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The AFD Group offer for the social protection sector
Nearly half of the world’s population lacks any social protection. Greater investment is needed in low- and middle-income countries to address poverty, inequalities, and crises. That’s why AFD Group i...
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“Strengthening Feminist Movements for Reproductive Autonomy” launches at Latin American Feminist Conference
We are pleased to announce the launch of a bold new initiative—Movements for Reproductive Autonomy, Equality and Solidarity (MAREAS). A multi-country initiative across Africa and Latin America to ampl...
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AFD Group at COP30
Held from November 11 to 21, 2025, in Belém, Brazil, the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will bring together world leaders,...
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COP30: Who will pay for the climate?
A few days before the opening of COP30 in Belém, Brazil, Thomas Melonio welcomes François Gemenne – political scientist, professor at HEC, president of the Observatory of Sustainable Finance, and co-a...
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European Commission invests EUR 20 million to develop urgently-needed medicines against dengue in partnershi...
Dengue is spreading fast because of climate change and globalization, with a growing number of cases in previously unaffected European countries. Yet, there is still no specific treatment for the dise...
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How to curb deforestation on the Amazon frontier?
Deforestation in the Amazon advances through a frontierexpansion dynamic marked by speculation, land conquest, and the rapid conversion of land. These dynamics often come with conflict and exclusion,...
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Sri Lanka: After the storm, a promising economic recovery
An island nation in the Indian Ocean, since 2019, Sri Lanka has been experiencing the most severe economic crisis in its post-independence history. The country was for a long time held up as an exampl...
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Infographic – Our activity in favor of nature and biodiversity in 2023
Protecting biodiversity is central to all of AFD Group’s actions and is a major priority, as is the fight against climate change. To halt its decline and protect ecosystems, AFD supports the restorati...
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Water, Health, Education, Economy: Tangible Results in Lebanon
On the occasion of its 25th anniversary in Lebanon, AFD celebrates a partnership built on trust and solidarity between France and Lebanon.
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Infographic – Our Studies and Research Activity in 2023
Climate change, biodiversity protection, preservation of social cohesion, global crises… The studies and research conducted by AFD - through a multidisciplinary approach, in close collaboration with...
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From research to action for a fairer green transition
In South Africa, Mexico, Colombia and Indonesia, researchers are doing more than studying inequality. They are working with governments to identify ways of making the ecological transition an opportun...
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“Planet 2025-2030” roadmap: the French Development Agency (AFD) accelerates the transition with concrete and s...
The French Development Agency (AFD) group reaffirms its position as France's leading climate and biodiversity financier in developing countries and French overseas territories. With its "Planet 2025-2...
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Lagos State partners with AFD, European Union, and European Investment Bank to launch Omi Eko project
The Lagos State Government, with support from the French Development Agency (AFD), European Union (EU), and European Investment Bank (EIB), is set to revolutionize ferry transport with the launch of t...
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Gaps in Human Capital and Labor Demand in Oaxaca
This report examines the structural barriers that constrain the development of talent in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It proposes concrete strategies to translate the region's cultural, productive, an...
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Morocco: helping women survivors of violence reclaim their dignity
For over 20 years, the National Institution for Solidarity with Women in Distress (INSAF) has been working in Casablanca to uphold the dignity of women and children. The organization welcomes, support...
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Laurane VEPIERRE
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Research Fellow (CIFRE PhD Contract)
Agriculture, Agrarian Systems, Public Policy
PhD student at AgroParisTech (Department of Comparative Agriculture) and AFD, Laurane Vepierre studies an approach to integrate the diversity of agricultural structures into macroeconomic models.
Official launch of FEXTE Kenya–Tanzania–Uganda–France (KTUF) partnership on geothermal development
The Association Française des Professionnels de la Géothermie (AFPG) is proud to announce the official launch of the FEXTE KTUF Partnership on Geothermal Development, implemented by AFPG with the supp...
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AFD and Climate - health
Climate change not only has direct consequences for people’s physical and mental health, but it can also disrupt entire national healthcare systems. Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) are dispro...
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Strengthen Local CSOs to Provide Protection Services to Women and GBV Survivors
Strengthen Local Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to Provide Protection Services to Women and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Survivors in Palestine. The project, led by the NGO Development Center (NDC)...
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