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Improving Preparedness for “Natural” Disasters
To limit the impact of extreme weather events, careful planning and preparation are essential. To mark the International Day for Disaster Reduction on October 13, two AFD Group experts discuss the nee...
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Exploring History, Heritage and Culture in Southern Africa
A country’s collective memory is an important part of its identity and evolution. AFD is backing cultural and creative initiatives that play a crucial role in bringing to life countries’ history and h...
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Africa on the Front Lines of Climate Change
Africa contributes a mere fraction of the world's greenhouse gases, but it's warming faster than the global average. What is the impact of climate change on the continent? And what can we expect in th...
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How do we Measure Adaptation to Climate Change?
Since 2015, AFD Group has stepped up its commitment to initiatives that boost adaptation to climate change. A recent evaluation of 35 projects with an "adaptation" component in sub-Saharan Africa enab...
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The Pacific Ocean: Working with Island States Vulnerable to Climate Change
Emmanuel Macron made a landmark visit to Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea in July, the first by a French President since Charles de Gaulle. The visit comes as climate change poses enormous risks for count...
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Rugby, Playing a Key Role in Sustainability and Social Cohesion
France is hosting the Rugby League World Cup from September 8 to October 23. It's a chance to highlight sports' role as a catalyst for social change, particularly for young people. This is why AFD Gro...
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5 Ways to Deal with Drought in Africa and Beyond
As climate change exacerbates droughts and makes countries’ water supplies even more unpredictable, development projects in Africa are using a growing number of anti-drought techniques such as wastewa...
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Transforming Education: AFD Group has Solutions in its Satchel
Whether it's elementary school, vocational training, or higher education, AFD supports equitable access to quality education and training courses wherever it operates through a wide range of projects...
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Artificial Intelligence & the Sustainable Development Goals: a New Frontier
Public development banks are taking an interest in AI tools to improve the impact of their funding, starting with AFD, which presented its SDG Prospector in June. For Régis Marodon, Sustainable Financ...
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Civil Society Organizations and AFD: an Evolving Partnership
At a geopolitically and environmentally unstable time with the eruption of countless crises, cooperation between AFD and civil society organizations (CSOs) is more important than ever. CSOs have becom...
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Taxation: a Key Source of Revenue to Finance Development in Africa
Tax is one of the few certainties in life. But governments around the world have a hard time collecting it, and struggle financially as a result. Yet more robust fiscal regimes can raise the revenue n...
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Partnering for Niger’s Development: Common Funds for Greater Outcomes
Niger has stood out from other West African countries in recent years, by involving a wide range of technical and financial partners in its development policies. Among the innovative tools used by the...
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“One Health”: Responding to Pandemics with a Holistic Approach to Human, Animal and Environmental Health
The One Sustainable Health for All forum in Lyon earlier this month examined ways to anticipate - and potentially ward off - future outbreaks of disease by improving international health surveillance...
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Providing Support for Sustainable Infrastructure
AFD Group backs the building, maintenance and rehabilitation of infrastructure around the world, with long-term support for housing, hospitals, transport and more. High on the agenda of the Summit for...
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[Special Series] Sustainable Infrastructure to Build a World in Common
From hospitals to housing and from water to transportation, AFD Group supports the construction, rehabilitation and maintenance of infrastructure in many countries. The Summit for a New Global Financi...
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5 Things to Know about the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact
Developing countries are exposed to a growing number of threats, from climate change to health emergencies, as well as the global financial fallout from political and military crises. How to provide t...
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Africa's Great Green Wall: Restoring Land for Food Security
The Great Green Wall, the largest living structure on the planet, stretches some 8,000 km across Africa from Mali and Senegal to Sudan. Backed by AFD, eleven countries are working to reverse desertifi...
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Sports as a Driver of Development and Peace
Sports are often linked to development, but the exact relationship is rarely explained. Whether the issues revolve around gender, health or education, how to measure the impact of sport on the Sustain...
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Fighting Fake News in the Middle East: the Benefits of Fact Checking
Following the earthquakes that devastated communities across Türkiye in February, misinformation spread rapidly, exacerbating the emotional toll it took on victims and families. Fact-checkers around t...
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Water Management, Worldwide: 12 AFD-Backed Projects
The UN Water Conference under way this week in New York is issuing a call to action to deal with the increasingly serious water-related crises unfolding all over the planet. But little progress has be...
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