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Inaccurate Public Perceptions of Inequality and Social Mobility in Mexico
Mexico has some of the highest inequality levels and lowest social mobility rates in the world, with a growing distance between high-income individuals and the rest of the population. This social rigi...
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Education, Training, Employment - 2019 Activity Report
Education, lifelong training and access to employment are the cornerstones of more sustainable economic and social development. Despite the progress achieved in enrolling children in school, there...
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Investing in Decent Jobs
AFD has decided to draw up a roadmap to structure its operations aimed at "Investing in decent jobs". AFD supports a wide range of actors by providing funding and strengthening capacities, thanks t...
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Water and Sanitation- 2014-2019 Activity Report
The United Nations recognized the human right to access to water and sanitation in 2010, but there is still much progress to be made: over two billion people do not have access to a quality drinking w...
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Nigeria: Women of big dreams
AFD in Nigeria has always put gender at the center of its projects and reflections. In 2019, AFD’s communication department in Abuja decided to commission a movie on the emancipation of women in the c...
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Preventing the Deterioration and Overexploitation of Groundwater
The deterioration and overexploitation of groundwater at the global scale is leading to a dramatic rise of local problems. Private pumping for irrigation purposes has become established in poorly reg...
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Transport and mobility - 2019 Activity Report
The mobility of people and goods is a prerequisite for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Indeed, it plays a fundamental role in providing people with access to employment an...
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Zambia: Resource-rich but vulnerable to shocks
Zambia, located in the north of Southern Africa and home to fewer than 18 million people, has built its development model on the abundance of natural, mainly mineral, resources. The country ranks as A...
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India: Citizen-powered urban development
Under the Government of India's CITIIS program, AFD and the EU are supporting the city of Amaravati in its transformation into a bustling urban hub. Here's how the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Develo...
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India: Cleaner, greener public open spaces with CITIIS
Agartala Smart City Limited, together with support from AFD and the EU under the CITIIS program, is determined to bring the city's public spaces back to life. The Howrah Riverfront Development Project...
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Kiwa Initiative
The Pacific Ocean is a world heritage region that needs to be preserved with its outstanding land and marine biodiversity that affords priceless services to communities. Located in one of the world’s...
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Cities and Food Systems: Rethinking the role of markets
This note is based on a research program carried out by AFD since 2014 to assess the role of food markets in African cities and to shift to a more holistic approach of “food systems”, considering many...
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Minka Peace and Resilience Fund - 2019 Activity Report
As crises become longer and more complex, AFD Group has made a key commitment to sustainable peace, to the climate and to social cohesion. This commitment is part of France’s “Prevention, Resilience a...
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Climate - Development 2017-2022 Strategy: Midterm review
This midterm review confirms that AFD is on track to meet, or has already met, many of the targets set in the 2017-2022 climate strategy. Significant progress has been made in relation to the volume o...
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Reporting Climate Bond AFD 2019
The climate is a key focus area for AFD Group’s work. In 2019, AFD continued working towards the objectives set by its new climate strategy (2017-2022), which reflects its aim to help implement the Pa...
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Côte d'Ivoire: When debt reduction creates jobs for women
In Côte d’Ivoire, AFD is supporting training and vocational integration for young women via programs to set up micro and small enterprises (MSEs) and develop income-generating activities, including in...
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México's partnership for biodiversity
For 10 years, AFD has supported the Mexican authorities in defining innovative models for the enhancement of territories and protection of biodiversity. Explanations and sharing of experiences with :...
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Evaluation Summary - North Gaza Emergency Sewage Treatment Plant (NGEST) Gaza Strip, Palestine
In Palestinian territories, for water and sanitation sector, NGEST project was evaluated in march 2020. NGEST project aimed to provide a long-term solution to the treatment of wastewater for the North...
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Evaluation Summary - Common Health Fund (FCS), Niger
In order to strengthen aid effectiveness, a multi-donor fund, the Common Health Fund (CHF), was created on the initiative of AFD and the World Bank in 2006, joined by other technical and financial par...
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Evaluation Summary - Project to Support Vocational Training in Vietnam
In Vietnam, in the field of vocational training, the Vocational Training Support Project (VTSP) underwent a mid-term evaluation in March 2019. The project aims to support the implementation of the...
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