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The DIRECCT program: Digitizing Health, Education and Business to Provide a Shield from Shocks

The DIRECCT program works in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries to support connectivity and digitization in the healthcare, education and small-business sectors. It helps these sectors bet...

COP15: What's at Stake in the Search for a New Global Biodiversity Framework

The animal and plant life on which we all depend is at risk of collapse. The COP15 biodiversity summit in Montreal, from December 7 to 19, aims to finalize a global agreement on measures to halt its d...

Biodiversity: A Victim of Climate Change...and Source of Solutions

World leaders have reached a historic agreement to protect 30% of the planet for nature by 2030, at COP15 in Montreal - the second of two major events in recent weeks, aimed at preserving biodiversity...

AFD on side with World Cup Semi-Finalists, Morocco

The 2022 World Cup was marked by a number of upsets, with virtually unknown teams coming from out of nowhere to beat the favorites. Morocco was one such team, which, contrary to expectations, made it...

“Strong Sustainability" for (truly) Sustainable Development

The more the term “sustainable development” is used, the less clear it appears to be. It can range from activities that preserve natural life, to actions that aim to improve environmental conditions,...

AFD “Macrodev” Publication: Africa’s Financing Needs in Question

Lessons learned from the IUCN World Conservation Congress

The World Conservation Congress of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) took place on September 3–11 in Marseille. This gathering helped put biodiversity protection high on the in...

[Feature Report] Looking Back on the IUCN World Conservation Congress

With France, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) organized its World Conservation Congress from September 3 to 11, 2021 in Marseille.

Cambodia: 20 years of AFD Support for Rubber Producers

Since 1999, AFD has been supporting a sustainable and inclusive rubber industry in Cambodia. With the signature of a new project, which will assess the consequences of climate change for the sector, w...

AFD Backing in Laos for the Sustainable Management of Natural Resources

Two new grants agreements have been signed in Laos, for a total of 9 million euros. One project supports coffee growers; the other provides support for sustainable management of natural resources. Tog...

Promoting Open Science: the full catalog of AFD Publications now available

On the eve of the International Day of Universal Access to Information on September 28, AFD confirms its commitment to open science, in particular by making our publications freely available.

AFD in the Middle East: Promoting Societal Cohesion with Vocational Support and Training

Transnational armed groups, inter-religious and inter-ethnic conflicts, population displacements - warfare may have changed, but human insecurity is still very much a major challenge today. On the hee...

UN Food Summit: “We Need to Recognize the Links between Climate Change and Food Security”

With the number of people suffering from hunger around the world continuing to rise, the UN held a world summit on the transformation of food systems on 23 September. Matthieu Le Grix, head of AFD’s A...

Rise: a Program to Develop Social Entrepreneurship in the Western Balkans

AFD is supporting “Rise” – a program to help young entrepreneurs in the Western Balkans set up social enterprises. They are a key component of the region’s continuing development, and part of efforts...

World Contraception Day: Supporting the Youth in Niger

Access to contraception is a major public health issue for women around the planet. To mark World Contraception Day on 26 September, AFD took a look at this issue through a major awareness-raising ini...

Evaluation at AFD: A Powerful Tool to Improve Our Actions

Following AFD's two conferences on evaluation on September 28 and October 1, we examine its value as a tool to measure and assess development interventions. In this interview, Nathalie Le Denmat, Head...

Improving financial inclusion: a priority in the Philippines

While the Philippines has been on a sustained growth trajectory since 2012 (+6.6% per year on average), its levels of poverty and income inequality are higher than most of its Southeast Asian neighbor...

African Entrepreneurship: The Challenge of Scaling Up

In Africa, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) generate close to 80% of employment and are estimated to account for a third of GDP. Yet most SMEs have difficulty obtaining the finance they need to gro...

[FEATURE] Africa-France: Youth take Center Stage at the Summit

The New Africa-France Summit will be held on October 8, 2021 in Montpellier, France. This year the format is radically different: no heads of state will attend – with the exception of French President...

Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Awards: A Window onto the World

The 28th edition of the Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Award – a prize created to pay homage to the work of war correspondents – is being held until October 10. Agence Française de Développement, which is c...