Frédéric AUDRAS
Rohen D'AIGLEPIERRE
The current health crisis is already leading to growing gender inequalities with women exposed to precarious work conditions, an increase in unwanted pregnancies and a sharp rise in domestic violence. What can be done? Mar Merita Blat, gender expert at Agence Française de Développement, tackles...
Anda DAVID
In Africa, making the digital transition is one of the challenges facing emerging and developing cities. To achieve this objective, AFD is supporting 12 African cities with technical assistance. In the African Smart Towns Network (ASToN), they are developing digital practices together to create...
As the COVID-19 epidemic quickly spreads, an NGO consortium has provided a rapid, targeted response to the material and information needs in the provinces of Laos. Elisa Fily, the project advisor working in the Cooperation Committee with Laos (CCL), discusses the wide range of measures that have...
Data opportunities and challenges for calculating a global Strong Environmental Sustainability (SES) index
Climate - 2019 Activity Report
Prescriptions for inclusion in construction/worksite ESMPS to strengthen Covid-19 health control
In our series on “Shared Innovation”, AFD highlights innovative programs created or developed in our partner countries.
Imaginative modes of transport are being harnessed to transport vital medicines, blood tests and supplies in Rwanda, in a partnership that will facilitate care for the...
After being imagined and incubated by the AFD Campus du Développement, the SIBC will be piloted over the next three years by I&P Conseil and its partners - African Management Institute, ScaleChanger and StartupBRICS - to accelerate its deployment, particularly in Africa. In the face of an...
Mobility and transport- Synthesis of the AFD Group sectoral intervention framework
Post-Covid Cities: A Webinar Series
A webinar series on urban affairs is already looking at how cities can cope in a post-Covid world. What are the ramifications of Covid-19 on urban development? How has it affected access to health and public services? Just two of the questions debated at the online event, organized by the...
Cambodia: The magical ears of Phnom Penh
Promoting peace is a major commitment of Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Group, in particular via the Minka Fund which finances peace-building in territories affected by violent conflict. Charles Tellier, Head of the Fragility, Crises and Conflicts Division at AFD, takes a look at the...
Agence Française de Développement has provided investment funding to help shore up and improve the infrastructure and capacity of institutions across East and West Africa. It’s part of a growing effort to consolidate health services, which are now on the front lines of the global fight to...
AFD's Response to the Covid-19 Crisis
A worldwide health and economic emergency has emerged from the coronavirus pandemic. Since March, Agence Française de Développement (AFD) has been working to provide a multi-pronged response. It is translating into action the French Government’s commitment to support priority countries for...