What is the Research Facility on Inequalities ?
Agence française de développement (AFD) and the European Union (EU) have made the fight against inequality one of their respective priorities. It is in this context that the European Commission and AFD started their collaboration on reducing inequalities with the establishment of a research program called the EU-AFD Research Facility on Inequalities. The Facility thus aims to contribute to the implementation of the 2030 Development Agenda, including the fight against inequality (SDG 10).
In order to strengthen knowledge on inequalities, 22 research projects aiming to better understand socioeconomic inequalities, their determinants, effects and dynamics were carried out in 32 countries between 2017 and 2020 in the framework of the first phase of the Research Facility. More than a hundred research papers and policy briefs were published during this first phase, which will have fed the academic debate but also initiated national exchanges on the theme of inequalities in the countries concerned.
Following the success of the first phase, the Extension of the Research Facility on Inequalities was launched in 2021. This new phase focuses on supporting the development of policies to reduce inequality in four countries: South Africa, Mexico, Colombia and Indonesia. In the long term, this research-based programme will enable partner countries and development actors to better understand the dynamics of inequalities in order to better respond to them in terms of public policies.