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AFD Group and FID health financing for CSOs
Is your Civil Society Organization (CSO) seeking financing for an international solidarity project in the health sector or does it want to implement an AFD group project? AFD group and the Fund for In...
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Urban Development and Support for Local Authorities - 2023 Activity Report
In 2030, 60% of the world’s population will live in cities. The consequences of this rapid urbanization are social, economic, and environmental. Cities will need to be able to deal with this urban gro...
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Infographic - Urban Development and Support for Local Authorities in 2023
AFD provides cities with support for taking up the challenges of urban growth, social and territorial inequalities, and vulnerability of urban areas. AFD committed a total of nearly €3 billion in f...
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Wahamiaji,Masoko na Mameya
Mtazamo wa uhamiaji na maendeleo ya mijini lazima upanuliwe. Mijadala kuhusu uhamiaji na maendeleo ya mijini kwa kiasi fulani imekuwa ya kupunguza na potofu. Lengo kubwa limekuwa katika majiji makubwa...
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Infographic – Our Activity to Support Civil Society Organizations in 2023
In 2023, civil society organizations once again mobilized to address the needs of people in many fields of action. In 2023, the AFD Group maintained its commitment towards civil society organizatio...
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Evaluation of the Pilot Project of Irrigation from Nam Kata (PPINK), Laos
The project objective (CLA1081) was to fight poverty and increase agricultural production in the target villages of Bualapha district, Khammouane province, through: The Nam Kata Irrigation Syste...
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Climate - Activity report 2023
As the first development bank to have committed to aligning its financing with the Paris Agreement, AFD Group is rolling out its “Climate and Development” strategy. In 2023, AFD committed €7.5 billion...
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Governance - Activity Report 2023
AFD finances governance projects in some 50 countries, mobilizing grants and loans with commitments totaling more than 6 billion euros. This activity helps to fulfil Sustainable Development Goals (...
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« GRANDES LIGNES »| EPISODE 10 : CLIMATE-FINANCIAL TRAP
« Grandes Lignes » is the podcast of Éditions Agence française de développement which deciphers in less than 20 minutes the major questions of research on sustainable development with AFD experts....
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MacroDev - Semestrial Panorama 2024 #1
Three decades ago, it was believed that the end of the (first) Cold War would herald the “end of history” and the advent of economic globalization dominated by multinational companies, relegating gove...
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Balancing Conservation and Community Welfare: Enhancing the Management of Marine Protected Areas in Indonesia
Marine protected areas have played an important role in conserving and restoring marine biodiversity that is threatened due to the climate change. Indonesia has expanded its marine protected areas, co...
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L'économie africaine 2024: English version of Introduction & 1st Chapter
We are currently facing a systemic crisis, where geopolitical tensions and structural failures are inextricably linked, as are diplomacy and development. The growth trajectories that many countries ha...
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Women’s Economic Empowerment in Africa
Reducing the labor market gender gap is crucial for ensuring women’s economic empowerment. Despite recording one of the highest participation rate in the workforce, women in Sub-Saharan Africa still f...
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Virtual universities in Africa: The challenges that need to be overcome
An increasing number of African nations now offer virtual universities. This is an appropriate (though partial) response to the challenge of the massification of higher education. However, the rollout...
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Seeing the Light in rural Uganda
Some 43% of Uganda's population still lacked access to electricity in 2022. This prompted Agence Française de Développement and the European Union to launch a new project aiming to connect 40,000...
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Development Finance Institutions: New directions for the future
In an evolving development landscape, the urgency for Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) to innovate, adapt and deliver is intensifying. In this context, four discussions – focusing on DFIs’ addi...
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Philippines – Preserving economic stability, financing development and anticipating climate issues
Referred to as the “sick man of Asia” during the last third of the 20th century, the Philippines has recorded dynamic economic growth since the mid-2000s and is beginning to catch up with the more adv...
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Governance: how can institutions serve citizens?
Governance refers to the operational norms and regulations of any entity, whether it’s an organization, company, region, or an entire country. As the UN’s 16th Sustainable Development Goal, governa...
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Recycling carbon taxes for reindustrialisation: addressing structural rigidity and financialisation in natural...
Inclusion of developing and emerging countries in the low carbon transition agenda is imperative to meet climate goals, and policies should be tailored to their unique characteristics. Despite their s...
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Climate: taking action for a more sustainable financial system
Actors in the financial system play an essential role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and in combating climate disruption. AFD Group works alongside financial institutions and re...
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