Publications and media
Teacher training based on the results of research on their actual practices in the context of Sub-Saharan Afri...
The OPERA project (Observation des pratiques enseignantes dans leur rapport avec les apprentissages des élèves / Diagnosis of Teacher Practices in Relation with Learning) started on the basis of obser...
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Socio-physical Vulnerability to Flooding in Senegal
Each year thousands of people and millions of dollars in assets are affected by flooding in Senegal; over the next decade, the frequency of such extreme events is expected to increase. However, no pub...
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Understanding the installation process of youths in agriculture to better support it - Analysis grid and first...
Surprisingly, given the significant issues, it was not until the end of the 2000 decade that greater development efforts were significantly focusing on agricultural training and that the challenge of...
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Mining in Africa : Are Local Communities Better Off?
This study focuses on the local and regional impact of large-scale gold mining in Africa in the context of a mineral boom in the region since 2000. It contributes to filling a gap in the literature on...
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Reaping Richer Returns: Public Spending Priorities for African Agriculture Productivity Growth
Enhancing the productivity of agriculture is vital for Sub-Saharan Africa's economic future and is one of the most important tools to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity in the region. How...
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Evaluation Summary - Solid waste management in the Pacific initiative
In the South Pacific region, for the “Waste management and disposal” sector, Solid waste management in the Pacific initiative was subject to an evaluation in January 2017. The project was implement...
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Evaluation Summary - Reconstruction of the urban drainage system of Banda Aceh
In Indonesia, for the “Sanitation” sector, the sovereign loan to support the reconstruction of the urban drainage system of Banda Aceh was subject to an evaluation in January 2017. After the 2004 t...
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Evaluation of the Sectoral Intervention Framework “Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa”
In 2015, the Evaluation and Capitalisation Division (EVA) of Agence Française de Développement (AFD) initiated an evaluation of the Sectoral Intervention Framework for Food Security in Sub-Saharan Afr...
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Cocoa farmers’ agricultural practices and livelihoods in Côte d’Ivoire
Cocoa production in Côte d‘Ivoire has more than doubled over the last four decades, from 565 thousand tons in 1984 to approximatively 1.5 million tons in recent years. This increase has been mainly du...
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High School Track Choice and Liquidity Constraints: Evidence from Urban Mexico
We study how a large household windfall affects sorting of relatively disadvantaged youth over high school tracks by exploiting the discontinuity in the assignment of a welfare program in Mexico. The...
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Evaluation Summary - Niroth Water Production Facilities (phase 1), Cambodia
In Cambodia, for the “Water supply” sector, the Niroth Water Production Facilities (phase 1) project was subject to an evaluation in October and November 2016. The project was implemented in the cont...
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The Commons : Interview with David Bollier
David Bollier is one of the Co-founder of the Commons Strategies Group. He gives his point of view about The Commons and examples of commoning.
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Evaluation Summary - Rural roads improvement project in Central Kenya
The Rural roads improvement project in Central Kenya was subject to an evaluation in November 2016, for the “Road transport” sector. The project was formulated under Kenya’s Roads 2000 Road Mainten...
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Evaluation Summary - Cluster of 5 District Heating Projects in China
A cluster of 5 district heating projects financed by AFD in China was evaluated. They were approuved between 2012 and 2017, some of which were still being implemented at the time of the evaluation. Th...
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Vietnam: New "Workshop of the World"? Opportunities and Challenges
Following turbulence in 2012-2013, the Vietnamese economy seems to have recovered its momentum. Its growth rate was 6.7% in 2015 and is expected to stabilize at over 6% in 2016 despite the negative im...
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Atolls and climate change: Strengthening resilience
At just a few meters above the waves, the atolls or low-lying coral islands surrounding a lagoon are one of the areas the most exposed to the many consequences of climate change (rising water levels,...
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Evaluation of AFD‘s Sectoral Intervention Framework (SIF) on Education, Training and Employment, 2013-2015
AFD‘s Sectoral Intervention Frameworks (SIF) are reference documents that plan and steer work in a given field over a period of three to five years, in addition to providing financial guidelines (amou...
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Brochure AFD and Morocco
At the crossroads of Europe and Africa, the Kingdom of Morocco is benefitting from a strategic location. Committed to international openness and Euro-Mediterranean integration, it is the only country...
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Rethinking Precarious Neighborhoods
On the occasion of the United Nations Habitat III Conference on cities, to take place in Quito (Ecuador) in October 2016, this research publication proposes an innovative reflection on precarious neig...
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Ex Post Written and Audiovisual Evaluation of the Limpopo National Park Development Project
The Limpopo National Park (LNP) is one of the largest parks in Mozambique. It covers 11,230 km 2 (an area the size of Ile-de-France) and is part of a larger transfrontier park that encompasses the Kru...
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The effectiveness of an environmental credit line in Egypt: Synergies between market incentive and binding reg...
Among the many embodiments of the global sustainable development project, “green finance” is gaining ground and profile. Designed to both avoid investments with a negative environmental impact and mak...
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