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Colombia: A tool to facilitate dialogue on the energy transition
In a country heavily dependent on fossil fuels and committed to an ambitious energy transition, how can policymakers, regulators, financial actors, and civil society collectively explore the trade-off...
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From Research to Action – Critical Minerals in the Mid-Transition
Risks, Financing, and Partnerships for a Just European Strategy
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The energy crisis: public building efficiency is no longer optional
With recurring hydrocarbon crises, energy price volatility, supply tensions and pressure on public finances are worsening. In many countries, the energy crisis is no longer a distant prospect, but a d...
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Agro-Industry in French Guiana
In French Guiana, local industry struggles to meet the needs of the agricultural and agro-industrial sector, due to the small size of farms and a continuing lack of processing tools. The result: a sec...
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How AFD Ensures that its Financing Reaches the Final Beneficiaries
The projects financed by Agence Française de Développement are subject to ongoing attention. This involves a dialogue with its partners on almost a daily basis, supervision missions in the field, and...
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Middle Classes : A socioeconomic exploration of Ghana and Argentina
Public policies for the middle classes?
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When Research Informs Public Action: A Toolkit to Rethink Monitoring and Evaluation
This project developed a simple method to improve the monitoring and evaluation of initiatives that seek to inform public action through research. This method enables a better understanding of the act...
Research project
Mexico: integrating gender equality into climate action
From agriculture and energy jobs to financial services, Mexico has developed public policies that link the ecological transition with women’s rights, aiming to reduce inequalities and strengthen women...
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Western Balkans
Present in the Western Balkans since 2019, AFD's mandate is to support the convergence of countries in the region towards European Union standards and the implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement...
Regions and countries
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Can Artificial Intelligence Predict Future Epidemics? Data Sharing as a Key to Transforming Epidemiological Su...
As epidemic risks become increasingly global and health governance frameworks evolve, AI is opening new possibilities for anticipating crises — provided that a robust and secure international data-sha...
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PETTAL: transforming agroecology education
As part of the PETTAL project, supported by the Academia Partnerships Africa-France program, the University of Sine Saloum El-Hâdj Ibrahima Niass (USSEIN) in Senegal and the Institut Agro Montpellier...
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The "Academia Partnerships Africa-France" (PeA) program
The aim of the “Academia Partnerships Africa-France” (PeA) program is to forge long-term academia partnerships based on mutually beneficial relationships, knowledge- and experience-sharing, mobility i...
Editorial page
France and Kenya sign landmark agreements worth €170 million during Africa Forward Summit
Nairobi, 15 May 2026 – On the sidelines of the Africa Forward Summit held in Nairobi on 11 and 12 May, France, through Agence Française de Développement (AFD), signed five agreements with the Governme...
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Analyzing the employment effects of the “green economy” transition in South Africa
Extreme weather events resulting from the effects of climate change coupled with a global call for countries to reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions imply that the transition to a “green” econo...
Research project
GEMMES Morocco: analyzing the impacts of different climate scenarios on Moroccan agriculture
Due to climate change, the agricultural sector in Morocco is increasingly facing rising temperatures and dwindling water resources. As part of a long-standing collaboration with AFD, the GEMMES Morocc...
Research project
GEMMES Tunisia: Investigating the impact of hydric stress on agriculture, water cycle and the economy
The GEMMES Tunisia project examined the impact of climate change on Tunisian agriculture in particular, and the macroeconomic impact of these changes in general, as well as the benefits of various ada...
Research project
Biodiversity Degradation: 3 Risks for Finance
Damage done the environment has an impact beyond the natural world. It poses potential problems to financial institutions and consequently to individual savers and entire economies. Nature and financ...
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