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Flood risk and cities in developing countries
The risk of flooding is a natural hazard affecting the most people worldwide. However, it is more of a risk in terms of material damage than a lethal risk for the affected population. Integrated flood risk management (IFRM) constitutes a global response to flood risk that is structurally systemic
Published in December 2017
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Creating Alliances to Accelerate Commercially Viable Sanitation - Lessons learned from the toilet board coalition and its market-based initiatives
The past decades have seen a growing appreciation of the role of market-based approaches in driving global development. Many coalitions of public and private players have emerged to promote them. How best to trigger and support these market-based approaches? How to leverage the expertise and
Published in November 2015
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Cities and Food Systems: Rethinking the role of markets
This note is based on a research program carried out by AFD since 2014 to assess the role of food markets in African cities and to shift to a more holistic approach of “food systems”, considering many Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Based on case studies led in Rabat-Salé in Morocco, Niamey
Published in October 2020
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Assessing and Addressing Climate Governance Challenges in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
This guide is intended to help staff of Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and other interested stakeholders identify and address potential domestic governance barriers to implementing and enhancing climate policies and actions. The guide starts with the assumption that effective climate
Published in January 2018
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Participatory irrigation management: from theory to reality – Insights from the Phước-Hòa irrigation project
PIM (Participatory Irrigation Management) has become one of the cornerstones of irrigation development. Its implementation always involves multilayered interaction between international ideologies, development project institutions that introduce it in national governance agendas, and local context
Published in October 2020
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Supporting Access to and Retention in Employment for Women by Enhancing Child Care Services in Turkey
Female labor force participation remains low in Turkey compared to other OECD countries and labor market attachment is particularly low among women with children. In recent years, government policy has focused on the expansion of child care services as a means to support women’s participation in
Published in May 2016
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Using geographical indications as a development tool
In comparing the contrasting situations of the “Penja pepper” and “Oku white honey” supply chains after their registration as geographical indications (GI) in Cameroon, this technical paper identifies the conditions under which a GI can be a development tool for producers. The prerequisites: a
Published in November 2018
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Sahelian youth: dynamics of exclusion, means of integration
For twenty years now, the Sahel region has been marked by rising insecurity, political crises, and poorly controlled flows of people, arms and illegal goods, with a major risk of States becoming destabilized. In the wake of the war in Libya and the Malian crisis, causes, arms, and combatants have
Published in March 2017
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Socio-physical Vulnerability to Flooding in Senegal
Each year thousands of people and millions of dollars in assets are affected by flooding in Senegal; over the next decade, the frequency of such extreme events is expected to increase. However, no publicly available digital flood maps, except for a few aerial photos or post - disaster assessments
Published in February 2017
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Cocoa farmers’ agricultural practices and livelihoods in Côte d’Ivoire
Cocoa production in Côte d‘Ivoire has more than doubled over the last four decades, from 565 thousand tons in 1984 to approximatively 1.5 million tons in recent years. This increase has been mainly due to the expansion of cocoa areas promoted by the government since the 1970s. Today, it is
Published in December 2016
