Supporting smart grids to improve energy performance
Tunisia is transforming its energy system and developing renewable energies. AFD is helping it with this transition by assisting the local operator’s smart grid project with the deployment of grid infrastructure and smart metering in the Sfax region.
More than 100 new maps and graphs bring to life an unprecedented amount of data in the form of a 128-page “Atlas of Africa.” It breaks down crucial development issues facing the continent today, including progress made towards fulfilling the Sustainable Development Goals. Still little known to...
Qarib: The Middle East Media Underpinning the Social Bonds
Having suffered from strong inter-community tensions, Middle Eastern societies are expressing major demands for transparency and citizen participation in public affairs. AFD wishes to support media outlets whose content aims to both improve relations among citizens and bring governments and...
Urban waste: between decentralised management and commons
Sea level rise: observations, projections and uncertainty
Multimodal transport hubs – Good practice guidelines
Increase of AFD 2020 funding plan
Supporting the creative economy in East Africa
AFD is supporting a Kenyan financing fund to support the craft and fashion sector via a facility that combines loans and capacity building.
Promoting renewable energy and climate investments through a green credit line to PT SMI, a key public financial institution of Indonesia
AFD has partnered with PT SMI, the Indonesian state-owned Infrastructure Finance Company, to support credits dedicated to renewable energy, water and sanitation, public transport and any other climate and sustainable development goals (SDG) related investments.
Reconciling Energy Transition and Economic Development in Cambodia: The 2050 Facility Mobilized
To meet the demands of a growing population while ensuring its development is sustainable: these are Cambodia’s twin goals under the Paris Agreement. The Ministry of Economy and Finance signed a Memorandum of Understanding in July, which included €300,000 in support as part of the 2050 Facility...
Zambia: Resource-rich but vulnerable to shocks
The Challenges of Achieving Universal Electrification
Who bears the burden of climate variability? A comparative analysis of the impact of weather conditions on inequality in Vietnam and Indonesia
Improving electricity interconnection in Vietnam
With ADB, AFD is co-financing a project to build the 500 kV ‘Pleiku-My Phuoc-Cau Bong’ power line, Vietnam’s true ‘electric backbone’.
Financing development: a Chinese path?
Through the financing of major infrastructure projects, China has become a key player in development finance. How is Chinese aid distributed and what are its modalities? Which are the Chinese institutions involved in development cooperation? How can China contribute, through its initiatives, to...
Reconciling energy transition and economic development in Cambodia: the 2050 Facility mobilized
In order to meet the objectives it has set itself under the Paris Agreement, Cambodia wishes to develop a sustainable energy development trajectory, while meeting growing demand. To support it, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on July 24 with the Ministry of Economy and Finance,...