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Regional Migration and Wage Inequality in the West African Economic and Monetary Union
This paper investigates the impact of regional migration on average wages and wage inequality in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA). We exploit a unique data from a unified labour fo...
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AFD and Ghana
Between 2008 and 2017, AFD invested more than 700 million euros in Ghana. These are funds dedicated for the promotion of high developmental impact projects: improvement of living conditions, reduction...
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Economic impacts of a glacial period: a thought experiment
Increased knowledge about anthropogenic climate change has raised growing concerns about its potential catastrophic impacts on both ecosystems and human societies. Yet, several studies on damages indu...
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Impacts of Extreme Climate Events on Technical Efficiency in Vietnamese Agriculture
The aim of this study is to examine farm household-level impacts of weather extreme events on Vietnamese rice technical efficiency. Vietnam is considered among the most vulnerable countries to climate...
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Non-linear Impacts of Climate Change on Income and Inequality in Vietnam
This paper measures the marginal impact of climate variability on Vietnamese households’ income. We combine survey data from the Viet Nam Household Living Standard Survey (VHLSS) database with daily c...
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AFD and public sector reform
States are the primary actors of development, mainly because they are responsible for delivering basic services (such as healthcare and education), and ensuring a peaceful, inclusive socio-economic co...
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AFD and justice
Since it integrated the justice sector among its subject matters in 2016, AFD’s aims to promote access to justice and rights for all, while developing a secure legal environment for goods and people....
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AFD and the Media
Since 2018, AFD has supported professional training for journalists, radio hosts and technicians, and the production of quality, reliable and attractive content. Whether community or national radio st...
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AFD Group - 2018 Results
Discover the 2018 annual results of the AFD Group, and the key figures : - €11.4 billion in commitments, up €1 billion in a year (+40% in 3 years) - 846 new development projects launched (94 more th...
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The economics of the Syrian refugee crisis in neighboring countries. The case of Lebanon
In this article, we investigate the effects of a massive displacement of workers from a war-torn economy on the economy of a neighboring country. Applying a general equilibrium approach to the Lebanes...
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Mobility and Transport - Sector Operational Framework for AFD Group
The mobility of people and goods is one of the key conditions for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): it is indispensable for enabling people to access employment and basic services (h...
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Tanzania - 2017-2021 Strategy
AFD Group has been present in Tanzania since 1993 through its subsidiary Proparco. AFD’s actions in Tanzania are now on a growth curve, mostly via sovereign loans in what are several priority sectors...
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Knowledge Capitalisation Booklet for FISONG Sanitation
In 2012, the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) launched a Sanitation Innovation Facility (FISONG) in the field of "Sanitation, hygiene and waste: long-term mechanisms and local capabilities”. Th...
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Innovate for sanitation
In 2012 a call for proposals for FISONG projects was launched in the field of "Sanitation, hygiene and waste: long-term mechanisms and local capabilities” aiming at improving sanitation services in th...
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Understanding the Relationship between Short and Long Term Mobility
Populations are highly mobile, both in terms of long term movements of individuals relocating their place of residence as well as shorter term mobility such as commuting, seasonal travel and recreatio...
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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) AFD 2017
The AFD Group's social responsibility report for the 2017 financial year has just been published. It presents the Group's policies, practices and tools in the social, environmental and governance fiel...
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Reporting Climate Bond AFD 2017
2017 was once again a particularly dynamic year regarding green bond issues, especially for French issuers.
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Characterizing and analyzing urban dynamics in Bogota
Containing crime without affecting the livability of the urban environment is a major challenge in our society. Traditionally, researchers relate crime to socio-economic disorganization and people’s r...
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The Challenges of Energy Transition in Vietnam and in Southeast Asia
The Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS), Agence française de développement (AFD), Global Development Network (GDN), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), École française d’Extrême-O...
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Defining Social Cohesion
Promoting social cohesion is one of the most difficult, yet one of the most important, challenges facing South Africa. However, while there is a widespread agreement that social cohesion influences ec...
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