Alain Goulard
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Consulted
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AFD group and Jordan
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70
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Minka, Peace and Resilience Fund - Activity report 2022
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132
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Comprehensive Overview of the Agricultural Sector in Jordan
Agriculture in Jordan is a particularly constrained sector given the dry climate and the limited endowment in water resources.However, the sector is connected to several strategic issues, such as food security, employment, rural development and environmental preservation. This study offers a...
Published in September 2023
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112
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Vulnerability and integration in Jordan: Syrian refugees in their local environment
The Compact reached between Jordan and its main donor countries in February 2016 by virtue of which Jordan committed itself to regularize the professional status of Syrian
refugees in exchange for financial and economic compensations, confirmed the necessity of transitioning between...
Published in August 2023
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323
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Evaluation Highlights: Minka, a relevant fund for action in crisis situations
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220
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Urban Projects Finance Initiative (UPFI)
The Union for the Mediterranean, the European Union, Agence Française de Développement and the European Investment Bank have joined forces to build a successful transition towards sustainable Mediterranean cities.
The Urban Projects Finance Initiative (UPFI) supported public project...
Published on 18 Apr 2018
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225
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Minka Peace and Resilience Fund - Activity report 2021
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Gender and Mental Health: COVID-19 shock-related factors
At the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, the self-reported mental well-being of women in certain Middle East and North African (MENA) countries was significantly worse compared to that of men. New analysis has found that certain household and employment-related factors, such as food insecurity and...
Published on 04 May 2022
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Social Safety Nets and Food Insecurity in MENA in the Time of COVID-19
A total of 52 million people in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) were chronically undernourished in 2019. About eight million more were expected to fall into poverty and be food insecure in the Arab region by the end of 2021 owing to COVID-19. This study estimates if and to what extent...
Published on 04 May 2022
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Women and Youth labor market outcomes during Covid19: evidence from Egypt and Jordan
In response to the onslaught of Covid-19, many countries introduced lockdowns and social distancing measures of varying stringency, with severe repercussions for labor market participants. Youth and female workers, without solid attachments to formal establishments, or with caretaker roles at...
Published in May 2022
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Resilience in the Time of Covid-19: Lessons Learned from MENA SMEs
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) represent an important socioeconomic pillar that contributes to overall economic activity in many developing countries. The Covid-19 pandemic that emerged in the early months of 2020 is both a health and an economic crisis with dire consequences for...
Published on 03 May 2022
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First Out, Last In amid COVID-19: Employment Vulnerability of Youths in the Middle East
This study estimates the impacts of the evolving COVID-19 crisis on the trends in workers’ employment outcomes in Egypt and Jordan. Using panel microdata from ERF COVID-19 MENA Monitors, waves 1–5 (July ‘20–September ‘21), we estimate logit models of workers’ job loss, and multinomial logits of...
Published in April 2022
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152
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AFD Group and Europe in the Middle East
For the past twenty years, AFD Group in the Middle East has positioned itself as a capable platform for mobilizing expertise and financing, and has been advocating for partnership reflexes with the European delegations and the EU Member States cooperation services to address the root causes of...
Published in March 2022
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AFD Group and the Middle East
AFD Group is a major partner of Middle Eastern countries. Its action aims to identify and promote sustainable development pathways on the premise of mitigating vulnerabilities that compromise the future of next generations. The Middle East Regional Office manages and supports the Group’s...
Published in November 2021
Jordan’s capital Amman hosted, in October 2021, the 9th edition of the “Baladk Street & Urban Art Festival”, organized by Al Balad Theater. The international and local artists participating in this year’s festival were given the challenge of bringing to life the themes of water scarcity, the...
Published in November 2021
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38
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The crisis of affordable housing in Jordan
> Jordan is in the throes of a property crisis: following a construction boom, sales have now collapsed and housing is ill-adapted to demand,
> 18% of the housing stock is kept vacant in anticipation of speculative sales,
> Jordan hosts 750,000 refugees registered with...
Published in May 2021
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Minka Peace and Resilience Fund - 2020 Activity Report
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320
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Minka Peace and Resilience Fund - 2019 Activity Report
As crises become longer and more complex, AFD Group has made a key commitment to sustainable peace, to the climate and to social cohesion. This commitment is part of France’s “Prevention, Resilience and Sustainable Peace” strategy aimed at minimizing States’ and societies’ vulnerabilities. This...
Published in June 2020
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Social cohesion in times of forced displacement: the case of young people in Jordan
Countries hosting large numbers of refugees often face immense challenges in providing sufficient economic opportunities, and access to basic services. Competition over limited resources can lead to tension and conflict between host and refugee populations. Increases in social tensions have...
Published in April 2020
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Middle East - 2020-2030 Regional Strategy
The Middle East Strategy identifies AFD Group’s main strategic priorities for the Middle East, the methodological tools for addressing the challenges common to all of the countries in which AFD operates, and the priority partnerships that need to be established to ensure collective outcomes are...
Published in March 2020