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Seeing the Light in rural Uganda
Some 43% of Uganda's population still lacked access to electricity in 2022. This prompted Agence Française de Développement and the European Union to launch a new project aiming to connect 40,000...
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Development Finance Institutions: New directions for the future
In an evolving development landscape, the urgency for Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) to innovate, adapt and deliver is intensifying. In this context, four discussions – focusing on DFIs’ addi...
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Philippines – Preserving economic stability, financing development and anticipating climate issues
Referred to as the “sick man of Asia” during the last third of the 20th century, the Philippines has recorded dynamic economic growth since the mid-2000s and is beginning to catch up with the more adv...
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Governance: how can institutions serve citizens?
Governance refers to the operational norms and regulations of any entity, whether it’s an organization, company, region, or an entire country. As the UN’s 16th Sustainable Development Goal, governa...
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Recycling carbon taxes for reindustrialisation: addressing structural rigidity and financialisation in natural...
Inclusion of developing and emerging countries in the low carbon transition agenda is imperative to meet climate goals, and policies should be tailored to their unique characteristics. Despite their s...
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Climate: taking action for a more sustainable financial system
Actors in the financial system play an essential role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and in combating climate disruption. AFD Group works alongside financial institutions and re...
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AFD and gender equality in South Asia
Agence Française de Développement is committed to gender mainstreaming in all operations, recognizing that sustainable development cannot be achieved without gender equality. Financing projects that p...
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Institutionalizing and scaling-up Gender-responsive budgeting
Over a decade ago, Jordan initiated the implementation of gender-responsive budgeting. In its commitment to apply it further, the Government aims at greater equality between women and men, while impro...
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Leveraging French expertise to support solidarity-driven investment
AFD Group promotes and broadens the influence of French expertise by supporting 1,250 new projects a year in around 160 countries. These projects create a diverse range of business opportunities for n...
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Lebanon
Lebanon, a gateway to the Middle East, is experiencing an unprecedented multidimensional crisis, worsened by the recent conflict. The breakdown of public services threatens hard-won development gains...
Regions and countries
Thomas MELONIO
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Chief Economist – Executive Director of Innovation, Strategy and Research – Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
Gaëlle BALINEAU
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Country Risk Economist, Research Officer
Industrial economics, value chains, quality economics, country risk, East Africa, European Neighbourhood
Gaëlle Balineau is an economist specialising in East Africa and the European Neighbourhood. As a country risk analyst, she also conducts research on value chains and market regulation.
Semestrial panorama 2025#2 - Wayfinding in troubled waters
By their scale and volatility, and even if their application has been temporarily limited, the Trump administration's announcements have begun to destabilize the global economy. Indeed, in addition to...
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Peru: art to conserve the forest and the way of life
In Peru, the "Metis" project, through arts help to conserve forests, ecosystems, and ways of life through artistic dialogue. Launched in 2021 by Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the Metis fun...
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Semestrial Panorama 2022 #2
The rise in commodity prices had already been happening since mid-2020 and is subject to an in-depth analysis in this third issue of the semi-annual MacroDev Panorama. The objective is to place the dr...
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Peru: in need of fresh stimulus
Driven by the boom in its mining sector and its rigorous macroeconomic policies, since the early 2000s Peru has experienced a period of spectacular development, described as the “Peruvian Miracle”. No...
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Are industries in emerging countries becoming greener?
According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), industry generates a fifth of the world’s direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It also produces indirect emissions due in part to electricity gene...
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AFD in Action to Protect the Amazon
Amazon deforestation continues at record levels. Massive fires have ravaged the world’s largest rainforest. This constitutes a catastrophe in what is home to more than 50% of the world's biodiversity...
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ENSLAC Project – Enabling Nature-based solutions Scale-up in Latin American Cities
As part of the ENSLAC project, AFD is working with Yes Innovation and its partners to study and identify replicability levers for nature-based solutions in three South American countries – Ecuador, Co...
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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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