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ENGULF: Assessing exposure to relative sea-level rise along the Gulf of Guinea
The coastline of the Gulf of Guinea is lowly elevated and particularly vulnerable to sea level rise triggered by climate change. However, in some places, another important factor has to be taken into...
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Measuring the environmental sustainability of Kenya and Vietnam: application of the ESGAP framework
As part of the ECOPRONAT research program, AFD is developing methodologies to assess the environmental sustainability of a territory, to contribute to the structuring of international standards defini...
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Households and Firms in the MENA Region
What is the short-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on households and firms behaviour in the Middle East and North Africa? A research partnership between AFD and the Economic Research Forum (ERF) p...
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Clermont International Development Hub: strengthening and expanding a regional hub of expertise in internation...
This project aims to strengthen skills and synergies in a regional centre of expertise in international development, located in the city of Clermont-Ferrand (France), and its international outreach. T...
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Genealogy and analysis of discourses on the relationship between gender and climate
Climate change and gender equality—understood as equality between women and men—have become central to the strategies of development actors. This research project examines how these actors incorporate...
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Understanding Arabo-Islamic Education in the Sahel
Arab-Islamic education in the Sahel remains poorly understood, despite being a key component for grasping and managing the region’s education systems. This research project, entrusted to IRD, aims to...
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Ocean and commons: Conserving marine biodiversity on the high seas
Often referred to in the singular, the ocean is nonetheless a plural space, built according to the diversity of society’s relationship to the sea. Through the study of an oceanographic phenomenon in t...
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Understanding the paracommons of Palestinian water
In the Palestinian territories, water, as a circulating resource, is shared among several actors, including at the local level. Mobilizing the concept of "commons", this research program aimed to unde...
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Macroeconomic country assessment − Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire is one of the 60 countries followed by AFD’s country-risk economists, whose assessments shed light on countries' economic trajectory and macroeconomic and financial situation.
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Macroeconomic country assessment − Cambodia
Cambodia is one of the 60 countries followed by AFD’s country-risk economists, whose assessments shed light on countries' economic trajectory and macroeconomic and financial situation.
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PAIRES – AFD-IRD Partnership to conduct impact assessments by mobilizing research from the Global South
PAIRES is a partnership between AFD and the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD) that funds a series of impact assessments of development interventions supported by AFD...
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Macroeconomic country assessment – Brazil
Brazil is one of the 60 countries followed by AFD’s country-risk economists, whose assessments shed light on countries' economic trajectory and macroeconomic and financial situation.
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CEROM partnership: Producing statistics to analyze the economic situation of Overseas France
The CEROM (Comptes économiques rapides pour l'Outre-mer - Fast Economic Accounts for Overseas France) partnership brings together complementary expertise from the French National Institute of Statisti...
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Defining standards of good ecological condition for the ESGAP framework
This research partnership with EcoAct has allowed to enrich the notion of "standard of good ecological condition", which is central to ESGAP (Environmental Sustainability Gap), a methodology supported...
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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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Addressing constraints to upscaling wetland restoration in Uganda
As part of the ECOPRONAT research programme, AFD is working with the IHE Delft Institute for Water Education and Makerere University in Uganda to understand the institutional and socio-economic constr...
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Greening urban food systems through nature-based solutions in Bengaluru
As part of the ECOPRONAT research programme, AFD is working with the Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) to analyse the links between urban agriculture, nature-based solutions (NBS) and city...
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Studying wildlife economy to mainstream biodiversity into agricultural policies in South Africa and Kenya
The ECOPRONAT programme explores the levers for mainstreaming biodiversity into different economic sectors. As part of this research programme, AFD is working with the South African National Biodivers...
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Developing a strategic framework for nature-based solutions in urban areas
As part of the ECOPRONAT research programme, AFD is collaborating with the World Resources Institute (WRI) to develop a strategic framework for identifying and deploying nature-based solutions (NBS) i...
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FARSYMABI Project: A Farming System Approach to Mainstreaming Biodiversity in the agricultural sector
As part of the ECOPRONAT research programme, AFD is supporting the FARSYMABI project (A Farming System Approach to Mainstreaming Biodiversity in the agricultural sector) in Mozambique. Through the ide...
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