The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and its partners will be in Brussels on June 18th-19h for the European Development Days (EDD). Organised by the European Commission, the EDD bring the development community together each year to share ideas and experiences in ways that inspire new...
After a presentation of The Green Swan, the webinar will explore the challenges posed by climate risk on financial stability and supervision, share concrete examples of policies and initiatives put in place by central banks and supervisors both in developed and in emerging market economies and...
How do intersecting vulnerabilities affect the quality of youth inclusion in labour market in Niger and their ability to move out of and remain out of poverty? How do different forms of livelihoods, education, training or migration affect youth inclusion? How do these models vary by gender,...
COP26: The AFD Program
COP26, the 26th annual climate summit, is being held in Glasgow, where world leaders, environmentalists, public development banks and members of the business community engage in talks on climate issues. The 12-day summit will cover issues ranging from deforestation, to providing incentives for...
OECD, FiCS (Finance in Common) and AFD are co-organizing a 2-days seminar to address their respective roles in exploring new solutions and identifying opportunities and risks to better align finance and investment with the SDGs. This seminar aims to define a vocabulary and concrete actions in...
The Agence Française du Développement continues to promote technological innovation in Africa and is joining forces with the Africa Lawyers Hub to support the "Africa Law Tech Festival". On this occasion, a conference on the theme "Economic Development, Digital Trade and Democracy...
The Institute of New Structural Economics at Peking University, Research Institute of China Development Bank (CDB) and the French Agency for Development (AFD), both members of the International Development Finance Club (IDFC), are co-organizing this conference at Peking University on May 28th,...
The webinar “Multidimensional Inequality in Vietnam” is part of the AFD’s Research Department webinar series launched to offer a platform for discussion on research and public policy issues. The Viet Nam research report that will be presented on Tuesday, December 15 at 11h CET is part of The...
Leaning on improvements in forecasting, ‘Forecast-based early action’ is seen as an innovative approach to managing the residual risks that cannot be addressed through longer-term investment in resilience. How can this new tool contribute to better cope with more frequent or more intense hazards...
How public policy making should take into account social and environmental protection? How could social and environmental protection systems be combined? To what extent can the consideration of environmental protection be an asset in terms of social development in Southeast Asia? Participate in...
The #Data4COVID19 Africa Challenge—a collaboration between l'Agence Française de Développement (AFD), Expertise France, and The GovLab - seeks to accelerate responsible data innovation to tackle Covid-19 pandemic across Africa. As part of the initiative we are facilitating a broader...