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Modelling low-carbon transitions in Colombia: macrofinancial opportunities and risks
With over fifty percent of its total exports consisting of petroleum and coal, Colombia remains highly vulnerable to both global and domestic energy transitions. With the aim of fostering policy dialo...
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The Activity and Environmental and Social Responsibility report (RARES) 2024
In 2024, AFD Group's Activity and Environmental and Social Responsibility report (RARES) is being reinvented!
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JEFIC - AECID, AFD, BGK, CDP AND KFW TOGETHER IN TEAM EUROPE FOR SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION
JEFIC – Joint European Financiers for International Cooperation – is a network of European bilateral banks and financial institutions which collaborate with public sector partners in developing countr...
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Enhancing Environmental Sustainability Through the Environmental Sustainability Gap (ESGAP) Framework in Colom...
We encourage Colombian policymakers and stakeholders to leverage the detailed insights the Environmental Sustainability Gap (ESGAP) framework provides to refine and strengthen environmental policies....
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Does co-producing Climate Services with farmers lead to higher usability?
Climate Services for farmers are essential tools to assist decision-making. They help users to better understand weather risks, which are becoming increasingly hard for farmers to predict in the conte...
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FIN4BIO : The Book of good practices
As awareness of biodiversity preservation grows, the private sector's role in achieving a sustainable future becomes increasingly vital. Scientific evidence confirms that reaching net-zero emissions i...
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The 18th SDG? Democracy, Development and International Assistance
In 2015, the 193 Member States of the United Nations unanimously adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This agenda begins with a common vision describing the various characteristics of...
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Education, Training, Employment - 2023 Activity Report
Youth education and teacher training in developing countries is among the ten priority objectives of France’s international solidarity policy. It is also gearing up to adopt a new strategy for externa...
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MacroDev - Semestrial Panorama 2024 #2
2024 was supposed to be a year of rate cuts, ending with a question mark over the US elections which would reopen the scenarios for 2025… Yet, firstly, inflation is struggling to leave the stage and g...
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Cultural and Creative Industries – 2023 Activity Report
The United Nations 2030 Agenda recognizes culture as a transversal theme and tool of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Improved access to culture and greater participation in cultural life ind...
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Infographic- Our Activity in Support of the Cultural and Creative Industries in 2023
The cultural and creative industries help to strengthen social ties and advance development priorities such as education, gender equality, citizenship and governance. Culture is a common good, and AFD...
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Studies and Research - 2023 Activity Report
A systemic crisis – simultaneously environmental, geopolitical, democratic, economic, social, and societal – is causing upheaval in the dynamics of sustainable development. Development models have con...
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Financial Systems – 2023 Activity Report
Financial systems play a central role in development trajectories. When financial activities are disrupted by underlying weaknesses, crises can result, with devastating effects. Conversely, when the f...
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Health and social protection - Activity report 2024
Ecological, social, and geopolitical crises are increasingly interconnected on an international scale, illustrating the growing convergence of global issues. As a result, the path to sustainable devel...
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Infographic - Our commitments to health and social protection 2024
In 2024, the health and social protection sectors were at the heart of emerging countries’ priorities, reflecting their growing demand for inclusive and resilient systems, particularly in response to...
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AFD Group and Energy Transition Minerals
The energy transition relies on the deployment of low-carbon technologies (electric vehicles,renewable energies) that require substantial amounts of metals and minerals, including lithium, nickel, cob...
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Assessment of Future Droughts in Vietnam Using High-Resolution Downscaled CMIP6 Projections
This study investigates drought conditions in Vietnam and its seven sub-climatic regions using the Standardized Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI). SPEI was derived from daily, high-resolut...
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Europe & Central Asia: On the road to high income?
In Europe and Central Asia, ten countries that have reached high-income status since 1990 have joined the European Union. Another 20 in the region have become more prosperous but their transition to h...
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Appendix - Evaluations completed by AFD Group in 2023-2024
AFD Group conducts various types of evaluations, which may combine different methods and be carried out at different stages. In this appendix to AFD Group's 2025 Evaluation Report, you will find a lis...
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Colombia: Squaring energy transition and fiscal credibility to transform the economy
Despite a robust institutional framework and a broadly sound policy mix, Colombia’s economic model is running out of steam. For over a decade, since the end of the commodities supercycle,growth has be...
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