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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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Sunref Palestine- Success Stories
Committed to Palestine’s ecological transition, Sunref Palestine aims at helping private actors to seize the opportunities of energy and environmental transition via facilitated access to green financ...
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Angola: a vital but constrained transformation of the economic model in the run-up to the 2022 elections?
The country is therefore approaching the general elections of August 24, 2022 in a changing economic and political environment. Lourenço, who is running for president, will be able to claim that the e...
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Thinking macroeconomic vulnerabilities in the context of low-carbon transition
The transition to a low-carbon and climate resilient economy is a process of important restructuring of the productive network where sunset industries will decline and sometimes disappear and where su...
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A partnership for the energy transition in Vietnam
AFD and Vietnam Electricity (EVN) have been partners for over 20 years. To illustrate the strength of this collaboration, let us take you on a tour of two emblematic projects supported by AFD: Se San...
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A strong sustainability approach to development trajectories
Sustainable development trajectories are at the heart of many policy debates: CDN and Net Zero trajectories, just transition, climate justice, biodiversity inclusion, etc. These trajectories mostly pr...
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Energy Transition - 2021 Activity Report
After a year marked by the health crisis and a decline in activity in 2020, AFD Group has returned to a level of commitments in the energy sector on par with previous years. In 2021, €2.2 billion of f...
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In Egypt, AFD Group is committed to renewable energies
AFD Group has been operating in the energy sector in Egypt for almost 10 years, financing renewable energy projects and strengthening the electricity transmission network. AFD Group has already commit...
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Sunref Palestine: An AFD Group Green Finance label
Sunref, an AFD Group green finance label, helps economic actors in developing and emerging countries seize the opportunities offered by energy and environmental transitions and encourages local financ...
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Impacts of CBAM on EU trade partners: consequences for developing countries
This article analyses the impact of the introduction of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) on the European Union (EU) trade partners, focusing especially on its potential socio-economic and...
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Digital Energy Challenge - 2022 Call for Projects
Digitalization is key to increasing energy access, integrating renewable energy sources into the grid and improving the performance of power utilities, especially in developing countries. Public utili...
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Supporting a sustainable and resilient development model in Namibia
Namibia, or the Republic of Namibia, stretches 800 000 square kilometers from the borders of Angola, Botswana, South Africa and Zambia to the southwestern Atlantic coast. It is home to diverse wildlif...
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Energy Transition Strategy 2019-2022 - Mid-Term Review
AFDD Group’s Energy Transition Strategy 2019-2022 was approved by the Group’s Board of Directors in mid- 2019. Its objective is to “accelerate the energy transition in developing countries in the dire...
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AFD and the Energy Transition in Africa
To promote the energy transition in Africa, AFD supports the development of efficient, low-carbon energy services that are accessible to everyone. It relies on three major assets: diversified financin...
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Côte d’Ivoire’s Electricity Challenge in 2050: Reconciling Economic Development and Climate Commitments
In closing its economic gap with emerging markets, Côte d’Ivoire will face a substantial increase in electricity demand over the next three decades. Côte d’Ivoire has signed the Paris Agreement that a...
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Evaluation Summary - Jabban Hydel Project, Pakistan
In Pakistan, in the energy sector, the Jabban project (CKP1006) was subject to an evaluation in 2021. The Pakistani energy sector suffers under insufficient installed capacities leading to power shutd...
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Developing Countries’ Macroeconomic Exposure to the Low-carbon Transition
This paper aims at providing estimates of countries’ macroeconomic exposures to the low-carbon transition. We develop a method to evaluate countries’ external, fiscal and socio-economic exposure, and,...
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AFD Group, a partner for your development projects in Southeast Asia
AFD Group has been active in Southeast Asia for over 25 years. Find out what its strategic priorities are in the region and how it can support your projects to improve their impact! ©AFD2021
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AFD group partner of a 100% renewable Caribbean
In line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set out by the UN in 2015, AFD Group supports local energy transition initiatives in the Caribbean, both through public policy dialogue and suppor...
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Supporting sustainable development: AFD’s offer to SOEs
State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) play a key role in the access to public services and implementation of public policies especially in sectors related to infrastructure such as energy, water and transpor...
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Green Energy in South Africa
South Africa is an energy-intensive country and a major emitter of greenhouse gases because of the importance of the industrial sector in its gross domestic product (GDP), the use of coal for energy g...
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