Alain Goulard
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Adapt'Action: Tackling Climate Change Together
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Dominica: a high geothermal potential
Dominica is a volcanic island in the Caribbean arc with a population of 70,000. The island currently has an installed capacity of 26.7 MW, of which 77% is fossil fuel and 23% is hydro. The price of electricity is one of the highest in the world and is currently an obstacle to the country's...
Published on 07 Nov 2022
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Evaluation and its Discontents: Do We Learn from Experience in Development? Actes de la 9e conférence AFD-EUDN, 2012
This volume presents the proceedings of the conference, “Evaluation and its discontents: do we learn from experience in development?”, jointly organised by the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the European Development Research Network (EUDN) and held in Paris on 26 March 2012. In 2012,...
Published on 15 Jan 2018
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Mapping 500+ Development Banks
The Institute of New Structural Economics (INSE) at Peking University and the Agence française de développement (AFD) are collaborating to build the first comprehensive database on public development banks (PDBs) and development finance institutions (DFIs) worldwide. The present database report...
Published on 06 Nov 2020
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The Sustainable Development Analysis
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The Impact of Taxes and Transfers on Poverty and Income Distribution in South Africa 2014/2015
This paper applies the Commitment to Equity (CEQ) Assessment Framework to the 2014/15 Living Conditions Survey for South Africa to analyse the progressivity of the main tax and social spending programs and quantify their impact on poverty and inequality. The tax and social spending system is...
Published on 22 Dec 2020
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AFD & KfW activities in the context of Loss and Damage - Position paper
First mentioned in 1991, Loss and Damage (L&D) has become the third pillar of the climate negotiations within a few years. In the absence of an agreed UNFCCC definition, a number of competing framings of L&D have emerged over the course of the negotiations. Nevertheless, elements of...
Published on 14 Dec 2023
The city centre of Johannesburg, historically the heart of the city's economic activity, has seen a sharp decline since the 1970s: many buildings were abandoned, public spaces were left in decline and the crime rate rose sharply. This is particularly visible in public parks. Since the 2000s, the...
Published on 04 Dec 2019
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Evaluation Summary - Rural infrastructure development and tourism project in Lao Cai Province, Vietnam
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Effective development banking: loans or guarantees?
How should National Development Banks (NDBs) assess the cost-effectiveness of using loans and loan guarantees in order to choose the type of financial instrument most appropriate for each program? We find that the development impact per dollar of fiscal resource required by each instrument...
Published on 28 Oct 2020
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Financial regulation of national development banks - NDBs
History shows that financial crises have been a significant driver of banking regulation evolution, since the 1930s. Although Basel III made much progress in building a safer and less leveraged system, the SDGs, the climate crisis and the COVID crisis require bold action. Financial regulation on...
Published on 29 Oct 2020
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A Strategy for Reducing Inequalities in Central America and the Dominican Republic
Reducing economic and social inequalities in Central America and the Dominican Republic requires a new productive model, focused particularly on improving opportunities for women and young people in areas of social exclusion. New research on inequalities across four dimensions – life and health...
Published on 12 Nov 2020
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A Mosaic of Green Land in Niger
Located in semi-arid zones in Niger, the oasis basins in Gouré department are threatened by desertification. These islands of crops are essential for the lives of local residents. This project is called PASAM: a project supporting household food security.
It is supported by Agence...
Published on 05 Oct 2021
Supporting national research activities and institutions and structuring networks of researchers in developing countries is a recent focus of AFD's activities and is fully in line with its strategy. Thomas Melonio, AFD's Executive Director for Innovation, Research and Knowledge, explains the...
Published on 05 May 2021
Let’s change horizon, let’s transform the economy. This is the goal of the economic and financial transition. Its guiding principle: build a longer-term vision of the economy to ensure that its objectives are in harmony with the sustainable development goals. And we need to start right away. ...
Published on 06 May 2021
AFD Group has been operating in the energy sector in Egypt for almost 10 years, financing renewable energy projects and strengthening the electricity transmission network. AFD Group has already committed a total of 815 million euros in loans to Egypt's energy sector, including 116 million euros...
Published on 01 Jun 2022
Financial inclusion gives everyone, everywhere, access to essential and customized financial services. Through its projects worldwide, Agence Française de Développement (AFD) has made this theme one of the main pillars of its activities in the financial sector. With Hugo Lecué and Cosimo...
Published on 25 Aug 2022
In the face of increasingly complex crisis, development gains are under threat. In response, France has created a financing tool dedicated to peacebuilding: the Minka Fund. Five years after its launch, how can we ensure its effectiveness and strengthen it? To answer this question, the Minka Fund...
Published on 06 Jul 2022