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Kenya: Tailoring a city to its residents
In Western Kenya, Kisumu city is home to 600,000 residents. A figure that keeps growing. To support the city in accommodating its population, AFD Group and the city of Kisumu have partnered for over...
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Support for Civil Society Organizations - 2021 Activity Report
The year 2021, like 2020, was marked by the Covid-19 pandemic and its consequences, and by multiple political and security crises, as well as natural disasters (particularly in Haiti, Lebanon, Myanmar...
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The Impact of COVID-19 on households and firms in the MENA region: the case of Sudan
This paper aims to discuss the status of households and firms during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sudan as a case study of the MENA countries. It is based on new primary data obtained from ERF COVID MENA...
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Cambodia Liquid Gold
Travel to eastern Cambodia, where a special product is collected: Mondulkiri wild honey. Registered for over a year as a geographical indication, it is harvested in a sustainable manner, with respect...
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Up to the Tusk | Episode 1
The National Administration of Conservation Areas (ANAC), with support from AFD and Peace Park Foundation, launched a series of counter-offensives aimed at protecting Mozambique wildlife and biodivers...
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In Egypt, AFD Group is committed to renewable energies
AFD Group has been operating in the energy sector in Egypt for almost 10 years, financing renewable energy projects and strengthening the electricity transmission network. AFD Group has already commit...
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What policies should be implemented to promote agro-ecological intensification and reduce inequalities in the ...
In the north of the peanut basin, the arid climate limits the efficiency of fertilization too much for it to be relevant to intensify grain production. It is more legitimate to support the groundnut s...
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Poverty and inequalities in the peanut basin of Senegal: implications and recommendations
In 2016, nearly 90% of households in the Senegalese peanut basin lived below the national poverty line. However, when looking at the situation through the prism of inequalities, the importance of the...
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Matthieu Discour : Mobilising all funding for climate finance in the Gulf of Guinea
AFD has placed the implementation of the Paris Agreement at the heart of its mandate. A commitment that accompanies our actions in our different countries of intervention. Particularly in the Gulf...
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Data4Nature: presentation of the initiative
Through the projects and studies they finance, public development banks assist their clients in producing flora and fauna observation data, which represents a valuable asset in maintaining biodiversit...
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Pham Thi Lan Phuong and the vocational training for young people
AFD supports the renovation and structuring of five technical training centres to address the shortage of qualified technicians in Vietnam. Meeting with Pham Thi Lan Phuong, director of one of these...
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Linking weather forecasts and risk financing
Eastern Caribbean states are highly exposed to extreme weather. Advances in impact forecasting and disaster risk financing create opportunities for reducing the impacts of imminent disasters; but prop...
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The Little Book of Investing in Nature
The Little Book of Investing in Nature aims to energise the dialogue on financing biodiversity protection by clearly laying out options for financing biodiversity conservation. While some measures to...
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Do you know the EU-AFD Research Facility on Inequalities?
The EU-AFD Research Facility on Inequalities is a research program funded by the European Commission and coordinated by AFD. How does it work? What’s its main goal? How can it improve the collective k...
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China - 2020-2024 Strategy
AFD has been operating in China since 2004 to promote green and inclusive growth. The Agency’s action in the country in part operationalises the commitments made by France with respect to the bilatera...
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The impact of crime shocks across gender and socioeconomic groups: a large-scale mapping of behavioral disrupt...
In recent decades the world has seen a simultaneous trend towards becoming more peaceful overall, but also towards higher homicide rates surging in focal regions in the developing world. Although abun...
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The Digital Energy Facility
The Digital Energy Facility (DEF) is a programme funded by the European Union and implemented by Agence Française de Développement (AFD). Thanks to the financing of digital innovation projects and...
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Improving access to water and electricity in Rural Areas of Cambodia
This project, financed by AFD and the European Union, has contributed to improving access to water and electricity for Cambodian households by supporting small water and electricity enterprises and en...
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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...
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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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