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Reducing inequalities and promoting inclusion - Activity report 2024
One of the 2030 Agenda’s seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is focused on reducing inequality (SDG 10), viewed as one of the most effective strategies for eradicating poverty and ensuring...
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Infographic – Our activity to support reducing inequalities and promoting inclusion in 2024
The Group’s new 2025-2030 Strategic Orientation Plan demonstrates its commitment to promoting fairer and more inclusive societies.
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Payment for Forest Environmental Services and Household Energy Consumption Trajectory: The case of Lam Dong Pr...
This research examines the impact of the Payment for Forest Environmental Services (PFES) program in Viet Nam on household income and its interaction with energy consumption behavior. A mixed-method a...
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Studies and Research - 2024 Activity Report
A systemic crisis – simultaneously environmental, geopolitical, democratic, economic, social, and societal – is causing upheaval in the dynamics of sustainable development. Development models have con...
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Infographic - Our Studies and Research activity in 2024
A systemic crisis – simultaneously environmental, geopolitical, democratic, economic, social, and societal – is causing upheaval in the dynamics of sustainable development. Development models have con...
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A Case Study of Occupational Safety and Health in Vietnam’s ICT Manufacturing SMEs
Based on an extensive desk review, and key informant interviews with a range of stakeholders, this background article explores the occupational safety and health (OSH) implementation in the Informatio...
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Impact of Meteorological Factors and Extreme Weather Events on PM2.5 Pollution in Vietnam
This study examines how meteorological factors and extreme weather influence PM2.5 pollution across six socio-economic regions in Vietnam from 2012 to 2020. Univariate and multivariate analyses, incl...
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The Impact of Extreme Temperatures and Air Pollution on Labor Supply and Earnings: Evidence from Vietnam
This study examines the impact of extreme temperatures and air pollution on employment in Vietnam. While we do not find significant effects of extreme temperatures or air pollution on labor force part...
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Can Asia Sustain Its Growth?
In a context marked by renewed trade tensions, political uncertainty and major climate challenges, how can Asian economies remain resilient while pursuing sustainable and inclusive development? What a...
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Upgrading informal settlements in Kigali
The Kigali Informal Settlement Upgrading Project (KISUP) is a project financed by the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the European Union to improve the living conditions of vulnerable comm...
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Climate-resilient local development through the Basket Fund for Pro-Poor Development
Rwanda has achieved some of the highest rates of access to public services in sub‑Saharan Africa. However, rural areas still lag behind urban centers. In many districts, residents face longer travel t...
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Mapping capacity of the labor and training in order to enhance the capacity of human resources in the renewabl...
This study assesses the employment situations in Ninh Thuan province, Vietnam, through the lens of green job criteria, and to identify human resource challenges related to the renewable energy (RE) se...
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Mid-term Evaluation of the Technical Assistance Program in Support to Reforms in the Water, Sanitation, and En...
The overall objective of the project is to strengthen the Lebanese actors in their respective functions as service providers (RWEs and supervision MoEW as well as to support the institutional dialogue...
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Energy Access and Quality Improvement Project
The project supports Rwanda’s national objective of achieving universal electricity access, through investments in grid expansion, improved service reliability, and institutional strengthening. The AF...
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Health in Common Initiative I & II
In response to COVID-19, AFD provided two successive budget supports to strengthen Rwanda’s health system, expand testing and treatment, and protect vulnerable households through social safety nets.
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Evaluation of the Reconstruction & Development of the Potable Water Distribution Service In Mosul, Iraq (CIQ10...
The objective of the project was to ensure the immediate recovery of the water service in Mosul while also ensuring long-term development, offering a pilot for the nexus from humanitarian to developme...
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Digitization of administration and innovations for development
AFD is supporting Rwanda’s digital transformation through the modernization of IT networks in government institutions across the country, the creation of a national GeoHub, and the building of a Drone...
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Strengthening healthcare system resilience for all
AFD supports Rwanda’s health reforms with results-based financing to strengthen primary care, expand the health workforce, and develop climate-resilient facilities, ensuring quality care and access fo...
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Enhancing environmental policies to boost a sustainable energy transition in Vietnam
Vietnam has been enhancing its environment protection legal framework to address challenges in human health protection and ecosystem safeguard, raised by its significant progress in renewable Energy....
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Advancing green jobs and skills in response to the renewable energy development in Ninh Thuan
While the demand for unskilled labor in renewable energy projects has declined, the need for high skilled workers is on the rise. •Vocational colleges currently lack programs to meet this demand: inve...
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