Alain Goulard
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How can high-quality data on research systems improve decision-making and coordination in international development?
Science remains a common language and high priority across countries. As such, science, technology, and innovation (STI) capabilities can contribute to sup port, develop, and deliver an ambitious international development agenda, despite complex geopolitical and financial constraints.
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Published in December 2024
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Vietnam in the face of extreme heat events
Some of the greatest impacts of climate change worldwide arise from increasing extreme weather events, including hot temperature extremes. As global warming is projected to further intensify in future decades, Vietnam will face increasing extreme heat events. In order to contribute to identify...
Published in December 2024
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Infographic - Digital Technology- AFD Group's activity 2021-2023
In 2023, AFD Group focused its digital technology actions on internet access and digital services, innovation, entrepreneurship and the development of digital skills, as well as on highlighting digital solutions to achieving...
Published in December 2024
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Digital technology: activity report 2021-2023
While the digital transition is now an essential pillar of global economic and social development, the growth and rapid emergence of new uses and technologies can...
Published in December 2024
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How to build a pro-nature economy?
What are the effects of the degradation of nature on the financial system and the economy? How can they be assessed? AFD researchers and their partners have developed a methodology to identify the economic sectors that are most exposed to biodiversity loss. This analysis has been tested in South...
Published in December 2024
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Water reuse, a strategic response to water stress?
The effects of climate change, which are particularly noticeable in countries around the Mediterranean and in the Middle East, are exacerbating water stress in these regions. Faced with increasing water demand and competing uses, the reuse of treated wastewater appears to be a promising strategy...
Published in November 2024
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AFD Group and The Republic of Moldova
The Republic of Moldova is facing significant geopolitical, economic and social challenges. To address these, the country has embarked on an ambitious process of reforms and modernization aimed at joining the...
Published in November 2024
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Energy and social protection measures for energy poverty
This article examines the impact of energy-enhancing measures for the poor, such as social protection or energy-earmarked measures, on influencing energy poverty and vulnerability. It employs a literature review methodology to assess the latest twenty years of evidence in a widely scattered...
Published in November 2024
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Are industries in emerging countries becoming greener?
According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), industry generates a fifth of the world’s direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It also produces indirect emissions due in part to electricity generation, the world’s largest source of emissions. The reduction of industrial emissions is thus a...
Published in November 2024
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Quantifying Green Job Potential in Colombia: A Task-Based Approach
This paper examines the impact of the green transition on the Colombian labor market. Using a task-based approach and data from the 2022 Colombian Household Survey, we find that approximately 22.6% of Colombian employment is linked to green tasks, with 15.9% directly affected by the green...
Published in November 2024
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2023 Sustainable Development Goal bond reporting
In 2020, to increase the consistency of its 100% Paris Agreement and 100% Social Link commitments with its presence on the markets, the AFD Group set up a framework...
Published in November 2024
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An updated SDG bond issuance framework for AFD
In 2020, to align its 100% Paris Agreement and 100% Social Link commitments with its market presence, AFD Group introduced a bond issuance framework aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Since then, more than 17 billion euros equivalent have been issued...
Published in November 2024
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AI Investment Potential Index: Mapping Global Opportunities for Sustainable Development
This paper examines the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) investment to drive sustainable development across diverse national contexts. By evaluating critical factors, including AI readiness, social inclusion, human capital, and macroeconomic conditions, we construct a nuanced and...
Published in November 2024
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What is the role of research at AFD?
Global warming, safeguarding biodiversity, preserving social ties.... AFD is involved in developing hundreds of projects around the world to meet the UN's sustainable development goals. To better support project leaders in the field, AFD researchers are at the forefront of analyzing and...
Published in November 2024
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Citizens and the climate: Towards innovative decision-making in public climate policies?
This publication is a synthesis of a study by International IDEA: “Deliberative Democracy and Climate Change; Exploring the Potential of Climate Assemblies in the Global South”. The two main crises of the 21st century are the erosion of democratic norms and freedoms and climate change. As the...
Published in November 2024
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30 years of the AFD Group in South Africa
2024 marks 30 years of cooperation between AFD and South Africa. From the transition to democracy to the Just Energy Transition, join us on a retrospective journey as we celebrate key milestones in our long-standing partnership. The AFD Group is proud to have been part of South Africa’...
Published in November 2024
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AFD Group and Ukraine
Since 2006, AFD Group through Expertise France and Proparco has been having a long-standing presence in...
Published in November 2024
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Tackling climate challenges through financial regulation
In 2015, in the run-up to COP16 in Paris, the speech by Mark Carney, then Governor of the Bank of England and mandated by the G20's Financial Stability Board, made history. He warned of the importance of financial climate risks for the stability of financial institutions and the financial system...
Published in November 2024
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Support for the just dimensions of the energy transition in South Africa: technical note
The Just Transition Framework reaffirmed that distributive, restorative, and procedural justice is at the centre of South Africa’s transition to a low-carbon economy.
AFD is pleased to announce the extension of a €400 million policy-based loan to National Treasury in support of the just...
Published in November 2024
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AFD Group in South Africa
In 1994, with the dawn of democracy, the AFD Group and South Africa started a partnership aimed at supporting the country’s ambition to build a new inclusive and thriving society.
Since then, the AFD Group has invested a total of 4.2 billion euros in energy, water and sanitation, transport...
Published in November 2024