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Studies and Research - 2022 Activity Report
We have now entered the 'age of consequences': long, slow-moving crises such as climate change, whose effects are accelerating, and the major health, economic, and geopolitical shocks that may ensue a...
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Education, Training, Employment - 2022 Activity Report
The Covid-19 crisis has had a major effect on the education sector and jeopardizes the advances made in school enrollment, especially of girls, as well as skills development for young people entering...
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AFD Group - 2022 Results
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...
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India: CITIIS Transforms Cities
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...
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Kenya: a maternity ward for Lumumba hospital
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 mat...
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AFD and Azerbaijan
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 th...
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Infographic - Our Sport & Development Commitments 2012-2022
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 incorpora...
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Infographic - Our Education, Training, Employment Commitments in 2022
AFD works to ensure access to quality education for all, especially for girls, from primary school to higher education, and from vocational training to employment. It also finances projects to build a...
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Digital freedoms in French-speaking African countries
As digital penetration increases in countries across the African continent, its citizens face growing risks and challenges. Indeed, beyond facilitated access to knowledge such as the online encycloped...
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Sustainable cities: living better while caring for the environment
AFD promotes and supports the development of sustainable cities. These cities are open to everyone, men and women; they are safe, efficient, and resilient. They ensure equitable access to essential se...
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Bibliometric analysis of literature combining gender and the commons
This research is based on a bibliometric analysis of the academic literature linking the gender perspective with that of the commons. The idea is not to report on all the theoretical and empirical con...
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The Commons - An Overview in Swahili
An overview in Swahili of the publication " The Commons- Drivers of Change and Opportunities for Africa"
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Can Colombia cope with a Global Low Carbon transition?
This paper aims to understand the long-term consequences for the Colombian economy of a global low-carbon transition. The paper proposes an empirical Stock-Flow Consistent model for Colombia, encompas...
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Climate Change, Loss of Agricultural Output and the Macro-Economy: The Case of Tunisia
Using an empirical, multi-sectoral, open economy, Stock-Flow Consistent model, this paper assesses the long-term consequences of a sustained climate-induced decline in agricultural production for the...
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Vulnerability of Ghana’s Coast to Relative Sea-level Rise: A Scoping Review
Coastal areas are regions of essential value that are home to a myriad of services. However, population growth and climate change along with their cascading impacts have had profound impacts on their...
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A scoping study on coastal vulnerability to relative sealevel rise in the Gulf of Guinea
The Gulf of Guinea's low-lying soft coastline is highly vulnerable to coastal erosion and relative sea-level rise (rSLR). Large capital cities and core economic activities are concentrated along the c...
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A scoping review of the vulnerability of Nigeria's coastland to sea-level rise and the contribution of land su...
Nigeria’s low-lying coastal region, with its various economic activities, is vulnerable to global sea-level rise triggered by climate change. In some areas, this threat can be amplified by land subsid...
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AFD Group’s 2022 Results : The Essentials
For its first year of existence in an expanded format, the AFD Group has met its objectives in 2022. With Proparco, its subsidiary dedicated to the private sector, and now Expertise France, France's i...
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Inequality Mapping: A Research Facility to Better Understand Inequalities
This report presents the findings of the project “Mapping of inequalities reducing initiatives” among European countries, conducted at the initiative of the EU-AFD Research Facility on Inequalities (I...
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How does AFD work with CSOs?
Over the past fifteen years, AFD has considerably broadened its methods of collaboration with CSOs, both in terms of financing projects and activities and in terms of producing knowledge or mobilizing...
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