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Mid-term evaluation of AFD policy-based loan (PBL) in the energy sector in Georgia (CGE1014-CGE1019-CGE1020-CG...
The specific objectives are: - To structure the regulatory framework of the EE sector ; - To support Georgia in the regulatory and operational implementation of the third Energy Package and includ...
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Cross-Evaluation of 3 water supply projects in Cambodia (Phnom Penh and Siem Reap) (CKH1121-CKH1174-CKH1161)
The Greater Phnom Penh Water Supply Project (2013-2016), known as “Niroth 2”, aimed to expand the production capacity of the Niroth 1 water treatment plant. The project to extend Chamcar Morn’s water...
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Responsible Data Re-use in Developing Countries: Social Licence through Public Engagement
The datafication era has transformed the technological landscape, digitizing multiple areas of human life and offering opportunities for societal progress through the re-use of digital data. Developin...
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AFD Group Offer in India
This document provides a comprehensive overview of the AFD Group's presence and contributions in India. It delves into the multifaceted initiatives undertaken by the AFD Group, including Proparco and...
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Evaluation Highlights: Cambodia’s cities faced with the challenge of drinking water supply
Since the early 2000s, Cambodia has undergone sustained urban development, leading to a steady increase in water demand. To meet this challenge, AFD has provided support to Cambodia since 2002 in the...
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Water and Sanitation- Activity report 2023
Water is a major challenge for the 21st century. Shortages, poor water quality and the lack of sanitation facilities have an impact on food security, health, gender equality and living conditions for...
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Infographic – Our Water and Sanitation Commitments in 2023
Despite an international situation that continues to be particularly uncertain, AFD Group’s activity in the water and sanitation sector reached an unprecedented level in 2023. With 1.8 billion euro...
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Is the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) a reliable tool for improving the management of minin...
“Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA)” refers to the procedure by which the owner of a mining project is required to assess the environmental and social impact of the project with a view...
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How to assess coastal flood risk in data-sparse coastal lowlands? Accurate information on land elevation is k...
With rising sea level, the densely populated coastal lowlands in the world, many of them located in the Global South, face increasing flood risks and thus require reliable flood risk assessments. As t...
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Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Asia ("Orients")
From the Western Balkans to the Indo-Pacific, and including the Near East and Central Asia, the region covers countries with diverse development trajectories. The Eastern European, Middle East, and As...
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Georgia - Put to the test by the war in Ukraine
A small Western Asian country, Georgia has an outward-looking economic model,mainly based on services such as trade and tourism. The Georgian economy is thus highly vulnerable to external shocks and w...
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Infographic - Our health and social protection commitments 2023
In 2023, AFD Group invested 474 million euro in the health sector. New funded projects will strengthen the capacity of health and social protection systems in a range of areas, including human resourc...
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Health and Social Protection - 2023 Activity Report
The year 2023 was rich in strategic developments in the health and social protection sectors, both in France and around the world. 2023 saw widespread recognition of the role of health and social prot...
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ACADEMIA PARTNERSHIPS AFRICA-FRANCE
PeA is a programme for academia partnerships between Africa and France. It is financed by the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs via the Agence française de développement (AFD). The programme is...
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Overview of the World Bank Group & AFD Group partnership
The World Bank Group (WBG) and AFD Group have built together innovative and impactful partnerships that catalyze finance, analytics and technical services at global, regional, country and local levels...
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Climate Change and Development Bank Project Cycles
In the five years since the Paris Agreement, Development Finance Institutions have made various commitments to aligning their operations with climate change goals. In this report, we analyze the exten...
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Financial performance and Corporate Governance: Evidence from National Development Banks in Africa
This is a draft discussion paper and has not been through an external peer review process. A final ODI working paper will be published after the research conference. This study aims to examine the...
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The Global Development Banks’ Architecture
This paper looks at the role, evolution and regional coverage of the system of multilateral and national development banks (MDBs and NDBs) and international climate change funds. It analyzes the roles...
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Exchange rate and balance of payment risks in the global development finance architecture
The authors analyze the exchange rate and balance of payment crisis risks when MDBs lend, in hard currency, to NDBs, for NDBs to onlend to investment projects. Investment projects maybe “export-enhanc...
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Checks and balance, Political Leadership, and Bureaucratic Autonomy: Evidence from National Development Banks
A long standing view in the political economy of bureaucracy holds that the quality of political governance is the foundation of high quality development agencies. However, the existing literature doe...
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