Research

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 well as a wide range of social,...

Agence Française de Développement continues to support responsible funding in Mauritius as it launches the third phase of its SUNREF programme, in partnership with two local banks. With a new credit line of €75 million and the support of the European Union, this part of the programme is also...

Faced with increasingly competitive world tourism, the islands of the Indian Ocean are joining forces to become a common destination. The idea is to create a joint marketing banner, economies of scale and an inter-island travel offer based on ecotourism. The initiative is led by the association...

The current development of African education systems focuses on the perspective of universal completion of six years of schooling. This perspective, targeted by the international community for the year 2015 (Dakar declaration, Millennium Development Goals), will no doubt be reached by a number of...

Close to 40% of the world’s land is degraded, according to the UN, which has made the need to protect biodiversity all the more urgent. AFD Group is convinced that biodiversity conservation and the fight against climate change go hand in hand, as we contribute to efforts to restore nature across...

In Mauritius, the "Metis" project, through the music, aims to raise awareness of plastic pollution in the Pacific Ocean. Launched in 2021 by Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the Metis fund promotes better integration of the arts and culture into official development assistance....

Initiated by the Indian Ocean Commission, the SEGA (Epidemic Surveillance and Alert Management) network is entering its third phase. The goal: a permanent regional mechanism to control the risk of epidemics in the south-western Indian Ocean.

AFD granted a €300 million contingency loan to the Mauritian government on July 27 as part of the response to the Covid-19 crisis. We look back at the issues at stake in this public policy loan and France's commitment to Mauritius with Emmanuel Cohet, Ambassador to the Republic of Mauritius...

Present in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, France has five departments and regions and seven overseas collectivities which are home to 2.7 million French citizens. Scattered across the globe, the overseas territories concentrate 97% of France’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) – the second...

The dual shock of the health crisis and the war in Ukraine has pushed up inflation to an extent not seen in developed countries since the 1979 oil shock and the Iran-Iraq war. This shock has put an end to two decades of disinflation imported from China and other emerging and developing countries...

The evaluations carried out in 2017 and 2018 show that policy-based loans are an ambitious and potentially powerful tool that enables AFD to foreground its strengths. However, AFD needs to improve its appraisal and implementation modalities to guarantee the quality of its support.

A grueling regime of close to four hours of training per day. Coaching in sports ranging from judo to soccer, as well as in nutrition and leadership. It’s all part of a program to train youngsters for high-level competition at Africa’s first multisport Olympic Academy in Mauritius. Less than a...

At the Interministerial Committee for International Cooperation and Development (CICID) on February 8, 2018, the government made a commitment to strengthen the integration of overseas territories into their regional ocean basins by supporting cooperation projects with neighboring states....

Based in Port Louis, AFD's Mauritius office is attached to the Indian Ocean Regional Division.

To cope with increasing trade and tourism, but also to be less vulnerable to climate change, the main port in the Seychelles is in need of redevelopment. The government has started renovating and extending the port, with funding from the EIB, the EU and AFD.