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The Research Department produces and publishes research studies, organises seminars and conferences, and participates actively in several international networks. Each year, the main lines of the research programme are determined in conjunction with the operational departments. Most of the studies are conducted in partnership with other research centres in France and abroad, under the responsibility of AFD’s research staff
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La diversification des exportations en zone franc : degré, sophistication et dynamique
Document in French
Un certain nombre de travaux récents ont conclu que la diversification des exportations était liée de façon similaire au revenu par habitant : cette première s’accroît à mesure que ce dernier augmente, au moins jusqu’à un certain niveau de revenu. Ce type d’approche n’épuise cependant pas l’analyse du phénomène de diversification des exportations. Elle ne permet notamment pas d’examiner la transformation de la structure exportatrice dans les court et moyen termes, des éléments qui permettent pourtant d’identifier plus clairement les facteurs de blocage de la diversification. Ce sont ces aspects de la diversification des exportations qui font précisément l’objet de cette étude.
La crise de 2009 en Guadeloupe : le rôle des statistiques dans le dialogue social
The social movement that occured in Guadeloupe in 2009, led by Liyannaj Kont’ Pwofitasyon (LKP), led to a 44-day long strike. The main claim was an increase of the purchasing power. LKP's demands aimed at a decrease of the prices, as well as an increase of salaries and more transparency on prices formation. Several enconomical and statistical analyses were thus launched to better understand prices formation and the differences existing with those in Metropolitan France.
What role(s) did these technical studies play in the social dialogue and negociations between the social and political players since 2009? How did an answer to the crisis emerge around these "expert" approaches? Such are the questions to which this study tries to bring some answers.
AFD-EUDN 2012 Conference: Evaluation and its discontents, do we learn from experience in development? March 26th 2012, Paris
Our societies’ demand for the evaluation of economic policies has been evolving alongside a growing desire for transparency and accountability of decision-makers . This is within a context where persistent doubts exist regarding the efficiency of public spending. In the development sector, this is particularly apparent as development assistance has been heavily criticized due to its limited efficiency. The increasing budget constraints faced by many donors have also exacerbated the complexity of the task.
Nevertheless, the issue of evaluating public policies is neither a new idea, nor a novel practice. It becomes increasingly essential, however, to determine whether the evaluation task is properly conducted. We need to discuss whether the way evaluations are undertaken produces an accumulation of knowledge that is accessible to decision makers, or whether the context in which development policies are implemented severely reduces the usefulness of past experiences for designing future projects.
Can we learn from our own and others’ experiences in the field of development? If so, how can evaluation contribute and how is it that we seem unable to translate these experiences into practice? If not, what are the factors hampering the learning process?
Conference Center Pierre Mendès-France Ministère de l’Economie, des Finances et de l’Industrie , Paris
Conférence-débat : "Financer les villes d’Afrique, l'enjeu de l'investissement local" à suivre en direct sur Twitter
L'AFD organise une conférence-débat de présentation de l’ouvrage publié dans la collection l’Afrique en développement, codirigée par l’AFD et la Banque mondiale. Cette conférence-débat se déroulera le jeudi 8 mars, de 14h à 16h à l'AFD.
Suivez la conférence en direct sur Twitter !
L'ouvrage
Le continent africain connait le plus fort taux de croissance urbaine de la planète. Dans beaucoup de pays, il semble que le retard des investissements urbains réalisés par rapport aux considérables besoins induits par la croissance démographique ne diminue pas mais, au contraire, s’aggrave. Un changement d’échelle dans les montants d’investissements s’impose.
Parallèlement à la poursuite des efforts pour augmenter la solvabilité et améliorer la gouvernance des collectivités, les modalités et systèmes de financement sont à repenser. Ce livre offre un éclairage méthodologique de la problématique de l’investissement local à l’usage des décideurs et des opérationnels. Il propose des pistes concrètes pour moderniser les systèmes de financement de l’investissement, promouvoir l’implication du secteur privé, le recours à des solutions endogènes et mobiliser de nouvelles sources de financement.
