Publications and media
Evaluation of Power Transmission Enhancement Investment Program, Pakistan (CPK1036)
The objectives of tranche 4 of the Power Transmission Enhancement Investment Program were to: • increase the country's transmission capacity; • improve system reliability; • reduce transmission los...
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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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Final evaluation of the Renewable Energy Absorption Transmission Development Project (REATDP), Sri Lanka (CLK1...
The project aimed at improving the electricity provision in Sri Lanka: • Increase the grid's renewable energy (RE) absorption capacity (specific outcome); • Reduce the average cost of production ac...
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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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Evaluation of Ghana Urban Management Pilot Programme (GUMPP) 2012-2021 (CGH1089)
The general purpose of the project is to improve living conditions in secondary cities through a policy of developing urban infrastructure in municipalities committed to improving their management....
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Evaluation of a series of policy-based loans to support the energy sector reform in Albania (CAL1004 ; CAL1019...
The high-level objectives of the PBL were to enable the GoA, through targeted support, to fulfill its international commitments related to energy sector reform, and to assist the GoA in establishing a...
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Evaluation of a cluster of projects responding to the Beirut port explosion
On August 4, 2020, the explosion at the port of Beirut severely impacted the Lebanese capital. Immediately mobilized within Team France, the AFD funded a multisectoral response to support the city’s r...

Ex-post evaluation of the Kisumu Urban Project (KUP), Kenya
The project (CKE1035) aimed at structurally improving both the management and the quality of life in the city, through soft (ex: capacity building, urban planning…) and hard investments (ex: infrastru...
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Reducing Pollution from Cooking Smoke: key lessons from the REDGAS randomized study in Burkina Faso
Universal access to clean and efficient cooking remains an environmental and health challenge: despite progress in electrification, wood-based cooking is still widely used in many countries. The REDGA...
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Evaluation of the Health in Common 2020 Initiative (HIC 2020)
Three years after the outbreak of the global health crisis caused by Covid-19, an evaluation of AFD’s response to this pandemic seemed essential. Firstly, for accountability requirements with regard t...
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Evaluation of “Sport & Development” and “Impact 2024 International” programs
The French Development Agency (AFD) has made sport a driver of inclusive investment by adopting a "Sport and Development" strategy in February 2019. These encouraging results present an opportunity f...
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To what extent are issues related to the Mediterranean marine and coastal ecosystem taken into account in ...
With the publication of its first strategic framework dedicated to the Ocean in 2020 the Agence française de développement (AFD) aimed to set out its territorial and ecological transition strategy at...
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15 years of partnership-building between the Agence française de développement and civil society organisations...
In a world where geopolitical, economic and democratic tensions are mounting, we are at the same time witnessing greater cooperation on actions to counter vulnerabilities and protect the global common...
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Evaluation Highlights: Cambodia’s cities faced with the challenge of drinking water supply
Since the early 2000s, Cambodia has undergone sustained urban development, leading to a steady increase in water demand. To meet this challenge, AFD has provided support to Cambodia since 2002 in the...
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WARM Facility Mid-Term Evaluation (CVN1228-CVN1236)
The WARM Facility aims at enhancing the resilience and adaptation level of populations and economic activities to water-related risks through the development of more resilient cities and territories t...
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Evaluation of the Pilot Project of Irrigation from Nam Kata (PPINK), Laos
The project objective (CLA1081) was to fight poverty and increase agricultural production in the target villages of Bualapha district, Khammouane province, through: The Nam Kata Irrigation Syste...
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Midterm Evaluation of the Ecosystem Conservation Through Integrated Landscape Management In Lao PDR (CLA1111)
Four main outputs are expected from the project, namely: - Result 1: Improved integrated protected areas management at site level, and broader system-wide improvements in management effectiveness are...
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Evaluation Highlights: In Chad, a project to ensure food security in the capital
The Bahr Linia peri-urban area plays an essential role in the food security and food independence of Chad’s capital, N’Djamena. The Bahr Linia Hydro-agricultural Development Project (PAHA-BL), which s...
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Mid-term evaluation of AFD policy-based loan (PBL) in the energy sector in Georgia (CGE1014-CGE1019-CGE1020-CG...
The specific objectives are: - To structure the regulatory framework of the EE sector ; - To support Georgia in the regulatory and operational implementation of the third Energy Package and includ...
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Evaluation of projects with climate adaptation co-benefits in sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar (2007-2018)
Since 2015, AFD’s financing for projects with "adaptation" co-benefits - helping to respond to the risks associated with global warming while targeting other development objectives - has risen sharply...
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Final evaluation of the WATAD project in Lebanon (CLB1100)
The aim of the Work Acceleration in Tripoli towards Advancement and Development (WATAD) project was to improve the socioeconomic conditions of the vulnerable populations of the neighbourhoods of Jabal...
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