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Do Forest-Management Plans and FSC Certification Help Avoid Deforestation in the Congo Basin?
% lower in concessions with an FMP compared to others. Building on a theory of change, further analyses revealed that this decrease in deforestation takes time to occur and is highest around communities located in and nearby logging concessions, and in areas close to previous deforestation. These
Published in April 2019
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Adapt'Action: Addressing Climate Impacts Together
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AFD has set up Adapt’Action, a tool which assists countries in the implementation of these commitments for a more resilient development. Through technical assistance and capacity building, Adapt’Action acts as a driver for facilitating access to international climate finance for countries and
Published in January 2019
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Southern Africa: Biodiversity
Southern Africa has a rich natural heritage of global significance to the world’s climate and biological diversity. Unfortunately, the capacity of nature to maintain this biological wealth is rapidly diminishing due to habitat loss and degradation resulting from unsustainable development
Published in September 2018
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Southern Africa: Research and development
Research is a fundamental first step toward designing successful development projects, as it gives important insights into the political, socio-economic and environmental context in which projects will be implemented. Research helps fine-tune development projects to the realities on the ground, as
Published in September 2018
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Southern Africa: Social inclusion
levels of inequality in many countries in the region.
Reducing maternal and infant mortality, countering the spread of HIV, improving farmers’ productivity, increasing access to high quality education are a few examples of AFD’s work to improve social inclusion. These initiatives are in line with AFD’s mission to improve access to basic social services and economic opportunities, ultimately reducing poverty and inequality.
Published in September 2018
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Southern Africa: Energy transition
Southern Africa has access to a wealth of primary renewable energy sources, with enough geothermal, hydro, wind and solar resources to provide gigawatts of power. However, the adoption of low-carbon technologies is uneven and hampered by technical, financial and regulatory barriers that slow down
Published in September 2018
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Evaluation of the « Ecole et langues nationales en Afrique » program: Methodological Aspects and Interim Assessment
This eight-country evaluation seeks to measure how the ELAN Program methods of written language acquisition have an impact, during the first two years of primary school (Grade 1 and Grade 2), on oral and written language performance in African languages (one language per country) and in French. A
Published in February 2017
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Export diversification in the franc zone: its extent, sophistication and dynamics
It is now a widely recognised fact in the economic literature that the level of per capita income and the degree of sectoral concentration of economic activity evolve together over the long term. The empirical research of Imbs and Wacziarg (2003) has notably shown that production diversification
Published in December 2012
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The forest sector in countries of the Congo Basin: 20 years of AFD Intervention
implemented by AFD through the development of a tool, the Forest Management Plan (FMP) for concessions. The design and implementation of the above plan incorporates, for an exploited forest, regeneration of the timber product, biodiversity conservation and socio-economic development issues. It is a
Published in May 2012
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Developing Lower Secondary Education: a Rural Issue and Challenge for Sub-Saharan Africa
The current development of African education systems focuses on the perspective of universal completion of six years of schooling. This perspective, targeted by the international community for the year 2015 (Dakar declaration, Millennium Development Goals), will no doubt be reached by a number of
Published in October 2010
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