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Moving Towards Sustainable Construction in Türkiye
Intensifying demand for housing from growing populations is putting pressure on land and energy sources, particularly in Türkiye. On the eve of Earth Day on 22 April, we take a look at AFD's support f...
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Backing the Modernization of Serbia’s Railways
The modernization program of Serbia’s railway sector supported by AFD and the World Bank will strengthen Serbia’s integration within European railway ecosystem and improve the service quality for pass...
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Tackling Climate-Related Financial Risk Across the Caribbean
Officials across the Caribbean are studying matters of financial risk resulting from climate change, as part of an effort to mitigate the far-reaching impacts climatic events likely to affect the enti...
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Climate Change: 5 Actions to Turn the Tide in the next 3 Years
On the heels of Earth Day, one scientific observation gives new hope: according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, it is still possible to limit global warming to 1.5 °C – provided we r...
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Ukrainian War Worsens African Food Crisis
Numerous African communities dependent on agricultural imports are vulnerable to the consequences of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. Both countries are major exporters of grains and important foodstuf...
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Meeting the Urgent Need for Jobs in Gaza
Gaza is mired in crisis, with poverty and unemployment rates having soared to record levels. But efforts are being made to put a dent in unemployment, particularly among young Palestinians. One projec...
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The Kiwa Initiative: Call for Ideas 2021 Now Open for Regional Projects
The Kiwa Initiative aims to strengthen the climate change resilience of Pacific Island ecosystems, communities and economies through Nature-Based Solutions (NBS). Launched by AFD in 2020, the initiati...
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The Philippines and France to Focus their Development Cooperation on Climate Action
On 18 March 2021, the eighth bilateral consultations between the government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) were held online. They aimed in particular to discu...
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Digital Africa: Seed Funds for Start-ups
As part of its "shared innovation" series, AFD highlights innovative programs that have been created, developed or encouraged in its partner countries. Six partners with expertise in supporting inn...
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Innovating for the Climate and Biodiversity: 5th Edition of the AFD Digital Challenge
The AFD Digital Challenge starts today. For its fifth edition, the competition is devoted to startups and digital innovations that promote climate protection and biodiversity in Africa. Applicants hav...
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Niger: Using Dialogue to restore the Land
The degradation of agricultural land, which has intensified in Niger in recent years, has become both a problem for the climate, and a social issue. In response, the RESILAC project proposes targeted...
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Release following the Digital Africa Board
Digital Africa announces today the nomination of Jean-Pierre Barral for AFD as President. He replaces Kizito Okechukwu, who held the position of acting President since June 2020.
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AFD’s 80th Anniversary: Making Development More Sustainable and More Pertinent – to More People
How did it all begin? To mark AFD’s 80th anniversary – which we'll celebrate in December 2021 – François Pacquement, History and Strategic Thinking Officer at AFD, takes a look back at the Group’s his...
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Sustainable Transport on Track in Peru
An initiative in Peru, in which old, public vehicles are being sent to the junkyard to make room for new, less polluting buses and vans, is getting a boost. AFD, KfW and the European Union are provid...
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Morocco: Equality and Gender Responsive Budgeting
How to implement gender-equitable public policies? In Morocco, an innovative approach – gender-responsive budgeting – is making issues of equality concrete and quantifiable.
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Improving the Effectiveness of our Operations through Evaluations
To mark the publication of the Africa edition of AFD’s evaluation report, Karen Rot-Münstermann, from the Independent Development Evaluation Department at the African Development Bank (AfDB), and Thom...
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2019-2020 evaluation report: focus on Africa
This second part of the 2019-2020 evaluation report, devoted to Africa, explains how evaluation helps better identify, share and probe the results of AFD's work on the continent.
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Innovative financing platform to enhance cooperation between European public development banks
AECID, AFD, CDP and KfW are announcing their ambition for the creation of a “Team Europe Finance Platform” with the purpose of further enhancing the efficient cooperation between the various actors of...
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Economic transition Strategy: "Centring the Economy on People and the Planet"
Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals also means transforming the economy. AFD Group’s Strategy for the economic and financial transition is supporting this change of approach. We speak to Emman...
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Summit on the Financing of African Economies: “The needs are enormous”
France is holding a summit on May 18 on the financing of African economies, most of which have suffered from the health crisis. In this interview, Cécile Valadier, AFD's Deputy Head of the Economic As...
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