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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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Regional Migration and Wage Inequality in the West African Economic and Monetary Union
This paper investigates the impact of regional migration on average wages and wage inequality in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA). We exploit a unique data from a unified labour fo...
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AFD and Ghana
Between 2008 and 2017, AFD invested more than 700 million euros in Ghana. These are funds dedicated for the promotion of high developmental impact projects: improvement of living conditions, reduction...
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Economic impacts of a glacial period: a thought experiment
Increased knowledge about anthropogenic climate change has raised growing concerns about its potential catastrophic impacts on both ecosystems and human societies. Yet, several studies on damages indu...
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Impacts of Extreme Climate Events on Technical Efficiency in Vietnamese Agriculture
The aim of this study is to examine farm household-level impacts of weather extreme events on Vietnamese rice technical efficiency. Vietnam is considered among the most vulnerable countries to climate...
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Non-linear Impacts of Climate Change on Income and Inequality in Vietnam
This paper measures the marginal impact of climate variability on Vietnamese households’ income. We combine survey data from the Viet Nam Household Living Standard Survey (VHLSS) database with daily c...
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AFD and public sector reform
States are the primary actors of development, mainly because they are responsible for delivering basic services (such as healthcare and education), and ensuring a peaceful, inclusive socio-economic co...
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