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AFD Group Annual Report 2019-2020
Adapted from the digital Datawall, AFD Group’s Annual Report for 2019-20 is now available in a downloadable PDF, in both French and English. With 14.1 billion euros committed in 2019, AFD Group – w...
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Earnings inequality over the life-course in South Africa
This paper revisits the measure of inequality introducing a dynamic dimension, which allows analysing inequality over the life course.
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Spatial inequality through the prism of a pandemic: Covid-19 in South Africa
While the global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic made everyone feel very vulnerable, the pandemic has made manifest the significant gaps between individuals in terms of exposure and in terms of the ca...
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An Overview of Inequalities in Urban Water Services in Bolivia
Urban drinking water services are a particularly prolific research object to think about inequalities in the city because they are by definition at the interface of economic, social and environmental...
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AFD and India: focus on urban transport
A partner of India since 2008, AFD works in agreement with Indian authorities to promote green and inclusive growth. It operates through soft loans to the state and public enterprises, as well as tech...
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AFD and India: focus on biodiversity
A partner of India since 2008, AFD works in agreement with Indian authorities to promote green and inclusive growth. It operates through soft loans to the State and public enterprises, as well as tech...
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AFD and India: water and sanitation
A partner of India since 2008, AFD works in agreement with Indian authorities to promote green and inclusive growth. It operates through soft loans to the State and public enterprises, as well as tech...
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Climate Variability and Inequality: Comparing the Experiences of Indonesia and Vietnam
Households in Indonesia and Vietnam that are poor, rural, older, headed by women, and/or from ethnic minorities bear the biggest burden of variability in climatic conditions. New research investigate...
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The Impact of Climate Variability on Inequality: Evidence from Indonesia
Households in Indonesia that are rural, older, larger, and/or headed by women experience worsening income, deeper poverty, and social exclusion as a consequence of climate instability. New research f...
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The Impact of Climate Variability on Inequality: Evidence from Vietnam
Climate instability in Vietnam leads to reduced incomes and greater inequality, especially in areas most affected by climatic events related to El Nino, such as the Central Highlands, Southeast and Me...
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Indonesia
AFD Group has been working in Indonesia for more than 15 years to promote green and inclusive growth, with the aim of supporting the country’s low-carbon development within the context of a just and r...
Regions and countries
Fiscal Policies in Kenya: Effects on Poverty and Inequalities
New research analyzes the impact of fiscal policies by Kenya’s government on both poverty and inequality, identifying tax and social spending actions that have the greatest potential to alleviate pove...
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Inequality in Kenya: Trends and Policy Responses
New analysis of trends in inequality in Kenya draws on three household surveys spanning a period of 20 years and a range of indicators of inequality. The findings reveal wide differences across househ...
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Distributional Effects of Healthcare Spending: Lessons from Burkina Faso, Malawi, and Zambia
The distribution of both public healthcare spending and overall healthcare spending has become increasingly egalitarian in Burkina Faso, Malawi, and Zambia, according to a new study. Nevertheless, the...
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Assessing Inequalities in Healthcare Spending in Burkina Faso, Malawi, and Zambia: Data and Methods
A new study examines the distributional incidence of healthcare spending in three countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Understanding the techniques used to conduct the analysis will help key decisions on...
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Inequalities in Healthcare Spending on Curative Services: Evidence from Burkina Faso
How public and overall health spending on curative health services have become more egalitarian as Universal Health Coverage (UHC) policies have been rolled out in Burkina Faso? Over time, increased e...
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AFD and Burundi
AFD has been active in Burundi since 1978 and currently finances the education sector to meet the needs of a young and growing population. Our objective: to strengthen social cohesion and human cap...
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AFD and Tanzania
Present in Tanzania since 2008, AFD – the French Development Agency – offers financing solutions and technical assistance to support the Tanzanian government in achieving middle-income status by 2025....
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AFD and the energy sector in Tanzania
In 2014, the Tanzanian government defined a strategy for the development of the electricity sector. To meet its objectives, AFD operates according to 3 strategic lines of action, with a focus on proje...
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AFD and the water and sanitation sector in Tanzania
Tanzania has embarked on an ambitious Water Sector Development Program (WSDP) for the period 2006-2025. To meet its objectives, AFD operates according to 3 strategic lines of action: Access to...
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