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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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Reviving agricultural advisory and extension services in sub-Saharan Africa
The Inter-réseaux Développement rural – IRAM – Ambre conseil/CERFRANCE – CIRAD group was mobilised by the French Development Agency (Agence Française de Développement, or “AFD”) in order to spark disc...
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Impacts of weather and climate information services on African agriculture
Weather and seasonal forecasts give African farmers the information they need to prepare for climate shocks and change their practices.These changes are generally economically beneficial. Yet consider...
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Water banking and the adaptation of agriculture to climate change in northern Gaza - environmental and social ...
The set of documents available through the link below represents the environmental and social safeguards, under AFD and Green Climate Fund standards, for the Water Banking and Adaptation of Agricultur...
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Citizen participation:leverage for better public services?
Citizen participation could leverage public action to improve access to water in remote areas and address second-string subjects such as sanitation. However, this still very incantatory notion with i...
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The link between water and energy services in Palestine
Discover in this video the testimonies of the people of Tubas area and representatives of the local water utility, stating their difficulty of access to affordable water in this arid region of norther...
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Panorama 2019 - AFD Group Annual Report
[Please refer to the bottom of the page to download the PDF] Agence Française de Développement (AFD) renews its action thanks to the 2,650 dedicated men and women in 115 different countries working...
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Zenata, Sport at the heart of the new city
In the heart of the new city of Zenata, the first ground of the partnership between AFD and the famous NBA (National Basketball Association) was born. Adorned with the colors of the Sustainable Develo...
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A coach for the children of Bredasdorp
The South African town of Bredsdorp, in the southern tip of the country, is rife with unemployment and drug use among young people. After graduating from high school, 22-year-old Bianca has been unabl...
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Sanitation for all in Djibouti
The city of Djibouti is home to 75 % of the total population of the eponymous country. Increasing urbanization has led to the explosion of the Balbala district. The result is a disorganized urban fab...
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Incubating innovative Audio-visual content
The Digital Content Hub is AFD’s first investment in the area of digital innovation in South Africa and reflects a new focus on financing cultural, creative and tech industries as key players in local...
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A single indicator of strong sustainability for development: Theoretical basis and practical implementation
This Scoping Paper discusses options and approaches for design of a single indicator of strong sustainability for development, in light of current proposals for sustainability indicators generally. It...
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Shaping sustainable urban development in india with CITIIS
The CITIIS program was launched by the government of India, AFD and the EU in 2018. Under this program, 12 Indian cities were selected to receive financial and technical assistance from AFD and the EU...
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Biodiversity under threath: how can we protect it?
As the Aichi 2010 targets come up for revision by the international community, the evaluation results outline potential answers to what works and does not work in the area of biodiversity protection,...
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Urban fabric initiative: a laboratory for citizen participation
The urban fabric initiative brings out and supports small or temporary micro-projects, carried by the inhabitants and quickly implemented, on the sites of urban projects financed in parallel by the Ag...
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Pacific Ocean - 2019-2023 Regional Strategy
At the Interministerial Committee for International Cooperation and Development (CICID) on February 8, 2018, the government made a commitment to strengthen the integration of overseas territories into...
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