD 1,700 billion in loans for developing countries. While multila-teral development banks continued to provide the bulk of financings (60% of the total), close to 20% came from relatively new actors, amongst which the BRICS countries –...

The French Development Agency (AFD), along with Le Mans University, the Gevalor Association, Urbananalyse, and ALBWaste, conducted the ORVA2D (Organisation for Waste Recycling in Developing Cities) research program, aimed at developing a better understanding of the economic pattern of waste...

Since 2012, AFD has been working with the State of Assam on biodiversity conservation, sustainable and participatory management of forests, creation of alternate livelihoods for forest-dependent communities and strengthening Assam's Forest Department.   By 2024, under the Assam...

What if a metro, bus or tramway line could help promote gender equality? If well thought out and designed, urban transport can become a powerful lever for women's safety and empowerment. In Turkey, as in other countries, AFD is taking gender into account in the mobility projects it finances...

L'Inde déclare mener une transition profonde vers une électricité faible en carbone, en doublant ses efforts dans les domaines des énergies renouvelables et de l'efficacité énergétique. Force est de contacter, toutefois, des paradoxes dans la politique menée, aux niveaux du nombre et du rythme de...

The project aims to provide an uninterrupted supply of water to Pondicherry’s inhabitants. Rehabilitation of water infrastructure and innovative technological solutions are at the heart of the project.

AFD is providing technical assistance to the cities of Nagpur, Chandigarh and Pondicherry within the framework of the national ‘Smart Cities Mission’. The objective is two-fold: contribute towards sustainable urban development in India and strengthen the capacity of the local bodies.

Today’s world is increasingly interconnected. Building a safer, more equitable and sustainable world implies intensifying collective action and partnerships to shape solutions that benefit all. India and France share a special relationship. It’s a bond that has been strengthened in recent years...

Under the Indian Government's Smart Cities Mission, the CITIIS program seeks to provide financial and technical support to projects focused on innovative urban development, selected through a national challenge.

This work takes as its starting point the findings of local authorities in the global South: as and when they are required to shut down old disposal sites and invest in costly sanitary landfills, cities are taking a fresh look at the role of waste avoidance ensured by various recycling systems....

A webinar series on urban affairs is already looking at how cities can cope in a post-Covid world. What are the ramifications of Covid-19 on urban development? How has it affected access to health and public services? Just two of the questions debated at the online event, organized by the...

Under the Government of India's CITIIS program, AFD and the EU are supporting the city of Amaravati in its transformation into a bustling urban hub. Here's how the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority is working with the area's current residents to make sure the new city will be...