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Teacher Wages, the Recruitment of Talent, and Academic Achievement
This paper studies the effects of a large unconditional increase in the salary of public sector teachers in Peru. Population-based rules that determine the level of teacher compensation generate local...
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India: Child-friendly urban mobility
The CITIIS (City Investments to Innovate, Integrate and Sustain) program supports Indian cities in implementing urban infrastructure projects that are integrated, innovation driven and sustainable. Su...
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ADB-AFD: An Ambitious Partnership for Development
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Group have been prolific partners for over 20 years. We cofinanced over 70 projects amounting to $13.8 billion. Since o...
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Preserving marine biodiversity in West Papua, Indonesia
The Bird's Head Seascape is a global marine biodiversity hotspot located in West Papua, Indonesia. To preserve its richness while ensuring sustainable livelihoods for communities, the Blue Action Fund...
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Digital Transition - 2021-2025 Strategy
Faced with geopolitical threats in which digital technology is a vector, this AFD Group strategy bears a specifically French and European signature: that of digital commons at the service of citizens...
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Uganda: revising the growth model while preserving debt sustainability
After two decades (1990–2010) of strong growth and structural transformation, Uganda’s economy is still confronted with a high level of informality and a concentration of jobs in agricul-ture—a sector...
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Climate, biodiversity, inequalities… how to steer the SDGs back on track
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have given the United Nations a political and statistical framework that reconciles the human development agenda with the agenda to protect the planet. More th...
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Introduction of Coffee Cultivation in Northern Laos
For effective management of natural resources and a means to reduce poverty, countries around the world have relied on coffee cultivation. To achieve these twin goals however, coffee farming and produ...
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The African Private Sector in the Covid-19 Crisis: Impacts, Responses and Perspectives
In 2020, the Covid-19 crisis plunged Africa into an exceptional economic recession. Lockdown measures to contain the spread of the pandemic, combined with the slowdown in activity in its main trading...
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Empowering Civil Society Organizations : the localisation of AID in Lebanon
The Shabake program mobilizes 9.4 million euros to strengthen the capacities of 13 local CSOs (civil society organizations) in the implementation of their field activities. Co-financed by the Agence F...
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Reforming and Rebuilding Lebanon's Port Sector - Part II
Digitalization is one of key foundational stones for the reconstruction and modernization of the Port of Beirut (PoB) operations, according to a new World Bank note that aims to provide guidance to po...
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The Qixian wetlands and nature-based solutions
The Changyuan River restoration project in Shanxi province, China, relies on nature-based solutions to restore essential ecological heritage and increase the capacity of local ecosystems to adapt to c...
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Lomé recycles its waste, it's clean!
In Lomé, a coastal city with 1.4 million inhabitants and the capital of Togo, AFD has been supporting the modernization of the solid waste treatment system for several years. A new landfill was built...
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Lebanon - 2021-2025 Strategy
The compounding crises that Lebanon is experiencing require adopting a new strategy that takes into account issues that need to be urgently tackled in the short term, while also preparing for the futu...
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Gulf of Guinea - 2020-2024 Regional Strategy
The Gulf of Guinea is a demographic and economic heavyweight on the continent. By 2050, the region will account for 25% of the African population at a time when Africa will be home to 50% of the world...
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Evaluation Summary - First Green Credit Line to PT Sarana Multi Infrastruktur (Persero)
In Indonesia, in the green finance sector, the PT-SMI project (CID1056) was subject to an evaluation in 2020. The objectives of the financing programme were: To strengthen the supply of fi...
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Evaluation Summary -Access to electricity in the peri-urban areas of Maputo and Pemba (EDAP)
In Mozambique, in the energy sector, the EDAP project (CMZ1093) was subject to an evaluation in 2021. The project aimed to improve the quality of life of the populations in the peri-urban areas of Map...
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Evaluation Summary - Huoi Quang Hydropower plant project, Vietnam
In Vietnam, in the energy sector, Huoi Quang Hydropower plant project (CVN1099) was subject to an evaluation in 2021. The project aimed to improve economic efficiency, public infrastructure and social...
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Samuel Lefèvre: "mobilize CICLIA to support climate action in African cities"
CICLIA is a facility funded by the EU, SECO and AFD that supports more than 30 cities in sub-Saharan Africa in the preparation of low-carbon and resilient urban strategies and projects. ©AFD2021
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Infographic – Our Activity to Support Financial Systems in 2023
Actors in the financial system play a key role in the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the fight against climate change. AFD Group’s action aims to help build inclusive, sus...
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