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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) AFD 2017
The AFD Group's social responsibility report for the 2017 financial year has just been published. It presents the Group's policies, practices and tools in the social, environmental and governance fiel...
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Reporting Climate Bond AFD 2017
2017 was once again a particularly dynamic year regarding green bond issues, especially for French issuers.
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Characterizing and analyzing urban dynamics in Bogota
Containing crime without affecting the livability of the urban environment is a major challenge in our society. Traditionally, researchers relate crime to socio-economic disorganization and people’s r...
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The Challenges of Energy Transition in Vietnam and in Southeast Asia
The Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS), Agence française de développement (AFD), Global Development Network (GDN), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), École française d’Extrême-O...
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Dominican Republic
In order to meet AFD’s mandate to support green, inclusive growth in Latin America and the Caribbean, AFD concentrates on four primary objectives in the Dominican Republic: developing sustainable and...
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Defining Social Cohesion
Promoting social cohesion is one of the most difficult, yet one of the most important, challenges facing South Africa. However, while there is a widespread agreement that social cohesion influences ec...
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From definition to measurement: Constructing a social cohesion index for South Africa
Social cohesion has increasingly become a subject of interest for international organisations, governments, policy-makers and other practitioners. Whilst social cohesion is not a new concept, finding...
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India - 2017-2021 Strategy
With a total net commitment of almost EUR 1.5bn since the opening of AFD’s India agency in 2008 and annual commitments of around EUR 250m since 2013,27 activities in India represent, nearly a quarter...
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Chad
Chad, a landlocked Central African country, suffers from economic structures which remain vulnerable, but does nevertheless have a number of assets. AFD takes action to promote and develop an economy...
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Evaluation Summary - Budget support to the forestry sector in Turkey
In Turkey, the budget support to the forestry sector was subject to an evaluation in July 2018. The budget support was granted in the context of the opening of chapter 27 of the pre-accession negot...
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Evaluation Summary - Ho Chi Minh city Finance and Investment State-owned Company credit line (HFIC)
In Vietnam, for the “Financial intermediaries” formal sector, the Ho Chi Minh city Finance and Investment State-owned Company Credit line (HFIC) was subject to an evaluation in August 2017. The pro...
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Evaluation Summary - Technical assistance for capacity building provided to Da Nang and Can Tho Development In...
In Vietnam, for the “Financial intermediaries” formal sector, the technical assistance for capacity building provided to Da Nang and Can Tho Development Investment Funds (DDIF and CADIF) was subject t...
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Evaluation Summary - Technical assistance for capacity building provided to Ho Chi Minh city Finance and Inves...
In Vietnam, for the “Financial intermediaries” formal sector, the technical assistance for capacity building provided to Ho Chi Minh city Finance and Investment State-owned Company (HFIC) was subject...
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Evaluation Summary - Development of the Ninh Thuan irrigation system, Vietnam
In Vietnam, for the “Irrigation” sector, the development of the Ninh Thuan irrigation system was subject to an evaluation in July 2018. The province of Ninh Thuan, which suffers from extremely dry...
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Evaluation Summary - Da Nang Development Investment Fund (DDIF) & Can Tho Development Investment Fund (CADIF) ...
In Vietnam, for the “Financial intermediaries” formal sector, the Da Nang Development Investment Fund (DDIF) and Can Tho Development Investment Fund (CADIF) credit line was subject to an evaluation in...
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Evaluation Summary - Policy loan "Support programme to respond to climate change" (SPRCC)
In Vietnam, the climate policy loan “Support Programme to Respond to Climate Change” (SPRCC) was subject to an evaluation in May 2018. Although CO2 emissions are still low in Vietnam, they are risi...
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Joint interim evaluation of the water sector policy loan in Jordan
In 2019, AFD and KfW carried out a joint interim evaluation so that the German government, AFD and the Jordanian government would be able to substantiate future cooperation concerning Sector Policy Lo...
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AFD International Conference on Development : Inequalities and Social Cohesion - Synthesis
On December 6th and 7th of 2018, the 13th International AFD Conference - Inequalities and Social Cohesion was held in Paris. It aimed to bring together specialists on the issues of inequality and soci...
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Reducing Inequalities. Policy Proposals for the Development Cooperation Agenda
Increasing socio-economic inequalities, both real and perceived, pose new challenges. This paper proposes five priorities for the international cooperation agenda.
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BALADK Street art festival 2019 : Art empowering women
In the streets of Amman, there are some surprises in the works for the capital’s residents as the city prepares to host the Baladk Festival. Since 2013, this street art festival, organised by the Al B...
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