► Cliquer ici pour retrouver l'interview vidéo de l'auteur
► Découvrir sa contribution sur le blog Idées pour le Développement
► Pour commander l'ouvrage sur le site de l'éditeur, Pearson
Le programme
Le Directeur général de l’AFD, Dov Zerah, ouvrira la conférence qui sera présidée par Jean Yves Grosclaude, Directeur des opérations à l’AFD.
- 14h00 : Ouverture par le Directeur général
- 14h15 : Présentation de l’ouvrage par l’auteur Thierry Paulais
- 14h45 : Interventions des panélistes à partir de leur lecture de l’ouvrage
- Discussions avec la salle
- 16h00 : Clôture par le président de séance.
Les intervenants
- Jean-Pierre ELONG MBASSI, Secrétaire Général de Cités et gouvernements locaux unis Afrique
- Karim MANSOURI, Directeur général du Fonds d’équipement communal, Maroc
- Jean-Pierre MARCELLI, Directeur de l’agence de l’AFD en Egypte
- Vincent RENARD, Directeur de recherche au Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Conseiller à la direction de l’Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales IDDRI
- Néjib TRABELSI, Directeur Général de la Caisse de prêts et de soutien aux collectivités locales, Tunisie
Access to Water and Militant Uses of the Right - Case study in Soweto
At the end of Apartheid (1994), a priority of the newly formed ANC Government is to abolish inequalities by facilitating the access to basic services. The right to water, as expressed in the new Constitution, becomes one of the priorities. In 2003, the City of Johannesburg launches the Operation Gcin'amanzi (OGA) project in its largest township: Soweto. Three years later, the « Mazibuko » affair is judged, after some inhabitants, supported by NGOs and a lawyer, sued the city to court.
The affair is related to two specificities of the project: the prepaid meters system and the free water policy, which provides an unsufficient volume. This book provides the details of this project, and the consecutive affair. By studying the impacts of a militant usage of right on the municipal water policy, it helps better understand the potential effects of the right to water, and all other social rights.
► Download the document (in French) (PDF)
For an official presentation of the project, listen to Ntshaveni Mukwevho, General Manager of Johannesburg Water, the public company that manages water in South Africa’s economic capital. He is in charge of a project in Soweto financed by AFD. It involves installing water meters with a pre-payment system, repairing the many leaks on a now dilapidated network and raising users’ awareness of how to make better use of water.
The Operation "Gcin'amanzi" (Zulu for "water conservation") in Soweto is one of the ocuntry's most ambitious water-related projects. In post-apartheid South Africa the project was essential. Since the fall of the segregationist regime the country has been forging its new identity, navigating between economic imperatives and the vast social inequalities that threaten to undermine the new South African society. Public services such as water, electricity, housing and transport are prime concerns.
The Program "RuralStruc" of World Bank
The RuralStruc Program on the ‘Structural Dimensions of Liberalization in Agriculture and Rural Development’ is a joint initiative of the World Bank, the French Cooperation (French Development Agency, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Agricultural Research Centre for International Development—CIRAD) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development. It is managed by the World Bank.
With a duration of five years (2006‐2010), its objective is to propose a renewed analysis of the processes of liberalization and economic integration and their impacts on agriculture and the rural sector of developing countries. It also has the mandate to bring an updated vision of the situation of rural economies in terms of levels of wealth, diversification and overall transformation. The results obtained will make it possible to improve the dialogue between national and international partners and to provide orientations for the agricultural and rural policy debates.
The Program adopts a comparative approach across seven countries—Mexico,Nicaragua, Morocco, Senegal, Mali, Kenya and Madagascar—which correspond to different stages of the processes of economic and demographic transition. The Program’s work is conducted with teams of national experts and researchers. Two phases were implemented: a first phase providing an overview of each country’s dynamics (2006‐2007), and a second phase comprising sectoral and regional case studies, supported by rural household surveys (2007‐2010).
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