Blended for climate change adaptation in developing countries: Case-study of Jendouba, Tunisia.

The current thesis aims at showing how a blended finance project can enhance sustainable and rural development in developing countries, achieving the SDGs. In particular, the thesis takes as example of case study the T.R.A.C.E. project (Tunisian Rural Agricultural Chains of Employment) implemented in three rural provinces in Tunisia. The project is promoted by Microfinanza s.r.l. (Italy), ACK international (France), and AGER (Tunisia). The thesis is structured in three chapters, where the first chapter is a literature review of "blended finance", "gender equality in developing countries" and "environmental and social standards of the World Bank". After this, the second chapter consists of an analysis of the territory object of the project, putting out the strengths and the limitations of the territory. In the end, the last chapter describes the project trying to figure out if it can enhance sustainable development in those areas.