Why is food insecurity again on the rise in Africa? Bio Goura Soulé, co-author of the African Economies in 2023 report, lays out the reasons in detail. The professor and researcher specializing in livestock and pastoralism has studied food and hunger across the continent. As we mark one year...
Improvement of the public transport offer in Addis Ababa (B2 BRT line)
AFD is financing the creation of the B2 bus line, which will be part of the future "Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)" network in Addis Ababa.
Reinforcement of the Electrical Transmission Network in Ethiopia
This project aims to improve the economic output and welfare of the population through the provision of reliable and competitive energy.
Extension of the Research Facility on Inequalities in Mexico
The first phase of the Facility demonstrated the social demand for reducing inequalities and the need for structural change to break the bottleneck in social mobility. The Extension of the EU-AFD Research Facility on Inequalities will focus on the inequality-reduction potential of public...
Extension of the Research Facility on Inequalities in Colombia
How to effectively reduce inequalities in Colombia? What policies should be implemented and how should taxation and public spending be addressed? AFD is working with local research centers and the Colombian government to try to answer these questions in the framework of the Extension of the EU-...
Multidimensional Diagnostic on Inequalities: A Comprehensive Analysis of Inequalities in Colombia
Paper records and old computer networks in the health, education and environment sectors often make even the most basic transactions difficult and can prevent systems from operating efficiently. Digitizing records can allow access to important information at opposite ends of the country and...
Inequality Diagnostic Report for Indonesia
Sustainable Forest Livelihoods for Communities of Guyana and Suriname
The objective of the project is to maintain healthy forests and natural resources in Guyana and Suriname. In order to achieve this, the project will contribute to strengthen institutional governance capacity (specifically in Suriname) and local community capacity development on forest resource,...
Community Explorer – informing policy and planning in South Africa
Professionalization and Reduction of Gender Inequalities in the Ethiopian Electricity Sector
This project aims to strengthen the efficiency of the electricity sector by improving EEP's performance and services.
Distributive impact of green taxes in Mexico
The local economic development effects of income transfers
How can we support the reduction of socio-economic inequalities while addressing the challenges of the low carbon transition? The Extension of the EU-AFD Research Facility on Inequalities seeks to address this question in collaboration with local research centres and the South African government...
The Green Transition Dilemma: the Impossible (?) Quest for Prosperity of South American Economies
Defining standards of good ecological condition for computing the ESGAP in developing countries
Measuring stimulus effects on the South African economy
Beyond the Pandemic: the Covid response’s long-term Benefits for Sudan’s Healthcare System
Just as Sudan began to recover from years of political tumult culminating in the overthrow of leader Omar al-Bashir, the Covid pandemic dealt another blow beginning in 2020, on the already strained health services. For the next two years, AFD worked with Save the Children to bolster health...