Research

Based in Jerusalem, AFD's Palestine office is attached to the Middle East Regional Division.

Having suffered from strong inter-community tensions, Middle Eastern societies are expressing major demands for transparency and citizen participation in public affairs. AFD wishes to support media outlets whose content aims to both improve relations among citizens and bring governments and...

Small footwear manufacturers in Hebron, in the West Bank, have been showing resistance in a highly competitive market since they grouped together into a cluster. An approach supported by AFD and a success story made in Palestine.

In the surrounding area of Jericho, in the West Bank, a date production company is going to create 350 new agricultural jobs. This is a breath of fresh air in a region which is hard hit by unemployment and poverty.

Municipalities in the Palestinian Territories constitute one of the oldest forms of governance. With seventy percent of the West Bank’s population living in 107 municipalities (the entire population of Gaza lives in 25 municipalities), local governments have served as a main reference point for...

This article proposes the deconstruction of the decentralization process by analyzing Palestinian regulations on Water User Associations (WUAs): contrarily, this analysis instead reveals dynamics of centralization and the concentration of power, which threatens the existing modes of local water...

As a solution to promote green investments in the private sector, the French Development Agency proposes its SUNREF program. Thanks to a credit line and a European Union grant, SUNREF will contribute to improving the economic context for the development of green investments.

Discover in this video the testimonies of the people of Tubas area and representatives of the local water utility, stating their difficulty of access to affordable water in this arid region of...

The most vulnerable populations in Gaza struggle to gain access to vital care. For this reason, AFD is working with UNICEF to help the southern region provide better healthcare for mothers and newborns. The objective is to improve the quality of care through a project combining emergency...

Founded in 2010, the Palestine Public Finance Institute (PPFI) is responsible for supporting the tax administration’s efforts to collect taxes from civil society. This is a major challenge in a state that is still being built, where the majority of financial transactions still take place...

In the West Bank and Gaza, the first phase of the Municipal Development Program (MDP) was subject to an evaluation in June 2015. The MDP is managed by the Municipal Development and Lending Fund (MDLF) and aims at implementing the Palestinian Local Government Support Strategy in order to...

Sunref, an AFD Group green finance label, helps economic actors in developing and emerging countries seize the opportunities offered by energy and environmental transitions and encourages local financial institutions to finance them. Sunref Palestine is a customized product that combines AFD...

This paper examines the usefulness of recognizing the commons governing irrigation water. It harnesses the commons to understand the power interactions at play in transformations over local, national and international scales. It proposes to harness the positive externalities commons generate in...

Zone C in the West Bank is a territory rich in natural resources and with great potential for economic development. It is also the only part of the West Bank over which the Palestinian Authority has no administrative control, nor a mandate to follow security issues that remain the responsibility...

The West Bank suffers from a low sanitation cover, most of the wastewater is discharge into natural environment without treatment and the Palestinian Authority does not benefit from its reuse potential. To face this challenge, the Palestinian Water Authority has developed a strategy with a...

The purpose of this project is to improve health and living conditions for the populations in the area and to preserve the environment and water resources. The project involves the construction of wastewater infrastructures and the improvement of the water and wastewater management by the water...

Nexus North is an innovative infrastructure project that aims to provide equitable and sustainable access to drinking water, sanitation, and energy services for people living in the northern West Bank, as part of a joint strategy of AFD and the European Union.

For a decade, moves to preserve water resources have culminated in an important new development. On November 13, the “Water Banking and Adaptation of Agriculture to Climate Change in Gaza” project, with support from Agence Française de Développement, received support from the Green Climate Fund...

The Middle East Strategy identifies AFD Group’s main strategic priorities for the Middle East, the methodological tools for addressing the challenges common to all of the countries in which AFD operates, and the priority partnerships that need to be established to ensure collective outcomes are...

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...