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AFD has been active in Burundi since 1978 and currently finances the education sector to meet the needs of a young and growing population. Our objective: to strengthen social cohesion and human capital.

A new study examines the distributional incidence of healthcare spending in three countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Understanding the techniques used to conduct the analysis will help key decisions on both future policy and future data collection.  

The distribution of both public healthcare spending and overall healthcare spending has become increasingly egalitarian in Burkina Faso, Malawi, and Zambia, according to a new study. Nevertheless, there remain significant regional differences within countries. In addition, limitations in data

New analysis of trends in inequality in Kenya draws on three household surveys spanning a period of 20 years and a range of indicators of inequality. The findings reveal wide differences across households and regions, not only in per capita income but also in assets and access to social dimensions

This project, financed by AFD and the European Union, has contributed to improving access to water and electricity for Cambodian households by supporting small water and electricity enterprises and enabling them to improve their access conditions to an adapted financing offer. Proparco, AFD subsidiary for private sector, will finance a second phase of this project. AFD2021

In recent decades the world has seen a simultaneous trend towards becoming more peaceful overall, but also towards higher homicide rates surging in focal regions in the developing world. Although abundant research exists on the nature and sociology of crime, few studies look into the damaging

The Digital Energy Facility (DEF) is a programme funded by the European Union and implemented by Agence Française de Développement (AFD). Thanks to the financing of digital innovation projects and products, the facility aims to: Support the integration of renewable energy sources into the grid. Increase energy access. Improve the performance of power utilities and reduce technical and commercial losses.

, economic and otherwise. This book presents evidence that, if a well-considered series of measures to protect nature is implemented, nature may be able to pay for itself. As the international community considers how to finance biodiversity protection for the next decade and beyond, The Little Book of

investments in reducing risk. A study funded by Adapt’Action proposes a rethink of risk governance and an approach to anticipating shocks and reducing impacts in a fiscally constrained environment.

AFD has placed the implementation of the Paris Agreement at the heart of its mandate. A commitment that accompanies our actions in our different countries of intervention. Particularly in the Gulf of Guinea, we are targeting the strengthening of State action, adaptation to the effects of climate change and mitigation, i.e. the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. AFD2020