Research

Based in Mexico, the Central America Regional Division covers two countries in the region: Mexico and Cuba.

As part of our “Shared Innovation” series, AFD is highlighting innovative programs created or developed in our partner countries.

The Mexican NGO Cobi and local fishers have developed a new smart phone app that enables fishers to track and monitor animal populations, including birds, sea...

Strong sustainability, the principle that our natural resources are critical and cannot be replaced by any other form of capital, is enjoying a resurgence in development thinking. It’s a riposte to the notion that physical capital, such as machinery or technological advances can be a substitute...

Just a few weeks away from the 47th Angoulême International Comics Festival, the capital of comic strips will be exporting the expertise it has built up in cultural and creative industries over the last twenty years to Mexico, thanks to a cooperation project supported by AFD.

On March 20, AFD and the Mexican Finance Ministry signed a new public policy loan agreement. This loan from AFD also marks the official start of a green and inclusive support program for Mexico. In a country hit hard by climate change, what are the issues being addressed by this program?

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Mexico, one of the six most biodiverse countries in the world, has adopted a new strategy for the sustainable management of ecosystems, which has been seriously undermined for several years.

A new cooperation action between France and Mexico aims to professionalize the domestic employment sector and make it more inclusive and equitable.

Supported by AFD, the 2019 Ocean Hackathon took place over 48 hours, featured eight competing teams and awarded one winning challenge: The Mexican designers of an algorithm detecting sargassum, the seaweed that has been ravaging the coast of Mexico for the past five years.

AFD has just assessed the impact of two public policy loans – named "Biomex" and "Bioconnect" - issued to the Mexican government in 2012 and 2017 for biodiversity conservation. Though valuable lessons are being learned, the findings are encouraging.

Mexico's Chiapas state is famous for its coffee farms, but small farmers have to contend with a host of challenges, from pest control and the vagaries of global markets to the growing impact of climate change. Such difficulties adversely affect farmers’ crops and their livelihoods. AFD is...