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Supporting African Small and Medium Business during the Covid Crisis: A Development Priority
As the pandemic takes hold and the economic ramifications intensify, a number of financial players, including partners of AFD and Proparco, are taking action to support African SMEs - small and medium...
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Neglected Diseases and Covid-19: Innovative Research and Development Strategies
In our series on “Shared Innovation”, AFD highlights innovative programs created or developed in our partner countries. The race for a coronavirus vaccine casts into sharp relief existing inequalities...
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Coronavirus in Africa: Private Health Providers and Innovators on the Front Line
While the coronavirus is destabilizing an already fragile African health system, several private health services and innovators supported by Proparco – the private sector arm of Agence Française Dével...
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Covid-19: Reducing Risks for Yangon's Most Vulnerable
In the Burmese capital of Yangon, poor neighborhoods are extremely vulnerable to communicable diseases such as Covid-19. Not only is “social distancing” impossible for those who live in overcrowded ar...
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12 African Cities making the Digital Transition
Agence Française de Développement (AFD) is supporting 12 African cities in their effort to make the transition to digital platforms. The municipalities’ aim is to collectively develop and share skills...
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Ten Years After the Earthquake, Haiti is on the Long Road to Reconstruction
A decade has passed since the earthquake that devastated Haiti in January 2010. This marks an opportunity for Agence Française de Développement (AFD), which has been present on the island since 1976,...
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5 challenges for employment in developing countries
Between mass unemployment, poor working conditions, wage gaps, discrimination and other concerns, finding a job can be a challenge, and having one does not guarantee decent living conditions, particul...
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A Lack of Data Hindering the Fight Against Inequality
The fight against inequality is still facing a major obstacle: a lack of data preventing these inequalities from being measured accurately.
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