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What prospects for Africa's youth?

What prospects for Africa's youth?

Where does Sub-Saharan Africa stand in terms of education and vocational training? Does it have the capacity to help its future generations move toward employment and growth? Four AFD experts provide us with insight.

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Education and Vocational Training in Africa

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AFD, an essential player in the French Overseas Communities

AFD, through its long-standing presence and level of operations, is part of the economic landscape in the French Overseas Communities. We take a look back through figures at its activity to support local authorities, companies and citizens in these Communities.

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AFD and the Overseas

Agriculteur

"No agricultural development without agricultural credit, because farmers are the first investors"

With a new food crises looming in the Sahel, Jean-Luc François, Head of AFD’s Agriculture, Rural Development and Biodiversity Division, tells us about the challenges, the actions and the tools against hunger and food insecurity.
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Invest in Agriculture

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Sustainable management in Congo Basin forests

AFD has decided to help Congo Basin forest countries move towards a more sustainable management of their forests. This ground-breaking support to Congo Basin States and forestry companies may be complex, but it offers win-win solutions. Learn more in this special report.

Forests Management

Financing Africa's Cities

For Thierry Paulais, an AFD researcher, the conditions are right for better city development. This is essential to enhance economic effectiveness and improve living conditions for city dwellers. However, he says that this will only come about if there is a change of scale and if we rely on African-led financing.

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Africa's Cities

"Les mentalités doivent changer"

Dans le débat sur les liens entre démographie et développement, J.P. Guengant, chercheur et auteur de Comment bénéficier du dividende démographique ?, répond à nos questions. Selon lui, l'explosion démographique que connaît l'Afrique, et inédite, pourrait grêver lourdement ses perspectives de développement.

Explosion démographique

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"China is a real high-speed laboratory in the fight against climate change"

In China, AFD gives priority to innovative projects that we will be able to reproduce in other countries, particularly in Africa. An interview with Sandrine Boucher, Director of AFD’s Beijing agency.

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China: Objective Climate

NGOs, a core partnership for French aid

In 2010, over sixty NGO projects were cofinanced by AFD. Catherine Bonnaud, Head of Partnerships with NGOs, answers our questions and makes a review of AFD’s NGO activity.

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Partnership with NGOs

AFD

Agence Française de Développement (AFD) is a financial institution and the main implementing agency for France’s official development assistance to developing countries and overseas territories. It finances projects, programs and studies through grants, loans, guarantee funds and debt reduction-development contracts and provides capacity development support to its partners in developing countries.

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AFD’s Program of Green Credit Lines in China

03/06/2013

In order to encourage the implementation of the projects of energy efficiency and renewable energy in China, AFD has successively financed two programs of green credit lines in 2006 and 2009 respectively in partnership with three Chinese banks: Shanghai ...
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Mrs. Anne Paugam appointed Chief Executive Officer of Agence Française de Développement

30/05/2013

Mrs. Anne Paugam, Inspector General of Finances, was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Agence Française de Développement (AFD) by the French Council of Ministers on 29 May. This decision follows her hearing before the Foreign Affairs Committees of ...
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“Malians are aware of their responsibility to live up to the international solidarity”

29/05/2013

Following the conference “Together for a New Mali”, which was held in Brussels on 15 May 2013 and gathered aid pledges from the international community in excess of EUR 3.2bn, Yves Boudot, Director of AFD’s Africa Department, and Bruno ...
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Development in motion

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Produitdoc no. 160 - 1st Quarter 2013

21/05/2013

Au 1er trimestre 2013 les cours des matières premières ont évolué de façon désordonnée et sont globalement en retrait. La seule exception revient au coton qui s’est bien repris en ce début d’année. La chute la plus spectaculaire ...
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The sixteenth issue of PROPARCO's magazine is now available.

21/05/2013

Paris, 21 May 2013. In its sixteenth issue, Private Sector & Development discusses the emergence of regional and pan-African banking groups in sub-Saharan Africa. The African banking sector is undergoing radical change as ...
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Successful Development Depends on People’s Well-Being

A Successful Development Depends on People’s Well-Being. Read AFD expert Thierry Liscia's article on iD4D.

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A range of financing tools for development that meets the needs of developing countries.
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using very favourable terms compared to the normal market thanks to its AAA credit rating.
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AFD grants go to projects being carried out in the least developed countries.

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to banks providing loans to SMEs, thus limiting their risks.
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C2Ds refinance existing ODA debt through direct grants to the debtor country.
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