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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 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...

As awareness of biodiversity preservation grows, the private sector's role in achieving a sustainable future becomes increasingly vital. Scientific evidence confirms that reaching net-zero...

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....

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...

Whether we call them chiffonniers, cartoneros, pepanadores, zabbalin or ragpickers, historically and in most societies, the poorest have handled the management of household waste, in particular the waste of the middle and upper classes. These individuals who have become informal “small private...

Digitalization is one of key foundational stones for the reconstruction and modernization of the Port of Beirut (PoB) operations, according to a new World Bank note that aims to provide guidance to policymakers on the crucial requirements for building back better this vital facility. The...

In 2020, the Covid-19 crisis plunged Africa into an exceptional economic recession. Lockdown measures to contain the spread of the pandemic, combined with the slowdown in activity in its main trading partners and the...

It is essential for public health to ensure the continuity of solid waste management services in a safe and sustainable way, especially in case of sanitary emergency such as the Covid-19 crisis. Not only the...

Global Citizenship Education (GCE) is key to promote civic engagement for a fairer, sustainable and inclusive future. A joint report was released in February 2021 by the French multi-stakeholder advisory group on GCE, detailing the reasons why GCE should be a priority for public policies and...

This document presents the Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) of the project titled “Building Regional Resilience through Strengthened Meteorological, Hydrological and Climate Services in the Indian Ocean Commission Member Countries - Hydromet Project”. ...

Within the frame of the Data4Nature Initiative, AFD is requiring project owners and service-providers to publish any primary biodiversity data generated within the framework of funded projects, through the global network of...

Writing a country level study on inequality can be an intimidating task for researchers and statisticians. How does one begin to conceptualize such a study? What needs to be included? What sorts of analyses are required, and how does one go about generating the required results? This...