Since 2015, the United Nations 2030 Agenda has explicitly recognized the contribution of sport to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), and yet international cooperation actions incorporating sports remain rare....
AFD has been present in Azerbaijan since 2012 and operates through sovereign and non-sovereign loans. It is mainly active in the rail sector. Its objective is to support projects that contribute to the fight against...
Once a modest health center, the Lumumba establishment has become a reference hospital in Kisumu, au Kenya. It received support from AFD for its expansion and equipment, which allowed it to open a maternity ward and to be able to care for mothers in an integrated manner. This is part of a larger...
The CITIIS project in India is transforming not only urban landscapes, but the way that urbanism is envisaged, developed and executed in a selection of the country's smart cities. Through this project, French, India and other experts have come together to implement urban infrastructure projects...
Although 2022 was marked by conflict and international crises, AFD Group had a record year in terms of financing development initiatives around the world. For its first year in existence, the new and...
Uzbekistan is a Central Asian country with fertile valleys, deserts and mediumsized mountains, and a dynamic economy. It faces great challenges to ensure sustainable growth, benefiting the entire population, while limiting its...
Fulfilling France’s commitment to the global response to the Covid-19 pandemic, AFD took action starting in April 2020 to address the social and health challenges stemming from the crisis, via our “Health in Common”...
AFD Group has continued to grow at a steady pace, maintaining a solid economic model in the face of the daunting challenges affecting the entire planet, including climate change, the fight against poverty and...
The sustainable development mechanism is a useful dialogue tool for AFD’s financing appraisal process. The aim is to serve as a basis for questions and encourage consideration of each project’s impact on sustainable development at as early a stage as possible. In this way, it promotes dialogue...
How can a French public development bank support the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals that concern the whole world?
Funding requests are submitted by local project sponsors to AFD agencies, which identify the projects and verify their compliance with AFD's sectoral and...
The government of Uganda recently elevated 10 municipalities to the rank of secondary cities to address issues of physical planning and urban infrastructure investments. Led by the Ministry of Land, Housing and Urban Development (MoLHUD), the cities of Arua, Mbarara, Fort Portal and Soroti were...
Any individual, group or community harmed by environmental or social incidents caused by an AFD-funded project can file a complaint with the Mechanism.
The Mechanism is managed by a Complaints Office, acting independently of the AFD Operations Division. It is overseen by the Ethics...
Biggest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world, the transport sector was one of the hardest hit by the impact of the Covid-19 crisis. Yet 2022 saw a marked recovery in flows of passengers and goods. With...
The implementation of the necessary changes toward a low-carbon economy is accompanied by risks to which the Global South is particularly vulnerable.
The ESTEEM model...
Farmers face many challenges, including access to finance, which is often not suited to the cyclical nature of agriculture or to small-scale farming. In response, the Tanzania Agricultural Development Bank offers innovative financial solutions to transform agriculture and ensure the country's...
Following the onset of COVID-19 in April 2020, this qualitative study considered the effects of the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant on local economies in five urban and peri-urban locations in South Africa, through the perspectives of informal traders. In a context of acute inequality, the...
Since the turn of the century, sport has gained legitimacy in the field of international development. As institutions have gradually recognized its role and the number of grass-roots initiatives has increased, sport-for-development initatives have arisen in a growing number of regions. Although...