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This policy brief provides feedback on a new rapid approach to identifying (i) climate and natural risks, (ii) potential nature-based solutions (NbS) to address those risks, and (iii) strategies to implement these solutions. Many cities around the world lack data on flooding, heat island...

East African countries have joined forces to create an electricity backbone to trade energy and compensate for shortages in the region. Supported by a €90 million loan from AFD, the Kenya-Ethiopia interconnection is guaranteeing stable electricity to 870,000 Kenyan households while providing...

Persistent economic and social inequalities constrain the inclusive development of nations. The internationally agreed Sustainable Development Goal 10 (SDG10) and its targets, aim to address these constraints through the promotion of equalising policies. This paper tests the validity of the...

Following two decades of dynamic growth between 2000 and 2020, Ethiopia has been facing major crises. Conflicts, natural disasters, food insecurity, illiteracy and inequalities, particularly in post-conflict areas such as the Tigray region, are now slowing down the country's growth, which...

Mtazamo wa uhamiaji na maendeleo ya mijini lazima upanuliwe. Mijadala kuhusu uhamiaji na maendeleo ya mijini kwa kiasi fulani imekuwa ya kupunguza na potofu. Lengo kubwa limekuwa katika majiji makubwa (mara nyingi tu miji mikuu) na wahamiaji wa vijijini hadi mijini pekee. Hii inaacha changamoto...

Webinar : AFD & WBG Migrants, Markets & Mayors: Rising above Employment Challenge on Africa's Secondary Cities Research on migration and urban development in Africa has primarily focused on larger cities and rural-to-urban migration. However, 97% of Africa’s...

Research on migration and urban development in Africa has primarily focused on larger cities and rural-to-urban migration. However, 97 percent of Africa’s urban centers have fewer than 300,000 inhabitants, and a sizable share of urban migrants come from other urban areas. A more holistic and...

The project should contribute towards achievement of three overall objectives:   Enable an industrial development through the electricity supply to the industrial areas in South Addis Ababa. Allow for the electrical connection of new villages to the national network and...

In the mountainous regions of southern Ethiopia, crops are exposed to erosion and loss of soil fertility, with disastrous consequences on agriculture and livestock. AFD is therefore supporting a project implemented by Inter Aide that will benefit 40 000 families. ©AFD2022

The mountainous regions of southern Ethiopia are suffering from severe water shortages. Inter Aide, with the support of AFD, has therefore developed a project of water networks, hence reinforcing water security for the communities. ©AFD2022

Jérémy Gasc, Energy Task Team Leader for Eastern Africa at AFD, details the potential of regional integration for the development of green energy in the region, but also AFD's actions to support this approach.

Does your country or institution wish to promote productive #rural areas that are respectful of nature ? You need a partner who shares the same objectives for those rural areas:  ✔Supporting and accompanying your development projects so that they are both productive and ecological...

An increased recourse to financing from the domestic banking sector has proved to be an important source of resilience for many developing countries in their efforts to face expenditures generated by the Covid-19 crisis. The second issue of MacroDev Semestrial Panorama offers an analysis of the...

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 – contribute to reduced consumption inequality between and...

Three large-scale social protection schemes – the Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) in Ethiopia; the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in India; and the Juntos conditional cash transfer program in Peru – have been successful in diverting resources from adults to children,...

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...

We investigate the impact of three large-scale social protection schemes in Ethiopia, India, and Peru on multidimensional poverty. Using data from the Young Lives cohort study, we show the trend, changes and evolution of multidimensional poverty for program participant households. We follow a...

Do antipoverty programs reduce inequality? Evidence from Ethiopia, We examine trends of consumption inequality among culturally and socially defined groups in Ethiopia, India and Peru during the period 2006-2016. We find a strong correlation between living standards and social protection...

Social-protection schemes have become a popular form of government intervention in developing countries. The empirical evidence is still scant on their effectiveness in reducing within-household inequality and poverty. To this aim, we use data from the Young Lives cohort study, and evaluate the...

We examine how investment in high-value agriculture can help to address the balance of payments constraint on growth and the wage employment challenge in Ethiopia while accelerating structural change. The industrialization of freshness has significant implications for policy priorities....