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Brazil
In Brazil, AFD Group supports the transition toward a more inclusive, low-carbon, and climate-resilient development model. In line with international commitments on sustainable development and climate...
Regions and countries
Development Finance Institutions Meet to Advance Urban Climate Finance
Jakarta, 5 October 2026 - Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) from Brazil, Colombia, Indonesia, Mozambique, and South Africa gathered in Jakarta for the 2026 Programme Steering Committee (PSC) Mee...
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Matthieu DISCOUR
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Director, “Three Oceans” Department
Geographies: Three oceans (Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific)
Now leading the Three Oceans Department, Matthieu Discour has over 25 years' experience within the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Group.
Mexico
Mexico occupies a distinctive position in Latin America as part of North America. The region’s second-largest economy after Brazil, it is committed to multilateralism and is seeking a balanced path to...
Regions and countries
A living laboratory in Turkey shines a light on the future of French forests
Between 2019 and 2022, Agence Française de Développement supported a sustainable forest partnership program between Turkey and France, focused on adapting to climate change and protecting biodiversity...
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Macroeconomic country assessment – Turkey
Turkey is one of the 60 countries followed by AFD’s country-risk economists, whose assessments shed light on countries' economic trajectories and macroeconomic and financial situations.
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Turkey: a New Public Hospital to meet Growing Demand
Along with Turkey’s growing population comes a greater demand for health services. With EU financing and implemented by AFD, Turkey’s Health Ministry has overseen the construction of a new hospital in...
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Economic Inclusion and Inequality
This research program examines the conditions under which public and private sector investments — in value chains, infrastructure, and more — can become genuine levers for reducing inequality and impr...
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AFD Group and Turkey
Turkey has undergone rapid development and transformation in recent decades. Today, its challenge is to rebuild itself in the aftermath of the earthquakes of February 2023, aiming for greater resilie...
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Social Fragmentation and the Commons Approach
As socio-political crises and the polarization of societies intensify, how can social ties be rebuilt and shared resources managed collectively? This research program explores the emergence of alterna...
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Macroeconomic Diagnostics and Foresight
Through country risk monitoring and the modeling of countries' macro-financial trajectories, this program produces analyses that are useful to AFD Group and to public decision-makers in partner countr...
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Ghana
Ghana was the first English-speaking country to host an AFD office, and AFD has been active there for more than 40 years. Its support has traditionally focused on energy, rural and agricultural develo...
Regions and countries
Why does AFD also finance India, Brazil and Turkey?
China, India, Brazil, Turkey… Why does the AFD Group also operate in these major emerging economies, often perceived as established powers rather than “natural” priorities for development aid? Because...
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AFD and TKYB sign a EUR 200 Million Facility to Support Turkey’s Green and Inclusive Transformation
AFD has signed a EUR 200 million loan agreement with the Development and Investment Bank of Turkey (TKYB) to support renewable energy investments, strengthen the manufacturing sector’s capacity, and p...
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Republic of Turkey and AFD reaffirm their shared commitment to climate action ahead of COP31
Murat Kurum, Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change of the Republic of Turkey and President of COP31, visited the headquarters of Agence Française de Développement (AFD) in Paris, wh...
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Corporate Social Responsibility in Turkey: Overview and Perspectives
The report is the outcome of four months of collaboration between AFD and the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management to examine existing CSR stakeholder initiatives and practices in Turkey. Betwee...
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Protecting Forests in Turkey: Climate Change Adaptation and Biodiversity Protection
Turkey and France have teamed up in a large-scale collaborative effort to address the issue of forest adaptation to climate change. The initiative was launched using a public policy loan and a grant f...
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Evaluation Summary - Budget support to the forestry sector in Turkey
In Turkey, the budget support to the forestry sector was subject to an evaluation in July 2018. The budget support was granted in the context of the opening of chapter 27 of the pre-accession negot...
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AFD Conference in Turkey Celebrates Women in Industry
AFD’s fifth conference on women in the workforce was held in Turkey online this year, in cooperation with the Turkish bank TSKB and the French Consulate General in Istanbul. This year, the topic was g...
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Turkey – Maintaining the new course, for prosperity…and posterity
A diversified and industrialized economy, a NATO member since 1952, a founding member of the OECD in 1961 and a member of the G20, Turkey [1] enjoys an enviable geostrategic position. Its development...
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