Alain Goulard
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Access to Water and Militant Uses of the Law - A Case Study in Soweto
At the end of apartheid, in 1994, hopes for political, economic and social renewal are emerging in South Africa. Among the preoccupations of the new ANC government: wipe out inequalities and generalize access to basic services. Realizing the right to water, as it is recognized in the new...
Published in November 2013
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AFD's evaluation policy
This document constitutes a reference text for AFD staff, at both headquarters and in the field offices, for the supervisory ministries, for AFD’s counterparts, partners and interlocutors, i.e. all the stakeholders who implement AFD’s financing or work with it, including NGOs, consultants and...
Published in October 2013
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Jordan: the stakes of growth in a troubled regional context
Since 2008, the countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have been affected by different kinds of shocks. The international financial crisis and then the euro-zone sovereign debt crisis have brought on a sharp slowdown in the growth of goods and services exports from the MENA...
Published on 31 Aug 2017
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Rainfed Food Crops in West and Central Africa: Points for Analysis and Proposals for Action
The rise in world agricultural prices in 2008 revealed the fragility of food security in many developing countries. Poor populations in sub-Saharan Africa are the biggest victims of this fragility. Rainfed food crops can play a unique role on the continent bysupplying regional markets,...
Published in July 2013
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Water and Its Many Issues - Methods and Cross-cutting Analysis - Regional Social Sciences Summer University "Tam Dao Summer School Week" (Vietnam)
The Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS), the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), the University of Nantes, the École française d’Extrême-Orient (ÉFEO) and the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) have decided to give...
Published in July 2013
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Managing food price instability in developing countries - A critical analysis of strategies and instruments
Based on a comprehensive review of the theoretical and empirical literature, this book identifies and analyzes four "pure" strategies that can be employed to manage food price instability. It is intended for policy-makers, researchers, teachers, students, and all those interested in price...
Published in April 2013
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PEFA Methodology and Sub-National Governments: What Lessons for AFD?
The analysis of the application of the PEFA framework methodology to sub-national entities, developed here through the examination of 56 evaluation reports, and based on the practical experience of team-led projects at AFD, shows that it is globally adapted to decentralized governments....
Published in April 2013
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Energy Efficiency Policies in China, India, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam
Most papers dealing with energy efficiency policies focus on the policies and measures implemented in OECD countries and this may lead one to think that only the “rich” countries are developing efforts in this field. International experience shows that emerging countries and even poor developing...
Published on 05 Dec 2017
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The Political Economy of Decentralization in Sub-Saharan Africa : A New Implementation Model in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, and Senegal
For the past two decades, experiments in decentralization and federalization have been developing in Africa, Asia, and the formerly communist states of Eastern Europe. Many of the powers previously in the hands of the central government or its de-concentrated structures have been transferred to...
Published in January 2013
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Securing Africa's Land for Shared Prosperity : A Program to Scale Up Reforms and Investments
This study covers land administration and reform in Sub-Saharan Africa, and is highly relevant to all developing countries around the world. It provides simple practical steps to turn the hugely controversial subject of "land grabs" into a development opportunity by improving land governance to...
Published in January 2013
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Enterprising Women: Expanding Opportunities in Africa
This book brings together new household and enterprise data from 41 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa to inform policy makers and practitioners on ways to expand women entrepreneurs’ economic opportunities. Sub-Saharan Africa boasts the highest share of women entrepreneurs, but they are...
Published in January 2013
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Urban Labor Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa
This book contributes to knowledge on the functioning of urban labor markets in Sub-Saharan Africa by investigating a variety of questions. Which individuals lack access to employment or are employed beneath their capacities? Does education improve working conditions? What opportunities does the...
Published in January 2013
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Empowering Women - Legal Rights and Economic Opportunities in Africa
This book looks at the effect of legal and economic rights on women's economic opportunities. It focuses on entrepreneurship because women in Africa are active entrepreneurs, and the links between property rights and the ability to enter contracts in one's own name affect entrepreneurial...
Published in January 2013
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