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Public Employment Programmes and Social Protection in South Africa
What is the role of Public Employment Programmes (PEPs) in South Africa’s social protection system, and how do they contribute to employment, inclusion, and inequality reduction? The Extension of the...
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The local economic development effects of income transfers in South Africa
What have been the impacts of the Covid-19 national stimulus package's social assistance on local economies and informal sector workers in South Africa? The Extension of the EU-AFD Research Facility o...
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“Planet 2025-2030” roadmap: the French Development Agency (AFD) accelerates the transition with concrete and s...
The French Development Agency (AFD) group reaffirms its position as France's leading climate and biodiversity financier in developing countries and French overseas territories. With its "Planet 2025-2...
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Strengthening value chains and reducing inequality in Mexico
The phenomenon of relocation of value chains not only presents a set of challenges but also a unique opportunity to harmonise regional development throughout Mexico and to reduce inequalities. This re...
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Guarantees: instruments to mobilize local resources
AFD Group offers its clients guarantees designed to facilitate access to financing for small businesses and microfinance institutions by reducing the risk borne by local banks when providing loans. Th...
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Thomas MELONIO
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Chief Economist – Executive Director of Innovation, Strategy and Research – Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
Ocean and commons: Conserving marine biodiversity on the high seas
Often referred to in the singular, the ocean is nonetheless a plural space, built according to the diversity of society’s relationship to the sea. Through the study of an oceanographic phenomenon in t...
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ENGULF: Assessing exposure to relative sea-level rise along the Gulf of Guinea
The coastline of the Gulf of Guinea is lowly elevated and particularly vulnerable to sea level rise triggered by climate change. However, in some places, another important factor has to be taken into...
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Clermont International Development Hub: strengthening and expanding a regional hub of expertise in internation...
This project aims to strengthen skills and synergies in a regional centre of expertise in international development, located in the city of Clermont-Ferrand (France), and its international outreach. T...
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Understanding Arabo-Islamic Education in the Sahel
Arab-Islamic education in the Sahel remains poorly understood, despite being a key component for grasping and managing the region’s education systems. This research project, entrusted to IRD, aims to...
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SDG Prospector – Mobilizing artificial intelligence to achieve the 2030 Agenda
Faced with major social and environmental transitions, an increasing number of companies and institutions are called upon to account for the extra-financial impacts of their activities. The SDG Prospe...
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Understanding the challenges of aging in the Western Balkans
Focusing on three countries in the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia), this multidisciplinary research project will explore the challenges of demographic aging and how...
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GEMMES South Africa: Evaluating the macroeconomic impacts and policy options for the low-carbon transition
Can South Africa secure the necessary investments to transition to a low-carbon economy and adapt its infrastructure to climate change, while balancing economic growth and maintaining macro-financial...
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Nature-related socio-economic and financial risks in South Africa
The degradation of nature can significantly impact a country's economic and social stability. Based on the case of South Africa, this study introduces a method to identify the economic sectors most vu...
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Evaluation of local stimulus effects in South Africa: Jobs and grants programmes
What have been the local stimulus effects of the South African Presidential Employment Stimulus Initiative (PES) and the national social grants program? The Extension of the EU-AFD Research Facility o...
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Africa Facing Its Aging Population: Studying the Challenges for Public Policy
Africa remains a young continent. However, the ongoing demographic transitions are accompanied by an anticipated aging population — and in some countries, this process has already begun. Although a wi...
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Digital Commons in Brazil: Analysis of the Implementation of the Brasil Participativo Platform at the National...
How can digital commons support the empowerment of actors historically excluded from public action? This action-research project follows the development of the Brasil Participativo digital platform, l...
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Measuring the environmental sustainability of Kenya and Vietnam: application of the ESGAP framework
As part of the ECOPRONAT research program, AFD is developing methodologies to assess the environmental sustainability of a territory, to contribute to the structuring of international standards defini...
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Macroeconomic country-assessment – Argentina
Argentina is one of the 60 countries followed by AFD’s country-risk economists, whose assessments shed light on countries' economic trajectory and macroeconomic and financial situation.
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Benoît JONVEAUX
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Country Risk Economist
Macroeconomics, development economics, public finance, country risk analysis, financial systems
