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In Europe and Central Asia, ten countries that have reached high-income status since 1990 have joined the European Union. Another 20 in the region have become more prosperous but their transition to high-income status has been delayed.
• What challenges are they facing?
• How can...
Published in April 2025
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Egypt: Reforming healthcare to promote equality
In Egypt, the universal health insurance reform is making steady progress, with its rollout now extended to six governorates, reaching nearly 5 million beneficiaries.
In Ismaïlia, where over 80% of the population is already enrolled, notable improvements are being seen: enhanced quality of...
Published in April 2025
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Evaluating projects: a key issue for AFD
When a project ends, AFD's operational teams systematically assess the project's progress—resources, achievements, and results—by drafting a completion report. A project evaluation can then be conducted to better understand what worked well and what didn't, for example, with a view to improving...
Published on 13 Mar 2025
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Shaping the future of electricity between Kenya and Ethiopia
East African countries have joined forces to create an electricity backbone to trade energy and compensate for shortages in the region. Supported by a €90 million loan from AFD, the Kenya-Ethiopia interconnection is guaranteeing stable electricity to 870,000 Kenyan households while providing...
Published in February 2025
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Escaping child labour in Tanzania
Across Tanzania, 4.2 million children are subjected to the worst forms of forced labor. Discover the inspiring stories of children from northern Tanzania's Geita region who were able to escape the grip of child labor and return to school, thanks to a project by Plan International, supported by...
Published in February 2025
For more than 80 years, the Agence Française de Développement has contributed to implementing France's policy on development, sustainable investment and international solidarity. Through its public sector and NGO financing activities, its research work and publications, training on sustainable...
Published on 20 Jan 2025
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Housing: A Key Sector for the SDGs
Housing is an essential human right. Yet 1.6 billion people don’t have access to decent housing. By 2030, this figure could reach 3 billion.
Since 2010, AFD has invested more than €2 billion to support sustainable and affordable housing development. Housing is much more than a roof over...
Published on 16 Dec 2024
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How to build a pro-nature economy?
What are the effects of the degradation of nature on the financial system and the economy? How can they be assessed? AFD researchers and their partners have developed a methodology to identify the economic sectors that are most exposed to biodiversity loss. This analysis has been tested in South...
Published in December 2024
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What is the role of research at AFD?
Global warming, safeguarding biodiversity, preserving social ties.... AFD is involved in developing hundreds of projects around the world to meet the UN's sustainable development goals. To better support project leaders in the field, AFD researchers are at the forefront of analyzing and...
Published on 12 Nov 2024
2024 marks 30 years of cooperation between AFD and South Africa. From the transition to democracy to the Just Energy Transition, join us on a retrospective journey as we celebrate key milestones in our long-standing partnership. The AFD Group is proud to have been part of South Africa’...
Published on 08 Nov 2024
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The Academia Partnerships Africa-France programme - Video
Forging long-term academia partnerships between Africa and France, based on mutually beneficial relationships and knowledge- and experience-sharing, this is the ambition of the Academia Partnerships Africa-France programme (PeA). To do so, it is supporting projects jointly led by African and...
Published in October 2024
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Suriname: for a future sustainable green
Suriname, which borders French Guiana in South America, is the most forested country in the world. However, it faces economic, environmental and social challenges. Aware of these challenges, France, through the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), is participating in the sustainable...
Published on 26 Sep 2024
Following two decades of dynamic growth between 2000 and 2020, Ethiopia has been facing major crises. Conflicts, natural disasters, food insecurity, illiteracy and inequalities, particularly in post-conflict areas such as the Tigray region, are now slowing down the country's growth, which...
Published on 25 Sep 2024
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Burundi: Quality Education For All
In Burundi, AFD supports the country's education system and its learning environment by creating computer rooms and equipping laboratories. This supports is part of the Twige Neza project, implemented by the Burundian Ministry of Education, funded by the Global Partnership for Education and AFD...
Published in September 2024
Learning basic skills such as literacy, numeracy, communication and critical thinking: this, now more than ever, is a basic prerequisite for our societies to achieve their full potential. Quality education for all – at a minimum up to the end of the secondary level – is essential for is...
Published on 18 Sep 2024
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Energy-efficient housing for Armenians
In Armenia, living conditions are severely challenged by poorly insulated homes, harsh winters, and often insufficient purchasing power. To address this situation, the French Development Agency (AFD) and the Armenian National Mortgage Company (NMC) have joined forces to enhance the energy...
Published on 16 Aug 2024
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Webinar: AFD & WBG Migrants, Markets & Mayors: Rising above Employment Challenge on Africa's Secondary Cities
Webinar : AFD & WBG Migrants, Markets & Mayors: Rising above Employment Challenge on Africa's Secondary Cities
Research on migration and urban development in Africa has primarily focused on larger cities and rural-to-urban migration. However, 97% of Africa’s...
Published in July 2024
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What energy for tomorrow's world?
Sustainable Energy policies are key to achieving many of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The Agence Française de Développement group supports energy transitions worldwide to promote universal access to efficient and carbon-free energy services.
Projects supported by AFD...
Published in May 2024
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Bringing communities together through sport in Kosovo's schools
Violent conflicts that struck the Western Balkans in the 1990s altered the bonds between different communities in the region.
AFD and its partners are working together to reset this bond through sport, with young peoples. PLAY International has set up several projects to create more...
Published in April 2024
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Reviving the Glory of Lahore Fort
In Pakistan, the renovation of the Lahore Fort, a UNESCO heritage site since 1981, promises to improve the living environment of the population, but also to offer them new work opportunities. After several decades of degradation linked to the increase in population, tourism and urban expansion...
Published in April 2024