The Impact of Taxes and Transfers on Poverty and Income Distribution in South Africa 2014/2015
As part of the effort to combat poverty and inequality in Rwanda, two new projects were recently signed and launched: one to improve conditions in Kigali's informal settlements and the other to improve technical training and employability. Together, they will benefit more than 60,000 people...
Conceptualizing and analyzing inequality and social cohesion in South Africa
Improving access to electricity in remote areas
In order to improve access to electricity in the most remote areas, as well as service quality for households that already have access to electricity in rural areas, AFD is supporting ESKOM’s investment programme in the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo Provinces.
0.7% is the share of gross national income (GNI) that the world’s richest countries should allocate to official development assistance (ODA) each year. Although the target was set 50 years ago, only a few countries have ever met it. Following the release of the global ODA figures for 2018, we...
Assessing equity in health spending in Sub-Saharan Africa - Burkina Faso, Malawi, Zambia
Fiscal Incidence Analysis
Lise BREUIL
In our series on “Shared Innovation”, AFD highlights innovative programs created or developed in our partner countries. The race for a coronavirus vaccine casts into sharp relief existing inequalities of global public health. Tropical diseases affecting more than one billion people attract only...
The distributional impact of development cooperation projects
The 2022 World Cup was marked by a number of upsets, with virtually unknown teams coming from out of nowhere to beat the favorites. Morocco was one such team, which, contrary to expectations, made it to the semi-finals. AFD has a long relationship with Morocco, not least in linking football to...
AFD is making a EUR 30m credit line available to the National Bank of Egypt (NBE) for the development of lending activity to SMEs (mesofinance) and to build the bank’s skills in this business segment.
Improving living conditions in Kisumu
In Kisumu, Kenya's third largest city, half of the population lives below the poverty line. By strengthening the capacity of municipal workers, rehabilitating infrastructure in informal settlements and better waste management, the project should significantly improve the living conditions...
“Tui Samoa”: this is the name of the 1,600 km-long cable which will connect Wallis and Futuna, a French archipelago located in the heart of the Pacific, to the global Internet network. It is an historical opportunity for the territory and an essential investment for its economic and social...
AFD’s aim, with its platform The Champions of Education, is to facilitate partnerships between the main civil society organizations involved in education at international level. The ultimate goal: improve the service provided to the relevant populations and strengthen the social link.
The Malagasy certification system, inherited from the colonial period, has resulted in deep-rooted land tenure insecurity. It is also a real impediment to development in a country where 80% of the population relies on agriculture for its resources. More flexible and regionally based, the new...