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Ameliorating the Consequences of Coal Job Destruction - A Just Transition Policy Matrix Approach
Ensuring a just energy transition in South Africa requires supporting workers to absorb the negative shocks of structural change. Central to this is the design of a comprehensive social protection pac...
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Analysis of Colombia’s fiscal policy and public spending impact on inequalities
The Extension of the EU-AFD Research Facility on Inequalities in partnership with Fedesarrollo and in close collaboration with the Ministry of Finances implemented the methodology of the Commitment to...
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Green jobs, pension system and inequality after retirement in Colombia
How can green transition policies impact labour market segmentation between formal and informal sectors in Colombia? What consequences on income inequality after retirement? The Extension of the EU-AF...
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Housing: A Key Sector for the SDGs
Housing is an essential human right. Yet 1.6 billion people don’t have access to decent housing. By 2030, this figure could reach 3 billion. Since 2010, AFD has invested more than €2 billion to suppo...
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Strengthening climate services in Africa by incorporating local knowledge
https://issuu.com/objectif-developpement/docs/qdd_60_vf_bdLocal knowledge is currently attracting growing interest on the international stage, in particular for its contribution to biodiversity conser...
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Advancing the Inequality Agenda Through Collaborative Research
The Members of the Strategic Committee of the EU-AFD Research Facility on Inequalities jointly launch the call for research proposals “Advancing the inequality agenda through collaborative research :...
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Extension of the Research Facility on Inequalities in Mexico
The first phase of the Facility demonstrated the social demand for reducing inequalities and the need for structural change to break the bottleneck in social mobility. In Mexico, the Extension of the...
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Social protection and just transition in South Africa
How can the South African government prepare the transition of workers from the coal sector to a low-carbon economy? What is the socio-demographic and spatial profile of workers in the coal value chai...
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Extension of the Research Facility on Inequalities in Colombia
How to effectively reduce inequalities in Colombia? What policies should be implemented and how should taxation and public spending be addressed? AFD is working with local research centers and the Col...
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Evaluation of local stimulus effects in South Africa: Jobs and grants programmes
What have been the local stimulus effects of the South African Presidential Employment Stimulus Initiative (PES) and the national social grants program? The Extension of the EU-AFD Research Facility o...
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Extension of the Research Facility on Inequalities in South Africa
How can we support the reduction of socio-economic inequalities while addressing the challenges of the low carbon transition? The Extension of the EU-AFD Research Facility on Inequalities seeks to add...
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Extension of the Research Facility on Inequalities in Indonesia
Increasing inequality, climate change and the deterioration of marine ecosystems are all challenges for Indonesia, which has experienced growth since its integration into globalization. To address the...
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The National Care System and inequalities in Mexico
The Extension of the EU-AFD Research Facility on Inequalities in partnership with CEEY will design proposals for the design of care systems at level of federal states and of municipalities, which will...
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Social economy, just energy transition and inequality in Mexico
The energy transition is a challenge and a necessity for Mexico’s economic transformation. What role can socially owned renewables and energy cooperatives play in enhancing the livelihoods of the most...
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Exploratory Analysis of the Linkages and Synergies between the Walang Gutom Program and Other Adaptive Social ...
This study explores how a social protection programme, the Walang Gutom Program Program, can improve management of climate risks and strengthen climate resilience in the Philippines by strengthening i...
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What role can food vouchers play in strengthening climate resilience?
Climate change threatens to intensify poverty, inequality and food insecurity. In countries like the Philippines, extreme weather (cyclones, floods or droughts) could disrupt livelihoods and exacerbat...
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Conceptualizing and analyzing inequality and social cohesion in South Africa
Twenty years on since independence and the end of Apartheid, South Africa is yet to emerge as a socially cohesive nation. The proposed research project aims to formulate a relevant approach for social...
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Preventing and reducing the impacts of natural disasters and health risks in the Guiana Shield
AFD provides funding for the REMPART project, led by the French Red Cross, to fight epidemics on the Guiana Shield (French Guiana, Suriname and Guyana).
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Agro-Industry in French Guiana
In French Guiana, local industry struggles to meet the needs of the agricultural and agro-industrial sector, due to the small size of farms and a continuing lack of processing tools. The result: a sec...
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The Sustainable Development Analysis & Opinion Mechanism
The sustainable development analysis and opinion mechanism is the tool used by AFD Group to ensure that every project it finances is aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Through an a...
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