Publications and media
How to improve food security?
According to the World Food Programme, the number of people facing acute food insecurity has more than doubled since 2019, from 135 million to 345 million around the world. The food crisis has multipl...
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AFD and Costa Rica
A country with great ecological wealth, Costa Rica stands out for its continuous commitment to the conservation of the environment and biodiversity since the 1980s. AFD has been assisting the count...
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History of evaluation : Conservation Trust Funds
As the pressure on natural environments continues to increase, mobilising funding for biodiversity conservation is a major challenge. In this context, Conservation Trust Funds are important tools for...
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Biodiversity and financial instability with Julien Calas
The collapse of biodiversity threatens the financial system because there are two types of crisis: the physical crisis and the transition crisis. Whatever the type of crisis, if the problem becomes wi...
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What can we expect from COP27?
Signatory states to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change are meeting from 6 to 18 November 2022 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, for the 27th edition of the Conference of Parties. The s...
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Strong sustainability: reconciling environmental, social and economic objectives
How can we ensure a just and truly sustainable ecological transition that does not pre-empt the development of the poorest countries? AFD is proposing a new approach to the construction of development...
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Multidimensional diagnostic on inequalities in Colombia
This Multidimensional Diagnostic is key to understanding the gaps that exist in Colombia, and allows for evidence-based decision-making and progress towards reducing inequalities. This document has be...
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Semestrial Panorama 2022 #2
The rise in commodity prices had already been happening since mid-2020 and is subject to an in-depth analysis in this third issue of the semi-annual MacroDev Panorama. The objective is to place the dr...
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Catherine Simonet and Camille Laporte: the importance of evaluating the Minka fund
In the face of increasingly complex crisis, development gains are under threat. In response, France has created a financing tool dedicated to peacebuilding: the Minka Fund. Five years after its launch...
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Evaluation of AFD and FFEM contributions to biodiversity conservation trust funds (2005-2019)
This evaluation is the first of its kind and focuses on projects that targeted Conservation Trust Funds (CTFs) supported by AFD and FFEM. It provides a comparative analysis of eight CTFs in Africa, th...
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The Green Budgeting Transition
Implementing a transition to a green economy requires significant financial resources, both public and private, to make the necessary investments. It also requires States to realign their public polic...
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Public development banks in the water sector
This report presents an assessment of public development banks (PDBs)’ involvement in the water sector in Latin America. On the basis of a review of 8 case studies of national, regional and bilateral...
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To measure the state of the planet with Oskar Lecuyer
Stakeholders responsible for implementing public policies for development and environmental protection need to measure the state of the environment, as they need to monitor it in order to assess the e...
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Mexico: painting and conservation of biodiversity
In Mexico, the "Metis" project, through the painting promote the protection of biodiversity. Launched in 2021 by Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the Metis fund promotes better integration...
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Peru: art to conserve the forest and the way of life
In Peru, the "Metis" project, through arts help to conserve forests, ecosystems, and ways of life through artistic dialogue. Launched in 2021 by Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the Metis fun...
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Rent-to-buy: What potential does it offer for improving access to affordable housing?
In a context marked by strong urbanization, the development of affordable housing can considerably improve the living conditions of low-income households in the countries of the global South. The stud...
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3 questions to Carla Gutiérrez from the Gregoria Apaza Women's Promotion Center in Bolivia
On the occasion of the Generation Equality Forum which opened on June 30, 2021 in Paris, meeting with Carla Gutiérrez from the Gregoria Apaza Center for the Promotion of Women. Based in El Alto, Boliv...
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Andean Region - 2020-2024 Regional Strategy
This document presents the strategy of the Regional Office (RO) of the Andean Region (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru), created in 2018 and based in Bogota. The goal of this strategy will be to pr...
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Protect indigenous communities and the amazonian forest
The AFD and The FFEM launched the multi-country project TerrIndigena, which aims to support the organizational processes of 18 indigenous communities in the Amazon in three countries: Brazil, Colombia...
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Water and Sanitation works with Neighborhood Participation: regulated and transparent
This policy brief is targeting State authorities involved in the water and sanitation sector, regardless of whether they are responsible for public policies, regulators, executors or projects financer...
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Water provision and management of urban-rural interface territories
The urban-rural interface territories, as well as their inhabitants, play a key role in the collection and distribution of water resources for the city, often because the sources and infrastructures a...
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