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How to curb deforestation on the Amazon frontier?
Deforestation in the Amazon advances through a frontierexpansion dynamic marked by speculation, land conquest, and the rapid conversion of land. These dynamics often come with conflict and exclusion,...
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Sri Lanka: After the storm, a promising economic recovery
An island nation in the Indian Ocean, since 2019, Sri Lanka has been experiencing the most severe economic crisis in its post-independence history. The country was for a long time held up as an exampl...
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Infographic – Our activity in favor of nature and biodiversity in 2023
Protecting biodiversity is central to all of AFD Group’s actions and is a major priority, as is the fight against climate change. To halt its decline and protect ecosystems, AFD supports the restorati...
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Water, Health, Education, Economy: Tangible Results in Lebanon
On the occasion of its 25th anniversary in Lebanon, AFD celebrates a partnership built on trust and solidarity between France and Lebanon.
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Blue Carbon Facility: financing the protection and restoration of marine ecosystems
The Blue Carbon Facility is a program that supports the protection of "blue" carbon (the carbon captured and stored by coastal and marine ecosystems) through pilot projects focused on strengthening kn...
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Urban Development & Support for Local Authorities - 2024 Activity report
In 2030, 60% of the world’s population will live in cities. The consequences of this rapid urbanization are social (growth of precarious settlements, increased risks of social fragmentation and povert...
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Infographic - Urban Development and Support for Local Authorities in 2024
AFD helps cities cope with this urban growth and its impacts by supporting their low-carbon transitions and adaptation to climate change. In 2024, AFD Group committed a total of nearly €3 billion t...
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Skills ecosystem mapping of MSMEs located within the Nkangala District Municipality
This paper examines the skills ecosystem for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Nkangala District Municipality (NDM), Mpumalanga—a coal-dependent region central to South Africa’s Just Ener...
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The Impact of the Green Transition on Jobs in South Africa
One of the key issues in policy discussions over addressing climate concerns the ways in which countries need to and can balance the combating of climate change with job creation and economic developm...
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Peace & Resilience Instrument Minka - 2024 Activity report
The worldwide proliferation of crises and the return of war on Europe’s doorstep threaten peace and security for all. France has set out crisis prevention and management as a priority in its Internati...
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TechTalks: “Unseen and Unheard: How Technology Facilitates Gender-Based Violence and What We Can Do About It”
From harassment to sexual exploitation and forced prostitution, including doxxing (the malicious publication of personal information) and deepfakes (AI-manipulated pornographic imagery), gender-based...
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The SDGs are 10 years old: what progress has been made since 2015?
The ambition of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their 169 targets, adopted by the United Nations in 2015, is to provide responses to the main global challenges by 2030: poverty, inequa...
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Activity Report 2025
At the Presidential Council for International Partnerships (CPPI) convened on April 4, 2025, development policy was reaffirmed as a cornerstone of France’s international engagement, alongside diplomac...
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Data Analytics for a Just Transition. Distributional Impacts of Environmental Policies (Indonesia)
Indonesia’s commitment to the Paris Agreement has placed carbon pricing through taxes and emissions trading at the center of its climate policy. These instruments are designed to reduce greenhouse gas...
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New York Climate Week: AFD joins GeCCo to transform access to electric cooking
Agence française de développement (AFD) announced at the New York Climate Week its membership in the Global eCooking Coalition (GeCCo), an international alliance launched at COP28 to make electric coo...
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80 years of the UN: AFD and the 'discreet certainty' of our partnership
Founded in 1945, four years after Agence Française de Développement (AFD), then known as the "Caisse Centrale de la France Libre", the United Nations shares with AFD a rich history in support of susta...
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Infographic – Our Studies and Research Activity in 2023
Climate change, biodiversity protection, preservation of social cohesion, global crises… The studies and research conducted by AFD - through a multidisciplinary approach, in close collaboration with...
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Sovereign Credit Ratings in Developing Countries-Regional Biases and Subjectivity Factors
Sovereign credit ratings play a critical role in the international financial system and have a tangible impact on countries’ fiscal, economic, and development trajectories. Nevertheless, the activity...
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Disclosure Statement - Operating Principles for Impact Management
The Impact Principles set inspiring goals to reach for all responsible finance investors eager to promote business in common. They provide standards and guidelines for an analytical and systemic appro...
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Verifier Statement - Operating Principles for Impact Management
As a signatory to the Operating Principles for Impact Management, AFD is required to publish an annual Disclosure Statement describing how its impact management system is aligned with each of the 9 Pr...
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