Alain Goulard
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Natural Capital and Sustainable Development in Africa
This paper underlines a paradox: although "pro-poor" development assistance policies pay little attention to natural capital, the fact is that such resources are of great practical importance for the poor. The paper proposes an approach that would add a specific focus on the conservation of...
Published in December 2006
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Energie du Mali, or the paradoxes of a "resounding failure"
It is generally agreed the last public-private partnership in which EDM was engaged, from 2000 to 2005, was a "resounding failure": international donors, professionals, and the totality of the Malian population are in agreement on this matter. The present study is opposed to such interpretations,...
Published in December 2006
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Vocational Training in the Informal Sector - Report on the Ethiopia Field Survey
This report is an integral part of the survey and analysis work launched by the Research Department of the French Development Agency (Agence Française de Développement, AFD) on training in the informal sector in five African countries (South Africa, Benin, Cameroon, Morocco and Senegal). It was...
Published in November 2006
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Vocational Training in the Informal Sector - Report on the Angola Field Survey
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Out of the financing trap? Financing post-conflict countries and LICUSs
Post-conflict and fragile countries are emerging as a specific group. This group of countries is highly heterogeneous and their situation particularly difficult to address. Some of them are failing to attract new financing, which usually requires a specific donor taking the lead (see UK for...
Published in October 2006
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The Brain Drain: What Do we Know?
For the last decades, the pace of international migration has accelerated. The number of international migrants increased from 154 to 175 million between 1990 and 2000 and is nearing 200 million in the recent years. The consequences for countries of origin and destination have attracted the...
Published in October 2006
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Decentralisation and the Free Basic Water Policy in South Africa: What Role for the Private Sector?
Within the debate on the private sector‘s role in SubSaharan Africa, the authors were prompted to undertake a more detailed examination of South Africa as a country that is prioritising service access for the very poor. More specifically, they concentrate on three lines of inquiry: (i) How can...
Published in September 2006
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The Integration of Food Aid Programmes in Niger‘s Development Policies: the 2004-2005 Food Crisis
The 2004-2005 food crisis was doubled by a politicoinstitutional crisis that bears witness to the lack of coordination among the various players‘ programmes and raises the following question: what malfunctions in the planned framework for coordination prevented the food security sector...
Published in September 2006
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American Philanthropic Foundations: Emerging Actors of Globalization and Pillars of the TransAtlantic Dialog
A recent study by the German Marshall Fund of the United States and the Agence Française de Développement, undertaken in partnership with the Institute of Political Studies (Sciences-Po) of Paris, illustrates the increase in power of American philanthropic foundations in discussions dealing with...
Published in July 2006
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Institutions, Development and Poverty
This paper explores the relationships between institutions, growth and poverty, presenting the multiplicity of the causal links connecting these three terms. There is currently a consensus that institutions play a crucial role in both development and poverty reduction, but the definitions of...
Published in July 2006
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Vocational Training in the Informal Sector - Report on the BENIN Field Survey
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Vocational Training in the Informal Sector - Report on the Cameroon Field Survey
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Learning for life and work : GEFOP contribution to the World Development Report 2007
GEFOP is a group of vocational training experts set up by the AFD. It brings together vocational training researchers, managers and practitioners from Europe, Africa and Asia, as well as training specialists from international organisations. The contribution to the 2007 World Development Report...
Published in March 2006
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Vocational Training in the Informal Sector
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Financing Development: What are the Challenges in Expanding Aid Flows
Cet ouvrage rassemble les actes de la conférence organisée le 14 décembre 2005 par l’Agence Française de Développement et le réseau de chercheurs européens EUDN (European Development Research Network) sur le thème : « Financer le développement : les défis d’un doublement de l’aide »....
Published in January 2006