Concrete Commitments at Inaugural Summit
The first ever international summit of public development banks, unfolding over four days from 9 to 12 November, gave rise to a series of major announcements. They all point towards a global financial system dedicated to the fulfillment of the Sustainable Development Goals and to total alignment...
Gender Equality in Access to Healthcare
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A lack of medicine, water and electricity; shortages of doctors; prohibitive costs: they all stand in the way of providing good quality healthcare to all. The World Health Organization estimates that in 22 countries, the entire healthcare systems need to be rebuilt.
Christophe Paquet,...
The winners of the “Global Transitions, Southern Voices” video contest were announced on October 27. Supported by Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and Global Development Network (GDN), the contest featured video presentations by young researchers working in the Global South. With deep...
VivaTech, the largest European fair for innovation and digital technologies, of which AFD is a partner, will be held in Paris from 24 to 26 May. The opportunity for Jean-Marc Kadjo, head of the Digital Project team at AFD, to tell us about our involvement in these essential sectors for...
For countries to undertake the transition to renewable energy, one-off investments are never enough. Technical assistance contributes to the sustainability of infrastructure and the development of reliable renewable energy. In Egypt, the Africa Renewable Energy (ARE) Scale Up program, supported...
To celebrate more than six decades of action in Bénin, AFD in Cotonou organized a large photo exhibit in November. These images tell part of the story of those devoted to improving the lives of Bénin's men, women and children, in work that ranges from daily challenges to long-lasting human...
For the past six years, Agence Française de Développement has sponsored the Public’s Choice Award, one of the prizes of the Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Award for War Correspondents. On October 12, photojournalist Patrick Chauvel won the prize for his striking images, taken during the siege of...
Faced with the Covid-19 crisis, how can we ensure that short-term stimulus packages won’t compromise long-term trajectories toward a low-carbon, inclusive, and sustainable economy? And what role can development banks play in contributing to a fair and sustainable recovery? Researchers,...
#Data4Covid19: The Challenge for Africa
A call for innovative proposals: from December 15 to February 5, 2021, AFD, in collaboration with Expertise France and The GovLab, is inviting researchers specializing in data analysis to address the challenges associated with Covid-19 in Africa. The objective is to develop innovative projects...
The industrial sector is often said to be essential to economic development, but it is also a source of much controversy (environmental impact, labor law compliance, creation of decent jobs and other issues). This is why Proparco has devoted the latest issue of its review Private Sector &...