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| Decoding the News |
| FDI: Scarce for Some, Abundant for Others Foreign direct investment (FDI) can indicate the relative attractiveness of emerging and developing countries’ economies and their economic trajectories. Given the shocks that have struck economies around the world in recent years, FDI was the focus of a special edition of AFD’s « MacroDev » series. Sylvain Bellefontaine, an AFD economist and coordinator of the publication, unpacks FDI and explains its importance. Read more Watch our webinar subtitled in English on the same issue |
| 16/09 – International Day of Science, Technology and Innovation for the South Mitigating the Effects of Climate Change: the Untapped Potential of Environmental Data Despite the urgent need to meet the SDGs by 2030, progress remains alarmingly slow, partly due to significant data gaps, especially in developing countries. This Global Dev article, authored by Anastésia Taieb, highlights how reusing non-traditional data and adopting social licensing can enhance environmental governance, empower communities, and accelerate action on climate change and the SDGs. This article is based on the AFD Technical Report « Responsible Data Re-Use in Devloping Countries : Social Licence through Public Engagement » |
| Events & Conferences |
| 9/10 | Research Conversations Webinar What Mechanisms can be envisaged to Finance African Social Science Research ? Towards a sustainable and inclusive funding model for African social science research This webinar will present the mechanism envisioned in an AFD policy paper to finance social science research production and research capacity building in Africa, and will put it up for debate with 3 experts from the sector. When : Wednesday, October 9th, 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm Where : Online Language : French with English translation & Subtitles |
| Latest Publications |
| SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT: WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES FOR THE GREAT GREEN WALL? Read more |
| MOZAMBIQUE – COMPLETING THE SUCCESSFUL TRANSFORMATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT MODEL Read more |
| CHALLENGES IN THE TRANSITION TO A LOW-CARBON ECONOMY FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: ESTIMATING CAPITAL-USE MATRICES AND IMPORTED NEEDS? Read more |
| Agence française de développement, a public financial institution who works to combat poverty and finance projects in developing countries and for overseas France #WorldInCommon |
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