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Displaced Sand, Displaced People: Examining the Livelihood Impacts of Sand Mining in Cambodia
This working paper focuses on the livelihood impacts of river sand mining in Cambodia. We draw on two examples: (a) that of sand miners, working directly in riverbed sand mining in and around Phnom Pe...
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AFD and Sustainable Urban Development in China
The record urban development which has accompanied China’s economic growth has raised huge challenges in terms of access to urban amenities and the limitation of the environmental footprint of cities....
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AFD and the Development of a Green Financial System in China
The Chinese government has set itself highly ambitious aims in the fight against climate change, in particular its target for carbon neutrality by 2060. To reach these goals, the financial sector and...
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AFD and the Fight Against Climate Change in China
Exposed to the effects of climate change and the world’s biggest producer of greenhouse gases, China has undertaken ambitious national and international engagements for climate change. In the frame...
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AFD and Energy Transition in China
Driven by sustained economic growth, demand for energy in China has increased dramatically in recent decades. In response to crucial environmental and health issues, the Chinese government has adopted...
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Fiscal Consolidation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Unequal Effects on Children’s Health
New research reveals that policies of fiscal consolidation (public spending cuts and/or tax rises) in sub-Saharan African countries are, on average, associated with higher infant mortality: the estima...
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Building Fiscal Capacity in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Role of Local Inequality
Are people’s attitudes towards taxation affected by local levels of inequality in the provision of public goods such as electricity, healthcare, and education? New research on sub-Saharan Africa revea...
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Measuring Local Inequality: Insights from Data on Night Lights
Data on human emissions of light at night – as detected by satellites – provide valuable insights into the extent of inequality at the local level. New research uses the latest generation of night lig...
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Multidimensional Inequality in Vietnam
Even though Vietnam has achieved great social and economic development over the past 30 years, notorious gaps remain not only in income, but also in other critical dimensions of well-being and politic...
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Springs and collective laundries in the city of La Paz, notes for their management
The urban landscape of the city of La Paz hides a large number of underground rivers but reveals dozens of springs on its hillside territories. These springs have multiple meanings, mainly for women,...
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Access to water: persistence of inequalities in the life of women
This policy brief is aimed primarily at decision-makers at the municipal, regional and national levels, as well as at non-governmental institutions, neighborhood councils and private institutions. As...
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Municipal planning and inter-institutional coordination for good water management
Water distribution systems involve various actors. Access to water is a fundamental human right that materializes in a set of rules, laws and institutions that exercise shared, exclusive or concurrent...
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Covid-19: Solid Waste Management in Response to the Crisis
It is essential for public health to ensure the continuity of solid waste management services in a safe and sustainable way, especially in case of sanitary emergency such as the Covid-19 crisis. Not o...
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Environmental Sustainability in Vietnam: Piloting the Environmental Sustainability Gap Framework (ESGAP) and S...
The Prime Minister of Vietnam issued a National Action Plan for the implementation of the Agenda 2030 on Sustainable Development. Nevertheless, the limited number of indicators and data, and the lack...
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Vulnerability and integration in Jordan: Syrian refugees in their local environment
The Compact reached between Jordan and its main donor countries in February 2016 by virtue of which Jordan committed itself to regularize the professional status of Syrian refugees in exchange for fi...
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Kosovo: The Challenges of Building the Growth Model
A small country in the Western Balkans, Kosovo unilaterally declared its independence from Serbia in 2008. It has since strengthened its independence and built its sovereignty, resulting in a gradual...
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North Macedonia: Identifying a development model for the future
North Macedonia is a small, landlocked country in the Balkans that gained independence in 1991 and has a turbulent history bound up with its pursuit of regional and international recognition. The coun...
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Agroforestry: reinvesting the acacia trees in Sudan
In Sudan, along the Gum Arabic belt, the Acacia tree “Senegal” has been cultivated for 300 years. Natural driver of the agroforestry, the trees are also cultivated for their Gum, making Sudan the worl...
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Minka Peace and Resilience Fund - Activity report 2021
The Minka Peace and Resilience Fund, implemented by AFD, is dedicated to medium and long-term financing operations in regions affected by crisis or violent conflict. The Minka Fund pursues proactive c...
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Inequalities and environmental changes in the Mekong region
The present volume makes a timely and practical contribution to research endeavours and policy debates concerned with sustainability in the Mekong region.The authors notably address the problem of var...
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