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An updated SDG bond issuance framework for AFD
In 2020, to align its 100% Paris Agreement and 100% Social Link commitments with its market presence, AFD Group introduced a bond issuance framework aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG...
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2023 Sustainable Development Goal bond reporting
In 2020, to increase the consistency of its 100% Paris Agreement and 100% Social Link commitments with its presence on the markets, the AFD Group set up a framework for bond issues aligned with the Su...
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Quantifying Green Job Potential in Colombia: A Task-Based Approach
This paper examines the impact of the green transition on the Colombian labor market. Using a task-based approach and data from the 2022 Colombian Household Survey, we find that approximately 22.6% of...
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Are industries in emerging countries becoming greener?
According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), industry generates a fifth of the world’s direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It also produces indirect emissions due in part to electricity gene...
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Infographic - Our activity in favour of Support Fund for Feminist Organizations 2020-2023
The Support Fund for Feminist Organizations (FSOF) is a flagship initiative for French feminist foreign policy, and was introduced at the G7 Summit in 2019. This fund is managed by Agence Française de...
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Support Fund for Feminist Organizations - Activity Report 2020-2023
The Support Fund for Feminist Organizations (FSOF) is a flagship initiative for French feminist foreign policy, and was introduced at the G7 Summit in 2019. This fund is managed by Agence Française de...
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Climate - Activity report 2023
As the first development bank to have committed to aligning its financing with the Paris Agreement, AFD Group is rolling out its “Climate and Development” strategy. In 2023, AFD committed €7.5 billion...
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Governance - Activity Report 2023
AFD finances governance projects in some 50 countries, mobilizing grants and loans with commitments totaling more than 6 billion euros. This activity helps to fulfil Sustainable Development Goals (...
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Infographic - Our Governance Activity in 2023
In 2023, AFD committed 1.8 billion euros in the area of governance, or 10% of AFD Group’s commitments. Our activity aims to build fair and inclusive societies that respect the freedoms and rights o...
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How Public Development Banks mobilize their resources to finance transitions?
This paper studies how Public Development Banks (PDBs) are able to finance the transition by focusing on their funding resources. The first part of the paper focuses on an explanatory analysis of fund...
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Infographic - Our climate commitments en 2023
In 2023, AFD Group committed €7.5 billion of climate finance in developing countries and overseas territories, including €3 BN dedicated to adaptation. Key figures, flagship programs, impacts: disc...
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Gender equality - Activity Report 2023
Since 2020, AFD has asserted its position as a committed actor in the international ecosystem on gender. Having forged strategic partnerships with the United Nations and multilateral and bilateral ban...
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Infographic - Our activity in favor of Gender equality 2023
Often the cause of injustice and factors in poverty, gender inequalities hold back the sustainable development of societies, politically, economically and socially. That’s why AFD mainstreams gende...
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Nature & Biodiversity - Activity report 2023
In 2023, the Group continued its work on aligning its operations with this the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF). In particular, the Group has developed a nature-friendly approach...
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Infographic – Our action in favor of nature and biodiversity in 2024
In 2024, AFD Group reached a new milestone to align 100% of its operations with the goals of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework – just as it did with the Paris Agreement in 2017. With...
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AFD and reducing inequalities
One of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the 2030 Agenda is reducing inequalities (SDG 10). A particular emphasis on reducing inequalities and promoting the inclusion of disadvantaged gro...
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AFD and reducing inequalities
One of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the 2030 Agenda is reducing inequalities (SDG 10). A particular emphasis on reducing inequalities and promoting the inclusion of disadvantaged gro...
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Final evaluation of the reinforcement of the transmission network project in Ethiopia (CET1047)
The project should contribute towards achievement of three overall objectives: - Enable an industrial development through the electricity supply to the industrial areas in South Addis Ababa. - Allo...
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Energy-efficient housing for Armenians
In Armenia, living conditions are severely challenged by poorly insulated homes, harsh winters, and often insufficient purchasing power. To address this situation, the French Development Agency (AFD)...
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Africa’s mining potential: Current landscape, opportunities, and challenges
Mining activity sparks both fantasies and, at times, criticism, particularly among funders and traditional international cooperation actors. By its very nature, any extractive activity is unsustainabl...
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