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AdaptAction - Phase 1: Lessons Learned
In 2017, AFD launched the AdaptAction programme to support 15 countries and regional organisations in implementing the Paris Agreement and to catalyse investments on climate adaptation. The phase 1...
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Egypt: financial inclusion makes a bet on women entrepreneurs
To promote financial inclusion in Egypt, the French Development Agency, in collaboration with the Egyptian State Microenterprise and SME Development Agency (MSMEDA), supports female entrepreneurship a...
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A bright future for Kenya's forests
« If the Americans are putting a man on the moon, then we can be able to plan trees in our forests » - Professor Wangari Maathai, Peace Nobel Prize winner and founder of the Green Belt Movement. Fore...
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Uzbekistan: Achieving a multidimensional transition
Relatively sound macroeconomic fundamentals, coupled with government measures and financial support from donors, have allowed Uzbekistan to withstand the shock of the health crisis. Despite a marked d...
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Global biodiversity scenarios: what do they tell us for biodiversity-related socioeconomic impacts?
This paper aims to review and compare existing global and quantitative biodiversity scenarios that could help to build a forward-looking assessment of the consequences of biodiversity loss. More broa...
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AFD and the Energy Transition in New-Caledonia
With New Caledonia's energy transition blueprint, the Government plans to make the territory an energytransition and sustainable-development model. New Caledonia's energy transition policy aims to...
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Delivering public interest goods in Africa. Stopgap measures, state reform, and commons
Given the polysemy of the concept of “commons,” we use the concept of “public interest goods,” the content of which varies according to historical situations. In Africa, different institutions (modes...
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A “shared earth” approach to put biodiversity at the heart of the sustainable development in Africa
Biodiversity is a classic example of a global commons. As we enter the coming decades of a rapidly changing climate, declining biodiversity, growing human populations and economic growth, sub-Saharan...
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Private production or public project ownership to scale up the construction of photovoltaic power plants in Af...
Despite its abundant solar resources, Africa currently has low solar photovoltaic (PV) power generation capacities compared to other continents. Yet, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)...
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« GRANDES LIGNES »| EPISODE 6: GENDER & DIGITAL LABOUR IN ARGENTINA
« Grandes Lignes » is the podcast of Éditions Agence française de développement which deciphers in less than 20 minutes the major questions of research on sustainable development with AFD experts....
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Infographic – Our Activity to Support Financial Systems in 2022
Actors in the financial system play a key role in the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the fight against climate change. AFD Group’s action aims to help build inclusive, sus...
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Financial Systems – 2022 Activity Report
Financial systems play a central role in development trajectories. When financial activities are disrupted by underlying weaknesses, crises can result, with devastating effects. Conversely, when the f...
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In Mbarara, providing water by and for women
The districts of Mbarara and Isingiro in south-western Uganda are under permanent water stress. To remedy this situation, AFD and the European Union are financing a large-scale project to supply wate...
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Reducing inequality, a question of survival
In a world of limited planetary resources, the concentration of wealth is leading to growing division. Inequalities significantly hinder sustainable development. Since many different forms of inequal...
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The Commons, vectors for development in East Africa
East Africa, like the rest of the continent, is currently facing increasingly complex social and environmental dilemmas. Faced with these challenges, the commons is an interesting approach, as it expe...
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2022 TCFD Report (Task-Force on Climate Related Financial Disclosure)
The TCFD (Task-Force on Climate Related Financial Disclosure), a working group on the publication of climate-related financial information, aims to improve the financial transparency of companies rega...
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Developing a Youth Labour Market Index for South Africa at the sub-national level
Assessing the labour market situation for young people is a critical area of research that has attracted the attention of scholars and policymakers globally. However, understanding the complexity of t...
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Comprehensive Overview of the Agricultural Sector in Jordan
Agriculture in Jordan is a particularly constrained sector given the dry climate and the limited endowment in water resources.However, the sector is connected to several strategic issues, such as food...
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Agriculture, Rural Development and Biodiversity - 2022 Activity Report
AFD financing in areas such as farming, livestock raising, management of forest and fishery resources, as well as ecosystem preservation adopts an integrated territorial approach that takes climate ch...
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Energy Transition – 2022 Activity Report
Having invested close to €1 billion in Africa, AFD Group has once again made it the Group's main area of operation in the energy sector in 2022. The Group is supporting a wide range of projects on the...
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