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Intermediary cities , defined as a “functional and demographic middle ground”, play a crucial role in connecting different territorial levels, from rural to urban, and local to regional. While they tend to receive less attention than major metropolises, these “in-between” cities have gradually...

The transition of agricultural and food systems is a major challenge on the global sustainable development agenda. After notable improvements in the early 2000s, malnutrition has remained at a high level since 2021. The issues behind the three Rio conventions on Climate, Biodiversity and...

The Just Transition Framework reaffirmed that distributive, restorative, and procedural justice is at the centre of South Africa’s transition to a low-carbon economy. AFD is pleased to announce the extension of a €400 million policy-based loan to National Treasury in support of the just...

For the past twenty years, the Agence Française de Développement has been committed to supporting the Agroecological Transition (AET) of ...

As in other countries, the social and economic impact of the ecological transition is a pressing issue in France. In May 2023, a...

  The Programme for the Energy Efficiency of Buildings (PEEB) joins the...

Respublica, a leading provider of purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) in South Africa and partner of Proparco, aims at developing co-living affordable...

Respublica, a leading provider of purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) in...

As digital penetration increases in countries across the African continent, its citizens face growing risks and challenges. Indeed, beyond facilitated access to knowledge such as the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, to leisure-related tools such as Youtube, and to sociability such as social...

Does your project benefit from financing from Agence Française de Développement (AFD)? This Visibility Guide (Level 1) provides all the information you need to implement communication activities. The level of communication (1 or...

Does your project benefit from financing from Agence Française de Développement (AFD)? Is it a flagship project requiring enhanced communication?    This guide on enhanced communication (Level 2) provides all the information you need to implement communication activities....

This new Climate and Adaptation Macroeconomic Exposure Report marks one of the two final outcomes of the GEMMES Vietnam project at the occasion of COP27. On the...

At the sidelines of COP27, AFD Group is launching this position paper in order to take stock of its current approach to assess Paris alignment of its operations with financial institutions and its plans to keep...

The Vietnamese Mekong Delta faces increasing climatic and environmental changes, driven by global climate change and/or human activities in the Delta or upstream in the Mekong River Basin. MoNRE and AFD have undertaken...

AFD is developing a series of factsheets entitled "Human Rights and Development". In addition to providing information and promoting human rights, the sheets are tools to help development actors integrate the human rights-based approach (HRBA). After presenting the subject, they provide...

AFD is developing...

In order to respond to the challenges and growing demand of counterparts, partners and populations to better integrate nature in cities, AFD Group has developed this technical guide "Biodiversity in Cities". In urban areas...

The guide, titled, “Developing Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Finance Strategies,” was produced by UNICEF and co-published by SWA, Agence...

Committed to Palestine’s ecological transition, Sunref Palestine aims at helping private actors to seize the opportunities of...

Africa is at the heart of AFD Group's work. On such a youthful continent – where 60% of Africans are under the age of 24 years old – we must continue to find ways to generate positive, enduring change for the future, together. This is...