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Escaping child labour in Tanzania
Across Tanzania, 4.2 million children are subjected to the worst forms of forced labor. Discover the inspiring stories of children from northern Tanzania's Geita region who were able to escape the gri...
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Proposal for the extension, redesign, and repurposing of the SRD for the goal of poverty reduction
The study examines the special COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress grant (hereafter ‘SRD’) and provides recommendations to maximise its impact on poverty reduction. The SRD showed itself to be an excel...
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Reducing Pollution from Cooking Smoke: key lessons from the REDGAS randomized study in Burkina Faso
Universal access to clean and efficient cooking remains an environmental and health challenge: despite progress in electrification, wood-based cooking is still widely used in many countries. The REDGA...
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Minka, the Peace and Resilience Fund - 2023 Activity report
Minka Fund: a pioneering fund run by AFD and the French government to address questions of gender and gender-based violence in crisis zones. In 2023, nearly 100% of Minka projects helped boost gend...
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AFD SUPPORTS ETHIOPIAN ECONOMIC REFORM PROGRAM
Following two decades of dynamic growth between 2000 and 2020, Ethiopia has been facing major crises. Conflicts, natural disasters, food insecurity, illiteracy and inequalities, particularly in post-c...
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Suriname: for a future sustainable green
Suriname, which borders French Guiana in South America, is the most forested country in the world. However, it faces economic, environmental and social challenges. Aware of these challenges, France, t...
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Agriculture, rural development and biodiversity - 2023 Activity Report
AFD financing in areas such as farming, livestock raising, management of forest and fishery resources, as well as ecosystem preservation adopts an integrated territorial approach that takes climate ch...
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Infography - Our activity in favor of Agriculture, rural development and biodiversity in 2023
In 2023, AFD invested €1.2 billion euros in favor of agriculture, rural development and biodiversity. Africa remains a priority for the Group in this sector, accounting for almost 40% of financing and...
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Research Paper No. 325 | Switching Roles: Gender differences in time use and mental health in Ghana
We explore the association between domestic labor and psychological distress among women and men in Ghana. A growing body of literature has recently focused on the relationship between time use and me...
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Distributional Impact of Fiscal Policies: A Survey of Methodological Approaches
This research paper is meant to be a guide for analysts and policymakers on available tools for assessing the distributional impact of existing fiscal systems as well as policy reforms. In particular,...
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Accelerating Daily Carpooling in the French Overseas Territories
In the French Overseas territories, as in mainland France, individual car use is largely predominant, generating negative externalities (environmental and economic). It is all the more important in th...
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In Quest for Meaning: Towards a Common Understanding of the 2030 Agenda?
Recent developments in Natural Language Processing (NLP) are revolutionizing knowledge management (Hu et al. 2023). The generation of Large Language Models, like ChatGPT, breaks down barriers between...
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Double Standards in Financing for Development
The issue of international development and climate financing is currently at the forefront, especially in the run up to COP29, COP30 and to the 2025 FfD4 Conference in Seville. However, the internatio...
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The nexus between “Human rights” and the “rights of nature” Debates, tensions and complementarities
In recent decades, initiatives to recognize rights for nature have multiplied, giving rise to a global movement. There are numerous opportunities for synergies between this movement and human rights,...
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Three Oceans
To increase regional integration in France’s overseas territories and offer a global solution to cross-border issues, AFD adopted the Three Oceans strategy in 2019. This approach groups together overs...
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Assessing the state of the environment in Colombia: What can we learn from the ESGAP analysis
As part of the ECOPRONAT research programme, AFD supports the development of methodologies for assessing environmental sustainability on a territorial scale using the ESGAP (Environmental Sustainabili...
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The Academia Partnerships Africa-France programme - Video
Forging long-term academia partnerships between Africa and France, based on mutually beneficial relationships and knowledge- and experience-sharing, this is the ambition of the Academia Partnerships A...
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Midterm Evaluation of the Ecosystem Conservation Through Integrated Landscape Management In Lao PDR (CLA1111)
Four main outputs are expected from the project, namely: - Result 1: Improved integrated protected areas management at site level, and broader system-wide improvements in management effectiveness are...
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Sustainable public procurement: A lever for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
Public procurement, which represents a significant portion of the national economy (averaging between 13% and 20% of GDP), is a powerful tool for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In...
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