The Caribbean is on the front lines of climate change. To lessen its impact on the region, adaptation strategies will require innovative solutions, integrated planning and multifunctional responses, especially in urban areas. To this end, the Caribbean needs to further cultivate its skills and...
This conference is part of a series of conferences organized by AFD on a biannual basis to address key development issues such as the commons, inequalities, and development financing. This year, it focuses on strong sustainability and is entitled "How sustainable are Net Zero development...
AFD Group and the Public-Private Partnerships
The Sustainable Development Analysis Grids
Research on a Systematic Review of the Effects of Education on Ecological Transitions
AFD is launching a call for research proposals for a systematic review about the intersection of thematic issues around the education sector and ecological transitions, with a particular focus on developing and emerging countries. The review will address one of the three priority questions...
Wood is the main source of fuel for cooking and heating across the Sahel, but much of it is disappearing due to deforestation. How to monitor the use and abuse of precious forest resources? The answer may lie not in the ground, but in space: the Sahel Woodfuel Project, supported by AFD Group, is...
Namma Metro : the lifeline of Bengaluru
More than 4 Million People will have Improved Access to Water thanks to AFD-Supported Projects
In the approach to its 77th session now underway in New York, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a historic resolution declaring access to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, a universal human right. It’s aimed at improving access to fundamental natural resources like water –...
AFD Group and Moldova
Semestrial Panorama 2022 #2
The Trade Capacity Building Program
When it is part of a sustainable environmental and social development path, trade is a way of increasing economic resilience. AFD's Trade Capacity Building Program (TCBP) supports developing countries in transforming their productive sectors through technical assistance, training, and...
Niger is stepping up its action to fight malnutrition, in large part with the production of Misola infant flour. The locally produced flour is tackling food insecurity across the country. Co-financed by the Cooperation and Cultural Action Service (SCAC) and Agence Française de Développement (AFD...
How does fertility affect female employment? Evidence from Albania
Public bank lending in Africa in times of crisis
Technical assistance program in support of reforms in the water and wastewater sector in Lebanon – water reform
Despite the restructuring efforts undertaken in 2000 by the Lebanese government and the various investments in infrastructure, and after twenty years since the creation of the regional water establishments, the sector still shows a strong need for reforms. The latter is crucial to strengthen the...
Financial Systems - 2018-2022 Strategy: Summary of the Midterm Review
The 3rd edition of the Finance in Common Summit (FiCS), took place in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, from 18-20 October, and focused on a “green and just transition for a sustainable recovery.” Co-organized by the African Development Bank and the European Investment Bank, this hybrid, virtual and in-...