Publications and media
AFD and China
Located in East Asia, China is the most populous country in the world (1.4 billion people). It is also a huge territory with an exceptional natural and cultural heritage. Since 2004, AFD has...
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Delivering public interest goods in Africa. Stopgap measures, state reform, and commons
Given the polysemy of the concept of “commons,” we use the concept of “public interest goods,” the content of which varies according to historical situations. In Africa, different institutions (modes...
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A “shared earth” approach to put biodiversity at the heart of the sustainable development in Africa
Biodiversity is a classic example of a global commons. As we enter the coming decades of a rapidly changing climate, declining biodiversity, growing human populations and economic growth, sub-Saharan...
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Private production or public project ownership to scale up the construction of photovoltaic power plants in Af...
Despite its abundant solar resources, Africa currently has low solar photovoltaic (PV) power generation capacities compared to other continents. Yet, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)...
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AFD and the Energy Transition in New-Caledonia
With New Caledonia's energy transition blueprint, the Government plans to make the territory an energytransition and sustainable-development model. New Caledonia's energy transition policy aims to...
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Evaluation Summary - AFD’s interventions in the perennial crops sector: rubber outgrowerplantations projects p...
The overall objectives of ROPP IV and V (CGH1094-CGH1124) are: to help achieve a lasting reduction of rural poverty; to contribute to increasing export revenue; to contribute to mitigate cli...
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Uzbekistan: Achieving a multidimensional transition
Relatively sound macroeconomic fundamentals, coupled with government measures and financial support from donors, have allowed Uzbekistan to withstand the shock of the health crisis. Despite a marked d...
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A bright future for Kenya's forests
« If the Americans are putting a man on the moon, then we can be able to plan trees in our forests » - Professor Wangari Maathai, Peace Nobel Prize winner and founder of the Green Belt Movement. Fore...
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Egypt: financial inclusion makes a bet on women entrepreneurs
To promote financial inclusion in Egypt, the French Development Agency, in collaboration with the Egyptian State Microenterprise and SME Development Agency (MSMEDA), supports female entrepreneurship a...
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Adapt'Action: Tackling Climate Change Together
More than 3 billion people live in contexts that are highly vulnerable to climate change (IPCC, 2022). Yet, adapting to the impacts of climate change remains a complex process: multiple sectors as wel...
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AdaptAction - Phase 1: Lessons Learned
In 2017, AFD launched the AdaptAction programme to support 15 countries and regional organisations in implementing the Paris Agreement and to catalyse investments on climate adaptation.. The...
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AFD Group and Support to Energy Transition Policies
Energy transitions combine the multiple objectives of universal access to quality energy services, low-carbon development, and social justice. Achieving these objectives requires optimizing demand, re...
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National Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation - Final Report
This new Climate and Adaptation Macroeconomic Exposure Report marks one of the two final outcomes of the GEMMES Vietnam project at the occasion of COP27. On the climate side, it develops a new set of...
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The Mekong Delta Emergency – Climate and Environmental Adaptation Strategies to 2050
The Vietnamese Mekong Delta faces increasing climatic and environmental changes, driven by global climate change and/or human activities in the Delta or upstream in the Mekong River Basin. MoNRE and A...
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Dominica: a high geothermal potential
Dominica is a volcanic island in the Caribbean arc with a population of 70,000. The island currently has an installed capacity of 26.7 MW, of which 77% is fossil fuel and 23% is hydro. The price of el...
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Paris Alignment of Operations with Financial Institutions - An AFD Group Perspective on the Need to Raise Coll...
At the sidelines of COP27, AFD Group is launching this position paper in order to take stock of its current approach to assess Paris alignment of its operations with financial institutions and its pla...
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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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Health and Social Protection - 2021 Activity Report
The Covid-19 epidemic is a reminder to us all of the critical importance of health and social protection in a world threatened by environmental crises. The multidimensional and long-lasting nature of...
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GRET: in Laos, a partnership at the service of commons
In Laos, AFD is working with GRET to promote commons. Often of vital importance to local communities, they can be defined as natural or cultural resources shared by a group of people who toge...
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Human Rights and Development: The Rights of the Child
AFD is developing a series of factsheets entitled "Human Rights and Development". In addition to providing information and promoting human rights, the sheets are tools to help development actors integ...
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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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