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China - 2020-2024 Strategy
AFD has been operating in China since 2004 to promote green and inclusive growth. The Agency’s action in the country in part operationalises the commitments made by France with respect to the bilatera...
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The impact of crime shocks across gender and socioeconomic groups: a large-scale mapping of behavioral disrupt...
In recent decades the world has seen a simultaneous trend towards becoming more peaceful overall, but also towards higher homicide rates surging in focal regions in the developing world. Although abun...
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The Digital Energy Facility
The Digital Energy Facility (DEF) is a programme funded by the European Union and implemented by Agence Française de Développement (AFD). Thanks to the financing of digital innovation projects and...
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Improving access to water and electricity in Rural Areas of Cambodia
This project, financed by AFD and the European Union, has contributed to improving access to water and electricity for Cambodian households by supporting small water and electricity enterprises and en...
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Indonesia
AFD Group has been working in Indonesia for more than 15 years to promote green and inclusive growth, with the aim of supporting the country’s low-carbon development within the context of a just and r...
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Fiscal Policies in Kenya: Effects on Poverty and Inequalities
New research analyzes the impact of fiscal policies by Kenya’s government on both poverty and inequality, identifying tax and social spending actions that have the greatest potential to alleviate pove...
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Inequality in Kenya: Trends and Policy Responses
New analysis of trends in inequality in Kenya draws on three household surveys spanning a period of 20 years and a range of indicators of inequality. The findings reveal wide differences across househ...
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Distributional Effects of Healthcare Spending: Lessons from Burkina Faso, Malawi, and Zambia
The distribution of both public healthcare spending and overall healthcare spending has become increasingly egalitarian in Burkina Faso, Malawi, and Zambia, according to a new study. Nevertheless, the...
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Assessing Inequalities in Healthcare Spending in Burkina Faso, Malawi, and Zambia: Data and Methods
A new study examines the distributional incidence of healthcare spending in three countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Understanding the techniques used to conduct the analysis will help key decisions on...
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Inequalities in Healthcare Spending on Curative Services: Evidence from Burkina Faso
How public and overall health spending on curative health services have become more egalitarian as Universal Health Coverage (UHC) policies have been rolled out in Burkina Faso? Over time, increased e...
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AFD and Burundi
AFD has been active in Burundi since 1978 and currently finances the education sector to meet the needs of a young and growing population. Our objective: to strengthen social cohesion and human cap...
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AFD and Tanzania
Present in Tanzania since 2008, AFD – the French Development Agency – offers financing solutions and technical assistance to support the Tanzanian government in achieving middle-income status by 2025....
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AFD and the energy sector in Tanzania
In 2014, the Tanzanian government defined a strategy for the development of the electricity sector. To meet its objectives, AFD operates according to 3 strategic lines of action, with a focus on proje...
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AFD and the water and sanitation sector in Tanzania
Tanzania has embarked on an ambitious Water Sector Development Program (WSDP) for the period 2006-2025. To meet its objectives, AFD operates according to 3 strategic lines of action: Access to...
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Data4Nature: Practical Recommendations Guide for Publishing Primary Biodiversity Data
Within the frame of the Data4Nature Initiative, AFD is requiring project owners and service-providers to publish any primary biodiversity data generated within the framework of funded projects, throug...
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The Essential Role of Education for Citizenship and International Solidarity - Executive Summary
Global Citizenship Education (GCE) is key to promote civic engagement for a fairer, sustainable and inclusive future. A joint report was released in February 2021 by the French multi-stakeholder advis...
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AFD and the Ocean
The ocean is essential to development, food security, employment and the economy in a number of countries. Yet it is being weakened by increased pressure from human activities. The degradation of envi...
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Inequalities in Maternal Healthcare Spending: Evidence from Burkina Faso
This brief examines how public and overall health spending on institutional delivery services have become more egalitarian as policies targeting universal maternal care have been rolled out in Burkina...
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Inequalities in Healthcare Spending on Curative Services: Evidence from Malawi
Both public spending and overall spending on curative services have become more egalitarian in Malawi with the rollout of Universal Health Coverage policies across the country. The findings reveal inc...
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Inequalities in Maternal Healthcare Spending: Evidence from Malawi
As policies targeting universal maternal care have been rolled out, has public and overall health spending on institutional delivery services become more egalitarian in Malawi? While the distribution...
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