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Evaluation of the Second Objective of the Biodiversity Cross-cutting Intervention Framework (2013–2017)
The Agence française de développement (AFD) has entrusted the evaluation of the second objective of the Biodiversity Cross-cutting Intervention Framework to EY in partnership with Biotope. The Cross-c...
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Reporting Climate Bond AFD 2018
Climate is central to everything AFD Group does, and in 2018 the Group consolidated this position by adopting a new climate strategy (2017-2022), which reflects its aim to help implement the Paris Agr...
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The Interplay between Women’s Earnings and the Income Distribution: A Cross-National Analysis of Latin America...
Since the 1980s, an inter-disciplinary literature drawing heavily from economics and sociology has addressed the interplay between women’s earnings and household income. We use data from the Luxembour...
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Market income inequality, left-wing political parties, and redistribution in Latin America
The paper uses household-level data from more than 200 household income surveys from 20 Latin American and Caribbean countries to explore the (revised) median voter hypothesis and the political determ...
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AFD in Laos - 25 Years “In Common”
Laos is a resource-rich country. But these resources are regularly threatened by various factors, such as pollution, overexploitation and tourism. In addition, the management of resources often crysta...
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Manufacturing Equality in Türkiye
A dairy product company near Istanbul has deicded to hire more women and organize awareness-raising workshops for staff to raise awareness around gender stereotypes. This pilot project, supported by A...
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Diverting Solid Waste
This work takes as its starting point the findings of local authorities in the global South: as and when they are required to shut down old disposal sites and invest in costly sanitary landfills, citi...
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Best Practice Guide – Security Plan
This guide aims to highlight the consideration of security issues and provides good practices for developing a dedicated plan. It is intended for all entities that are beneficiaries or potential be...
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Transport Infrastructure and the Spatial Evolution of the Productive Structure in Brazil
This paper analyzes the impact of large scale investments on transport infrastructure on the spatial evolution of the productive structure in Brazil, in particular the industry/service mix. It does so...
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Ghana: What Economic Challenges?
Ghana stands apart from other African economies thanks to its consolidated democratic achievements as well as the pace of its economic growth since the early 2000s. The start of oil production in the...
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Energy Transition - 2019-2022 Strategy
The Energy Transition (ET) is now underway in developing and developed countries alike. Driven mainly by technological advances, it presents an economic, social and environmental opportunity to achiev...
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Baking for a better future
The Boulangerie Française offers trainings in bakery jobs, which facilitates the integration of disadvantaged young people into the labour market and improves their living conditions. Meeting with May...
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Research, Innovation & Knowledge - 2019-2022 Strategy
Strengthening research efforts and promoting innovation are among the cross-cutting focus areas of the French development and international solidarity policy. Echoing this ambition, the AFD Group is s...
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Kit Sport and Development: A Methodological Approach
For over 25 years, a number of actors (States, civil society, private sector, etc.) have been making sport work for development. Since 2015, physical activity has been mentioned as a major vehicle for...
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Hydromet Project: Annex 6 - Environmental and Social Management Framework
This document presents the Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) of the project titled “Building Regional Resilience through Strengthened Meteorological, Hydrological and Climate Servic...
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Cambodia: The magical ears of Phnom Penh
Phnom Penh Water Supply authority (PPWSA), in Cambodia, is one of the most efficient in the world, with only 8% water loss, which allows it to keep prices very low. These results are only possible tha...
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Data opportunities and challenges for calculating a global Strong Environmental Sustainability (SES) index
The Environmental Sustainability Gap (ESGAP) framework sets the basis to measure countries’ environmental sustainability performance, based on standards meant to represent the situation at which natur...
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Health and social protection - 2019 Activity report
Health and social protection are central to sustainable development. These sectors are fundamental pillars for the development of human capital. The lack of access to health care, its poor quality and...
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Dona Mena and sustainable cashew farming in Mozambique
Dona Mena is a cashew producer in the Gilé reserve in Mozambique. AFD is funding a project there which aims to contribute to strengthening the cashew nut sector in order to allow a sustainable improve...
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Cultural and Creative Industries - 2018-2019 Activity Report
In 2005, the General Conference of UNESCO adopted the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. In November 2016, the French Interministerial Committee for I...
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