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Financial Systems - 2018-2022 Strategy
AFD Group has been supporting the development of local financial systems since the early 1950s. Today, it is one of the leading donors operating in the financial inclusion sector in Africa. The Financ...
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Khampheng and the custodians of a natural treasure in Laos
Kampheng Pahtvisay takes us to the heart of the national protected area of Nam Et-Phou Louey in northern Laos. This area – an exceptional reservoir of biodiversity – is the setting for an innovative p...
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Luang Prabang: finding a balance between tourism and tradition
Luang Prabang is an ancient royal capital in northern Laos. It is located on an exceptional site along the Mekong and is home to an extremely rich architectural heritage comprising temples, traditiona...
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Mobisan : Mobiles phone for healthcare services
Since January 2015, the MobiSan project in Burkina Faso has been improving the use of good health and nutritional practices and mother and child health services by populations in Gourma Province, via...
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AFD Municipal Development Project in the Palestinian Territories
Municipalities in the Palestinian Territories constitute one of the oldest forms of governance. With seventy percent of the West Bank’s population living in 107 municipalities (the entire population o...
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Partnerships with Civil Society Organizations - 2018-2023 Strategy
This Strategy reflects the French Government’s priorities aimed at strengthening partnerships with civil society organizations (CSOs) and increasing the share of official development assistance (ODA)...
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Fintech helps African entrepreneurs grow
Once simply a communication tool, the mobile phone is driving the digital and financial revolution in Africa. Despite only 20% of people living on the continent having a bank account, 80% are connecte...
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Privatization and Regulatory Reform in the Middle East and North Africa Area
During the nineties, the globalization of telecommunications imposed a model of development based on the suppression of public monopolies, leading to international competition and the privatization of...
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External Debt in Low-Income Countries: Taking Stock and New Perspectives
In the wake of debt relief initiatives (Heavily Indebted Poor Countries and Multilateral Debt Relief Initiatives), there has been a lot of questioning on donors’ lending strategies towards developing...
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Market Access and Specialization in Cash Crops: Vietnam’s Expected Gains from WTO Accession
This paper discusses the link between trade liberalization and farmers’ decisions to specialize in cash crops. Farmers are differentiated between subsistence-oriented farmers and export-oriented cash...
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The Banking System of Vietnam after the Accession to WTO: Transition and its Challenges
Le secteur bancaire vietnamien a été largement restructuré au cours des deux dernières décennies, et les autorités se sont engagées à poursuivre la libéralisation du secteur pour rejoindre l’Organisat...
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Economic Integration and Investment Incentives in Regulated Industries
The paper studies the impact of market integration on investment incentives in non-competitive industries. It distinguishes between investment in transportation and production cost-reducing technologi...
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Private Sector Participation in the Indian Power
In September 2005, AFD’s Research Department launched a Research Program on Public Private Partnerships with an approach combining economic analysis (contractual incentives, financing of investment, e...
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Informal Recycling vs municipal Waste Service in Asian cities: Opposition or Integration?
Despite being generally poorly recognized by public authorities, informal recycling remains nevertheless a major component in the waste sector, which questions the legitimacy of the official waste arr...
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Peasants Against Private Property Rights: A Review of the Literature
This paper aims at summarizing the main arguments and studies, both theoretical and empirical, on this issue of the privatization of land rights, with a specific focus on the factors that can make pri...
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Out of the financing trap? Financing post-conflict countries and LICUSs
Post-conflict and fragile countries are emerging as a specific group. This group of countries is highly heterogeneous and their situation particularly difficult to address. Some of them are failing to...
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Student Loans: Liquidity Constraint and Higher Education in South Africa
Although primary education is almost universal in South Africa, and secondary schooling has very wide outreach, higher education has become a severe problem in this emerging country. Enrollment stands...
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Fostering low-carbon growth initiatives in Thailand
Cette étude répond à trois objectifs : (i) passer en revue les informations et la littérature scientifique pour construire un cadre d’instruments de politique climatique ; (ii) analyser et exploiter l...
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In Pursuit of Energy Efficiency in India’s Agriculture: Fighting ‘Free Power’ or Working with it?
En Inde, 70 % de l'électricité est produite à base de charbon; le secteur agricole en consomme un quart pour l'extraction d'eau souterraine à des fins d'irrigation. Améliorer l'efficacité énergétique...
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