On December 6th and 7th, 2018, it will be held in Paris the 13th International Conference of the Agence Française de Développement (AFD). For this new edition, AFD has decided to focus on Inequalities and Social Cohesion, after having discussed other relevant development issues such as Energy in...
Project preparation funds
Project preparation funds are used to finance feasibility studies and technical assistance in order to prepare future investment projects, mainly with climate co-benefits. They target both specific sectors and regions. The objective: ensure that needs are properly identified, while respecting...
Jean Jaurès Emmanuel Chauvin, a teacher-researcher at Toulouse University, has highlighted the causes of a regional crisis through a scientific study on the war in the Central African Republic and its regionalization with Chad. He questions the type of tools which need to be deployed in response...
Understanding the Relationship between Short and Long Term Mobility
To provide a more effective response to numerous and multifaceted crises, AFD is promoting a new approach with the aim of taking their root causes into account and taking action collectively over the short, medium and long term. An integrated and “hyper-partnership” approach. Charles Tellier,...
Nigeria - 2017-2021 Strategy
On December 6th and 7th, 2018, the 13th International Conference of the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) was held in Paris . For this new edition, AFD decided to focus on Inequalities and Social Cohesion, after having discussed other relevant development issues such as Energy in 2014 and...
AFD’s new instrument to address crisis situations has been officially presented on this 13 June, but is already being deployed in the field. Its resources have been doubled. The Minka fund is financed by the Financial Transaction Tax and symbolizes our enhanced commitment to supporting peace and...
How can we prevent and react effectively to natural and technological disasters in the current age of global warming, growing urbanization of the population, and political conflict? On the occasion of the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, this article focuses on the new challenges...
Knowledge Capitalisation Booklet for FISONG Sanitation
AFD is supporting Toledo’s integrated sustainable development policy, both in cities and rural areas.
AFD has granted a subsidy to the Tunisian Chemical Group (GCT) to support its governance in reducing pollution. This funding is enabling a study to be conducted on the Social and Environmental Responsibility of this public company in Tunisia, which produces phosphates and their derivatives (...
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) AFD 2017
How can the international donor community assist developing countries in taxation?
Eco-friendly and noiseless, the first urban cable car service in the Caribbean was launched in Santo Domingo on 22 May. AFD has supported the construction of this overhead line, which will link the outlying areas in the north-east to the centre, to tackle the capital’s expansion. It will fly...
The Democratic Republic of Congo is home to much of the world's second largest tropical forest. But slash-and-burn farming practices and the use of energy woods expose this forest to a significant risk of deforestation and degradation. The urgent need is therefore to curb these practices...
Innovate for sanitation
Tanzania - 2017-2021 Strategy
Saint-Martin: The Challenges of After
In the aftermath of the damage caused by Hurricane Irma on 6 September 2017, the island is starting its reconstruction and is conducting reflection on a more sustainable economic model. AFD, with its partners, is seeking to provide new responses which will, for example, reduce vulnerabilities....