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Decentralisation in Turkey

Since 2004, the government of Turkey has undertaken a number of “decentralisation” reforms. A number of laws have been passed that give increased autonomy and resources to regional and local authoriti...

Vocational Training in the Informal Sector - Report on the BENIN Field Survey

This report is part of a study carried out by the AFD Research Department on vocational training in the informal sector in seven African countries, which are, in alphabetical order, South Africa, Ango...

Vocational Training in the Informal Sector - Report on the Ethiopia Field Survey

This report is an integral part of the survey and analysis work launched by the Research Department of the French Development Agency (Agence Française de Développement, AFD) on training in the informa...

Thailand: The World‘s Leading Exporter of Natural Rubber Owing to its Smallholders

Thailand is currently the world‘s leading exporter of natural rubber, accounting for 33% of the annual volume traded. In addition to its quantitative performance, the case of Thailand is noteworthy in...

Is "Good Governance" a Good Development Strategy?

New data, new concepts, new results: This working paper offers tools to rethink the role of "good governance" in development strategies. What is "good governance"? Transparency of public action, con...

Development, a question of opportunity?

The World Bank‘s World Development Report 2006 published in September 2005 addresses Equity and Development. The report defines equity as respect for equal opportunities combined with the avoidance of...

The Global Discourse on “Participation” and its Emergence in Biodiversity Protection

This paper inquires into the nature of “participation” as a cross-section set of principles now applied to many issues of global concern. It argues that “participation” is a type of “global discourse”...

American Philanthropic Foundations: Emerging Actors of Globalization and Pillars of the TransAtlantic Dialog

A recent study by the German Marshall Fund of the United States and the Agence Française de Développement, undertaken in partnership with the Institute of Political Studies (Sciences-Po) of Paris, ill...

Energy Efficiency Policies in China, India, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam

Most papers dealing with energy efficiency policies focus on the policies and measures implemented in OECD countries and this may lead one to think that only the “rich” countries are developing effort...

Development Aid Reforms in the Context of New Public Management

The purpose of this article is to analyse reforms to the international development aid policy based on the concepts of New Public Management. Three principles are particularly discussed: the segmentat...

Community participation in the Pantanal, Brazil: containment games and learning processes

In this paper, we inquire into how “community participation” (CP) played out in the creation of the Pantanal Regional Park (PRP), a large-scale participatory initiative launched in 1998 in the Brazili...

Institutional Profiles Database III - Presentation of the Institutional Profiles Database 2009 (IPD 2009)

This document presents an overview of the Institutional Profiles Database (IPD) 2009. The IPD offers researchers a quantitative evaluation of the institutional characteristics of 123 countries coverin...

World Energy Prospects and Stakes - A New Paradigm

To pursue the present path in the development of energy systems would lead to growing insecurity of supply and an unacceptable increase in greenhouse gas emissions. Both climate change (and other envi...

Climate : how can a development agency help?

Our planet is warming. Why? Who are the foremost victims? And what are development agencies doing to ensure the transition towards a more low-carbon world? The more humankind goes forward, the more i...

Beyond the maps

Through several interviews, this film shows how the African scientific community has appropriated technology to sustainably manage logging in forests, to the benefit of the people living in the Congo...

What is a sustainable agriculture sector?

In developing countries, many farmers live in poverty. How can the situation be reversed? Is it possible to give priority to environmentally friendly agricultural practices while allowing everyone to...

Panorama 2016 - AFD Annual Report

With pragmatism and determination, AFD teams are currently working on more than 2,500 development projects across the world - supplying water to parched land and people in Jordan and electricity to th...

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Economic Partnership Agreements and Regional Trade Flow Dynamics: The ECOWAS Case

The Cotonou Agreement, signed in June 2000, has as its central objective "reducing and eventually eradicating poverty consistent with the objectives of sustainable development and the gradual integrat...

Beyond the fragile state: Taking action to assist fragile actors and societies

The concept of the "fragile state" came rapidly to the fore in 2004 in the international policy debate about official development assistance (ODA). The month of January 2005 saw not only an important...