Sustainable economy

The political response to the COVID-19 pandemic, guided by the European Central Bank, could contribute to exacerbating the inequalities already deepened by the health and social crisis.

In a world where the COVID-19 pandemic is drastically increasing poverty, a report shows that the most resilient countries are those resolutely committed to reducing inequality. They can show us the way.

Few green budgeting initiatives have led to concrete reforms or revisions of priority investments. How can we move from simple theoretical exercises to concrete action for the environment?

In Dakar, residents are joining forces to improve their housing and flood-damaged neighbourhoods, through rotating funds from the Senegalese Federation of Inhabitants. This solidarity-based initiative aims to rethink the role of stakeholders, financing, and the management of urban development at...

Data on inequalities remains fragmented. Improving the measurement of inequalities is a key issue for democracy to help guide public policies, monitor their impacts and provide citizens with a means of verifying government action.

How can African population growth drive more sustainable and inclusive economic growth? The International Monetary Fund’s Papa N’Diaye thinks that part of the answer will come from the private sector.

Financing social policies through taxes may ultimately generate poverty. Nora Lustig, an Argentinian economist, explains this fiscal paradox.

An interview with Murray Leibbrandt, Professor at the School of Economics of the University of Cape Town and Director of the South African Labour and Development Research Unit.

For Jean Michel Severino, the challenges facing Africa call for a renewal of the traditional vision of African development. Africa alone can define its destiny. Donors and development actors can be sparring partners in a win-win relationship.

Our planet is a finite space which humanity needs to share: this is the image of the world in common which AFD has taken up as its distinctive signature. This idea of a world in common to a certain extent carries with it the idea of a common, or at least coordinated, governance. In the brief and...

Latin America is no longer the most unequal region in the world. While inequalities remain high, they have seen a marked decline over the last 20 years. For Stephan Klasen, Professor of Development Economics at the University of Göttingen (Germany), there are two main reasons for this phenomenon...

Economist Kaushik Basu is concerned about the increasing inequalities observed all over the world. Challenging the invisible hand theory, he is convinced that this issue cannot be left to the market alone and that the State has a key role to play.

While public development policies have been evolving positively for about fifteen years in the United Kingdom, Germany and the United States, what are the factors behind the relative decline of official development assistance in France?

Germany plays a key role in the development of Africa, to which it dedicates over 50% of its bilateral financing. In the context of its G20 presidency, it has launched “Compact for Africa”, an ambitious initiative for the continent.

To adapt to the advent of new players in the field of financial inclusion (limited companies, mobile phone operators…), regulators have had to change their approach to the legislation and supervision of microfinance.

The mandate of the TDB Group is to support regional trade and finance infrastructure projects in Africa. Founded in 1985, this development bank now works in 20 countries of Eastern and Southern Africa.

In developing countries, growth only benefits a very small proportion of the population. These intra-country inequalities undermine the political, social and economic balances. How to make this growth more inclusive?

To realize the full economic development potential of insurance in Africa, insurers need to adapt their products and distribution channels to the specific features of local markets.