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The Challenges of Achieving Universal Electrification
This study takes stock of national off-grid electrification strategies, focusing mainly on two technical options: mini-grids and individual solar systems. It provides recommendations regarding the amb...
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The economic trigger: Enabling gendered social inclusion processes and outcomes amidst poverty escapes in Nige...
This mixed methods paper explores social inclusion of poor women and children in Niger and Malawi. We identify social inclusion outcomes focused primarily on access to education and health, and suppor...
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Climate: the double life of wastewater
In Tunisia, climate change is likely to exacerbate an already critical situation of water stress. While demand is growing, Water is becoming scarce. Following the Paris Climate Agreement, AFD has l...
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Making Food a “Common Good”: Lessons From Three Experiences to Fight Malnutrition
Food supply is caught in a powerful paradox. The right to food is one of the most established and codified human rights. However, almost a billion people – one person out of nine – currently suffer fr...
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Rethinking Urban Food Supply in the Global South
Challenging misconceptions in order to improve public policy. Many misconceptions exist surrounding urban food supply in the Global South. They result in part from a fragmented vision of the food sect...
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The Clean Oceans Initiative
An estimated 8 million tonnes of plastic waste and 1.5 million tonnes of microplastics enter the oceans every year. This threatens marine ecosystems as well as the communities relying on the seas for...
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Minka Lake Chad Initiative
The violence linked to the Boko Haram crisis has had an impact far beyond the birthplace of the movement in northeast Nigeria, its combat zones and the areas to which its fighters have withdrawn. The...
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Minka Sahel Initiative
The security, humanitarian, and sociopolitical situation in the Sahel has continued to deteriorate since the 2012 crisis in Mali, with a significant increase in conflict hotspots. More than one millio...
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Minka CAR Initiative
The Central African Republic (CAR) is experiencing a situation of chronic conflict, with militant activity by armed groups spreading over a large swath of the country, including violent attacks agains...
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Minka Middle East Initiative
The wars in Syria and Iraq have driven more than 15 million people to flee their homes and have caused the largest population displacement in the Middle East since World War II. The top host countries...
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Towards a Sustainable Belt and Road Initiative?
The study of China’s international financial flows shows that it has become a major player in international financing. With the Belt and Road Initiative, China has promoted a narrative of development...
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Inequality trends in South Africa: A multidimensional diagnostic of inequality
This report on inequality trends in South Africa is a joint publication produced by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) in partnership with the Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SAL...
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AFD and State-Owned Enterprises
State-owned enterprises (SOEs) play a role in the implementation of development policies. For this reason, they are key players in a country’s economic and social environment, and improving their perf...
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Part 1: I4CE - A Framework for Alignment with the Paris Agreement: Why, What and How for Financial Institution...
Alignment with the Paris Agreement has become the new frontier of climate finance. Financial institutions, whether seeking sustainable development impacts or with commercial goals, are increasingly co...
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The sanitation challenge in Mauritania
In Mauritania, only 15% of the rural population has access to sanitation. As part of the Sahel Alliance, AFD and the European Union are supporting the Mauritanian authorities to raise awareness of go...
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Access to electricity in Sahel doubled by 2022 - Synthesis of the conference
The “Energy Access in the G5 Sahel Countries” Conference is the first edition of an annual meeting organized by the Energy Group of the Sahel Alliance, which aimed at strengthening the coordination of...
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Southeast Asia - Activity Report
AFD’s field of intervention in Southeast Asia covers seven ASEAN member countries: we’ve had a long-standing presence in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam going back to 1993. We’ve subsequently extended our...
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Reemerging diseases: New health challenges in Southeast Asia
Population growth and economic development in Southeast Asia are driving major changes: a high rate of urbanization, increased exploitation of natural resources, intensification of agricultural practi...
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An athlete dedicated to education
As France’s youngest department, with more than half its population under the age of 18, Mayotte naturally focuses on many education-related issues. It is an ideal playing field for the entertaining a...
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Denis Mukwege: Sexual violence is a fearsome weapon
Rape and sexual slavery are routinely practiced by armed groups with an ever-increasing number of victims, leading over time to the breakdown of family and social models. For affected women, access to...
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