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FICOL: the French Local Authorities Financing Facility
The French Local Authorities Financing Facility (FICOL) funds development projects identified and implemented by French local authorities through their international partnerships.
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Biodiversity Partners Program: acting together for nature
The Biodiversity Partners Program (BIPP), led by the AFD Campus, assists public, private and non-profit entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs with the implementation of their projects for nature and biodive...
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Reconstructing and strengthening reproductive, maternal, neonatal, and child health services
The project provides support for reproductive, maternal, neonatal, and child health services in Gaza and the West Bank, taking into account gender-specific considerations.
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Macro-economic analyses
As a public development bank, AFD has a duty to weigh the issues and to monitor the risks associated with each of its investments. That’s why we have a team dedicated to analyzing the macro-economic a...
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Research in the Global South
Each country needs to rely on locally produced expertise and innovation to chart its own development trajectory. AFD has therefore adopted an ambitious strategy to support research in partner countrie...
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Research on ecological transitions
Our research uses analysis tools and macroeconomic models to help policymakers assess whether a country’s development path is sustainable. We also focus on sustainable finance and the role of financia...
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Morocco
AFD has been active in Morocco since 1992. It is our largest partner by volume, with exposure reaching €3.2 billion in December 2024, distributed among 48 borrowers, including the Kingdom of Morocco....
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Promoting international solidarity
In today’s interconnected world, young people face unprecedented challenges related to international solidarity, with issues ranging from climate change to economic instability, persistent inequality,...
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Research on the commons
The issue of commons inevitably brings up the questions of public action and exclusive ownership. It’s therefore a relevant line of research for studying the management of common resources. From resea...
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ESTEEM: Measuring macroeconomic risks in low-carbon transitions
The macroeconomic modeling tool ESTEEM (Exposure to Structural Transition in an Ecological-Economic Model) identifies the external, fiscal and socio-economic risks faced by developing countries in the...
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2050 Facility: supporting low-carbon and resilient development
The 2050 Facility offers technical assistance and capacity-building support to countries among the highest greenhouse gas emitters or the most vulnerable to climate change. Its purpose is to assist th...
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Households and Firms in the MENA Region
What is the short-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on households and firms behaviour in the Middle East and North Africa? A research partnership between AFD and the Economic Research Forum (ERF) p...
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GEMMES Colombia: understanding macroeconomic vulnerabilities and opportunities related to low carbon transitio...
Colombia has demonstrated its commitment to climate issues through its commitment to implementing its nationally determined contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement. Developing an ecologically and...
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GEMMES Morocco: analyzing the impacts of different climate scenarios on Moroccan agriculture
Due to climate change, the agricultural sector in Morocco is increasingly facing rising temperatures and dwindling water resources. As part of a long-standing collaboration with AFD, the GEMMES Morocc...
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ESTEEM – Exposure to Structural Transition in an Ecological-Economic Model
How can we measure the macroeconomic risks that developing countries may encounter during their low-carbon transition? Developed by AFD, the ESTEEM model (Exposure to Structural Transition in an Ecolo...
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Public policies, private higher education development and inequalities
Education plays a crucial role in both the production of and the fight against inequalities, within a single country and between different countries. The rapid increase in the private higher-education...
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Inequalities in access to basic services and impact of public policies in Côte d'Ivoire
While the Ivorian economy is experiencing a definite upturn, there is hardly any decline in the level of poverty and inequalities. This research program has been included in the Strategic Dialog Memor...
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The distributional impact of social protection: short- and longer-run inequalities in Ethiopia, India and Peru
The project aims to establish the causal impact of three large-scale social-protection schemes in India, Ethiopia and Peru on both the level of economic resources and a number of dimensions of inequal...
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Assessing equity in health spending in Sub-Saharan Africa - Burkina Faso, Malawi, Zambia
This research project examines the equity benefit of total health spending with particular focus on the recent Universal Health Coverage (UHC) reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa, by looking at the distribu...
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Madagascar
A continent-island rich in unique biodiversity and potential, Madagascar is today one of the poorest countries in the world. Since 1952, AFD has been committed to supporting sustainable development th...
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