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Infographic – Our Activity to Support Civil Society Organizations in 2022
In 2022, civil society organizations once again mobilized to address the needs of people in many fields of action. With 465 million euros and nearly 300 CSOs assisted in 2022, AFD Group reinforced...
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Corporate Social Responsibility & Activity Report 2023
AFD Group presents a “100% SDG” corporate social responsibility and activity report. The 2023 edition concretely reflects the alignment of the Group’s activities with the Sustainable Development Goals...
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Cultural and Creative Industries – 2022 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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Preliminary comparative analysis of biodiversity measurement approaches for public development banks
This report is extracted from a study to prepare a comparative analysis of six biodiversity metrics submitted to Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and De...
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Infographic- Our Activity in Support of the Cultural and Creative Industries in 2022
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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Infographic – Our Activity in Favor of Gender Equality in 2022
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 gend...
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Counter-cyclical Responses: How Development Banks helped the Covid-19 Recovery, and Lessons for the Future
The objective of this paper is to shed light on the crucial and varied counter-cyclical roles played by development banks across the globe during the COVID-19 pandemic, and lessons learned for future...
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Health and Social Protection - 2022 Activity Report
Two years after the outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic, the health emergency and the priorities to which it has given rise, have gradually given way to structural challenges faced by health and social...
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Nature and Biodiversity – 2022 Activity Report
In 2022, the 196 members of the Convention on Biological Diversity adopted the new Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) at COP15 biodiversity. This ambitious agreement sets clear goals...
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Getting from Good Intentions to Effective Action: A Proposal for a Just Transition Partnering Implementation M...
The paper calls for implementation plans arising from the just transition framework in South Africa to be based on an explicit collaborative and adaptive approach and proposes a Partnering Implementat...
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Uganda: inventing the cities of tomorrow at school
In both Uganda and France, cities encounter similar challenges, including pollution and a scarcity of green spaces. To foster innovative urban planning for the future, students from a school in Kampal...
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Interventions in Contexts of Armed Conflict
Recent experience shows that development projects must avoid various pitfalls when working to stabilize conflict zones. Mediation, reintegration, and negotiation projects must not neglect political mo...
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Climate Change Education from the Perspective of Social Norms. A Systematic Review
One of the most challenging problems of society today is climate change. Faced with this problem, people must change the way they behave to mitigate the effects of climate change and adapt to them. Su...
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How are public development banks operationalizing the Sustainable Development Goals?
Financial institutions, especially public development banks (PDBs), have developed a range of frameworks and tools to operationalize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). But what are the strength...
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Worldwide effects of climate change education on the cognitions, attitudes, and behaviors of schoolchildren an...
Climate change is a pressing global issue, and educating young generations about its causes, consequences, and potential solutions is crucial for fostering sustainable practices; mitigating and adapti...
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Financing without doing harm: for virtuous mechanisms to support african social science research
African research has scarcely begun to emerge at international level: Africa’s overall share in global publications stands at about 3.5%, and the social sciences represent a tiny fraction of this figu...
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Climate change education effects on worldwide schoolchildren and their entourage
This systematic review explores the effects of climate change education (CCE) on the knowledge, attitude and behavior of schoolchildren and their surrounding communities worldwide.
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Climate Change Education from the Perspective of Social Norms
This study reviews the interplay between climate change education (CCE) and social norms among children, adolescents and young adults around the globe. The reviewed articles focus on scientific studie...
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Promoting Green and Inclusive Growth in Pakistan
AFD has been present in Pakistan since 2006. Its mission in the South Asia nation is threefold: to support green energy development, assist in water and sanitation infrastructure and guide better urba...
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The contribution of economic analysis to the design of sustainable irrigation projects
Irrigation projects can take a variety of forms, but they often require substantial investment and bring together stakeholders with differing resources and interests in the shared management of water....
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