Research

Based in Havana, AFD's Cuba office is attached to the Central America Regional Division.

The aim of the project is to strengthen the resilience of the Caribbean financial systems to climate change and to gender inequality. This project includes an AFD loan to the Caribbean Development Bank, as well as a grant from the European Union to three Caribbean central banks (Jamaica,...

Eastern Caribbean states are highly exposed to extreme weather. Advances in impact forecasting and disaster risk financing create opportunities for reducing the impacts of imminent disasters; but proponents of ‘forecast-based early action’ must be careful to avoid crowding out longer-term...

Agence Française de Développement (AFD) is mobilizing €5.3 million to help the Cuban Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) tackle the Covid-19 pandemic. In practical terms, that has helped provide 76 ventilators, 180,000 protective kits and supplies to develop diagnosis tests.

AFD is co-financing a program led by IOWater for the regional deployment of sanitation systems using vertical flow planted wetlands. For several years, this technology has been developing in Martinique and Guadeloupe. These systems have proven effective for wastewater treatment in tropical areas...