Publications and media
Economic and political stakes of the middle income group expansion in Vietnam
Middle class expansion in formerly poor countries has become the focus point of business groups, development banks and national governments over the latter decade. By naturalizing an income group into...
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Development Practices: Building New Equilibriums within the Commons-State-Market System
For ten years (1998 – 2008), the Cambodian government rehabilitated the Prey Nup polders, a 90 km of earth dikes system protecting 10,500 hectares of rice paddies from seawater intrusion. This French...
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Labor Market Search, Informality, and On-The-Job Human Capital Accumulation
We develop a search and matching model where firms and workers produce output that depends both on match-specific productivity and on worker-specific human capital. The human capital is accumulated wh...
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Evaluating 15 Years of Support for Development
This document is a summary of the final report of the external evaluation of 15 years of AFD and FFEM interventions related to “the development of rural territories or landscapes”3 in sub-Saharan Afri...
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Manufacturing Equality in Turkey
A dairy product company near Istanbul has deicded to hire more women and organize awareness-raising workshops for staff to raise awareness around gender stereotypes. This pilot project, supported by A...
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Atlantic Ocean - 2019-2023 Regional Strategy
At the Interministerial Committee for International Cooperation and Development (CICID) on February 8, 2018, the French government made a commitment to strengthen the integration of overseas territori...
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Commons: Towards a New Narrative on Development Policies and Practices?
Narratives feed into development policies. They are the outcome of complex interactions between political and economic contexts as well as scientific findings and practices. Narratives are a way to bu...
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Education and migration: insights for policymakers
Connections between migration and education are numerous, both at the macro and micro level. Recognizing this implies that educational policy as well as migration policy may generate spill-over effect...
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AFD and Myanmar
A large, predominantly rural territory rich in natural resources, Myanmar (formerly Burma) enjoys a strategic geographical position between the Indian subcontinent, China and Southeast Asia. Since 201...
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AFD and Vietnam
AFD supports in Vietnam the implementation of the Paris Agreement around the area of energy transition, resilience of cities and territories, and youth. It offers a wide range of financial instruments...
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Evaluation Summary - Rural infrastructure development and tourism project in Lao Cai Province, Vietnam
In the Lao Cai Province of Vietnam, the rural infrastructure development and tourism project was subject to an evaluation in December 2018. Northern Vietnam province Lao Cai is among the poorest ar...
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Evaluation Summary - Infrastructure development of space oceanography (INDESO) project
In the Republic of Indonesia, the Infrastructure development of space oceanography project (INDESO) for the “Natural resources and environment” sector was subject to an evaluation in December 2018....
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Urban waste: between decentralised management and commons
Non-centralised waste management procedures are developing in the Southern countries: community pre-collection, recycling and the micro-local circular economy.
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What is Adapt'Action Facility?
Following the Paris Climate Agreement, AFD has launched Adapt’Action to support countries seeking technical assistance for the institutional, methodological and operational implementation of their com...
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A research facility to better understand inequalities
The program is financed with €4 million from the European Commission and coordinated by AFD, which is leading various studies with academic and institutional partners in a number of developing, emergi...
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Does family size hinder family living standards? Evidence from a quasi-experiment in Madagascar
In this paper we try to identify the causal impact of fertility on household welfare in Madagascar using gender of the two first-born children as a source of exogenous variation. The issue of the link...
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Using geographical indications as a development tool
In comparing the contrasting situations of the “Penja pepper” and “Oku white honey” supply chains after their registration as geographical indications (GI) in Cameroon, this technical paper identifies...
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Evaluation Summary - Budget support to the spatial development strategy of the City of Johannesburg
In South Africa, for the “Urban development” sector, the partial financing of the City of Johannesburg’s medium-term budget was subject to an evaluation in May 2018. This budget support operation w...
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AFD and governance
By helping governments to more effectively fulfill their sovereign functions and civil society to be involved in collective decision-making, AFD is taking up the challenge of inclusive development, in...
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Financing climate action
The climate is today the marker of the identity of AFD Group. In 2018, this already strong orientation has been strengthened with a new climate strategy (2017-2022), which reflects AFD’s ambition to f...
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AFD and India
A partner of India since 2008, AFD works in agreement with Indian authorities to promote green and inclusive growth. It operates through loans to state and public enterprises, as well as through techn...
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