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Redistributive Programs’ Implementation: Do Political Incentives Matter ?
Despite innovative safeguards to reduce political interference in the nowadays famous Mexican conditional cash transfer, local politicians received important electoral rewards from its implementation....
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Explaining the Development of Private Education: the Effect of Public Expenditure on Education
There is considerable cross-country variability in the distribution of pupils between public and private education. Whereas in some countries most children attend private schools, other countries have...
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Evaluation of the « Ecole et langues nationales en Afrique » program: Methodological Aspects and Interim Asses...
This eight-country evaluation seeks to measure how the ELAN Program methods of written language acquisition have an impact, during the first two years of primary school (Grade 1 and Grade 2), on oral...
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Teacher training based on the results of research on their actual practices in the context of Sub-Saharan Afri...
The OPERA project (Observation des pratiques enseignantes dans leur rapport avec les apprentissages des élèves / Diagnosis of Teacher Practices in Relation with Learning) started on the basis of obser...
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Assisting Developing Countries in Taxation after the OECD’s BEPS Reports: A Suggested Approach for the Interna...
This paper explores how the international donor community might most productively offer technical assistance to developing countries in the area of taxation, in light of the recently completed study o...
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Flood risk and cities in developing countries
The risk of flooding is a natural hazard affecting the most people worldwide. However, it is more of a risk in terms of material damage than a lethal risk for the affected population. Integrated flood...
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New Caledonia
A French Overseas Territory with exceptionally rich and diverse natural heritage, New Caledonia is currently facing an economic slowdown, compounded by the impact of the Covid-19 crisis, as well as un...
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Evaluation of the Sectoral Intervention Framework “Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa”
In 2015, the Evaluation and Capitalisation Division (EVA) of Agence Française de Développement (AFD) initiated an evaluation of the Sectoral Intervention Framework for Food Security in Sub-Saharan Afr...
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Can Arabo-Islamic education in sub-Saharan Africa be ignored?
Arab-Islamic education in general, and Koranic schools in particular, are still largely excluded from programs advocating for education for all in Africa. Consequently, recognizing its existence, its...
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Indonesia Climate Change Programme Loan (ICCPL)
In close partnership in 2008, 2009 and 2010, JICA and AFD approved a series of “climate” budget loans to the Indonesian Government in order to facilitate the design and implementation of an ambitious...
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Brochure ARIZ
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) make up the bulk of the economic base in developing and emerging countries. To create and develop their activity, they need medium and long-term financial res...
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Water and sanitation: mid-term review of the sectorial intervention framework for 2014-2018
This document is the water and sanitation mid-term review of the sectorial intervention framework for 2014-2018
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Prevention or treatment? The introduction of a new antimalarial drug in Angola
In spite of massive efforts to generalize efficient prevention, such as insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITN) or long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs), malaria remains prevalent in many countries a...
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Brochure AFD and European partnership
AFD and European Union (EU) institutions have decided to strengthen their partnership, with the aim of enhancing their effectiveness in development assistance and the fight against extreme poverty. O...
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AFD and capacity development support
In the poorest countries, the weak capacities of project initiators, both public (ministries, local authorities) and private (banks, local companies, professional organizations), are often the first b...
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AFD and sustainable urban transport and mobility
Urban mobility is a core challenge for cities. In order to ensure that development is sustainable, inclusive and economically effective, the challenge lies in limiting the congestion that hinders citi...
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AFD Group and Türkiye
Türkiye has undergone rapid development and transformation in recent decades. Today, its challenge is to rebuild itself in the aftermath of the earthquakes of February 2023, aiming for greater resili...
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Brochure AFD and Mozambique
Mozambique has recorded one of the highest economic growth rates in Africa since the end of the civil war in 1992. The recent discoveries of significant coal and gas deposits and the phasing in of the...
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Brochure AFD and energy transition in island territories
In the energy sector, island states and France’s overseas territories have a number of common characteristics that are specific to isolated systems: absence of local fossil resources, high cost of fue...
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