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The EU and AFD, Combating Inequalities Together

The Inequality Research Facility, a program funded by the European Union and coordinated by AFD, aims to better understand economic and social inequalities in low- and middle-income countries in order...

5 Reasons to (finally!) take care of the Oceans

Life on Earth depends on the water around it. The seas and oceans play key roles in protecting our biodiversity, regulating the climate and producing oxygen vital for life. But human activity is causi...

Reforms Draw the Western Balkans Closer to the EU

With EU membership on the horizon, Western Balkan countries are taking action to ensure that their standards of governance are in line with those of the European Union. AFD Group is supporting this am...

Promoting a Prosperous and Sustainable Mediterranean

During the Mediterranean Worlds Forum held in Marseille on February 7 and 8, AFD Group announced the creation and pursuit of several initiatives to promote positive development in the Mediterranean re...

France Hosts One Ocean Summit in Worldwide Search for Sustainable Solutions

From 9 to 11 February, France is hosting the One Ocean Summit, where heads of state and government representatives from all over the world will descend on Brest, Brittany, in northwestern France to di...

Clean Oceans Initiative Doubles its Commitment

The European Union and AFD Group Work Together for a Just Transition in South Africa

Defined by the OECD as a "large emerging country," South Africa has launched an extensive program to reduce its economy’s carbon footprint. The European Union, Germany's KfW and AFD Group are working...

The AFD – European Union relationship Explained in one Infographic

For fifteen years, AFD and the European Union have worked together to support development programs in 74 countries. See how this solid and effective relationship has evolved and produced results in th...

“In Africa, the most diversified economies have weathered the crisis best”

AFD played an important role in publishing the French-language book L’Économie africaine 2022 (“African Economies 2022”), which appeared in bookstores on February 17. The book sheds light on the macro...

For a New Alliance between Africa and Europe

The EU-African Union summit on 17 and 18 February in Brussels is the culmination of intense reflection and dialog that will shape a new alliance between Africa and Europe. It’s a chance to review sus...

TNFD : Launch of the Development Finance Hub

The new Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has just held its first plenary in Paris. Within TNFD’s secretariat, AFD will lead and convene a Development Finance Hub, which will co...

New Africa-France Summit: Moving to a new level of engagement

On the eve of the New Africa France Summit to be held on October 8 in Montpellier, AFD’s Director for Africa, Christian Yoka, takes a look at the challenges facing Africa and describes the role that A...

AFD Group Set to Invest Heavily in African Youth

On the heels of last week's New Africa-France Summit, whose aim was to reconstruct the relationship between Africa and France, AFD Group will be honoring the commitments made by the French President,...

At the New Africa-France Summit, Young Africans Made Their Voices Heard

In Montpellier last week, the New Africa-France Summit introduced a brand new framework for relations between the people of France and Africa, while examining possibilities for the African continent o...

Tackling Crucial Development issues in Southeast Asia

On 30 September and 1 October, AFD organized an online conference on the theme of "Southeast Asia’s challenges to sustainable and inclusive development". A dozen speakers shared their experience and v...

The Second Finance in Common Summit: Public Development Banks at a Glance

More than 500 Public Development Banks are expected to convene for the Finance in Common Summit (FiCS), from 19 to 21 October in Rome and online, and hosted by Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP). After t...

Rémy Rioux: "A renaissance among Public Development Banks"

More than 500 Public Development Banks will tackle questions ranging from the pandemic to financing the economic recovery at the second Finance in Common Summit (FICS). Held in Rome from October 19 to...

Biodiversity Degradation: 3 Risks for Finance

Damage done the environment has an impact beyond the natural world. It poses potential problems to financial institutions and consequently to individual savers and entire economies. Nature and financ...

Clean Oceans: Setting Sail for Waste-Free Waterways

To combat the proliferation of plastic plaguing the world’s oceans, Agence Française de Développement has teamed up with the European Investment Bank and Germany’s development bank, KfW. Together, the...

FiCS 2021: A New Database of the World’s 527 Public Development Banks and Financing Institutions Unveiled

A new database providing invaluable information on the world’s Public Development Banks will be presented at the second edition of the Finance in Common Summit this week. It’s a major update to the fi...