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Mobilizing strong sustainability indicators to achieve global durability goals
While the GBF and the SDGs pursue a vision of maintaining natural capital at a level that allows for sustainable socio- economic development, their monitoring systems do not use strong sustainability...
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ECOPRONAT – Research to promote the development of a pro-nature economy
In a context of accelerated biodiversity loss, the research program for a pro-nature economy (ECOPRONAT) supported research on how to improve the integration of biodiversity in key economic sectors.
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Replay: Comparative Study of Biodiversity Metrics for Public Development Banks: Challenges and Opportunities
This webinar is part of the 'Research Conversations' webinar series.
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Our network in the Orient
AFD and the Orient: supporting transitions across the continent.
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Meeting between the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (PNG), the Hon. James Marape, and the new Chief Executi...
On the occasion of his working visit to France from 19 to 21 May at the invitation of the President of the French Republic, the Hon. James Marape, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea and his delegation...
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Public-Community Care Partnerships: Fostering the Commons of Care in Colombia
To what extent do partnerships between public actors and commons actors improve access to care? To answer this question, this action-research project examines Public-Community Care Partnerships (PCCPs...
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Christophe LECOURTIER
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Chief Executive Officer – Agence Française de Développement Group (AFD Group)
Our economic model
AFD is first and foremost a public bank, and finances itself mainly by borrowing on the markets, made possible by the financial stability of its sole shareholder: the French State.
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How AFD is helping protect mangroves around the world
On the International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem, on 26 July 2026, we look back at AFD Group’s strategy to protect mangroves and other blue carbon ecosystems. As the climate cri...
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France and Kosovo strengthen their partnership
Prishtina, 27 July 2026 – On the occasion of the first visit of the French Minister Delegate for European Affairs, Benjamin Haddad, to Kosovo, the French Development Agency (AFD) and the Government of...
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Agence Française de Développement Chief Executive Officer rounds out executive leadership team
Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Group announces the appointments of Laurence Breton-Moyet, Quiterie Pincent, and Mathieu Vasseur to its Executive Committee. Christophe Lecourtier, Chief Execut...
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Sophie DERUDDER
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Acting Executive Director of Campus AFD
Sophie Derudder is a graduate of Telecom SudParis (2005) and holds a master’s degree in public management jointly awarded by ENA and Université Paris-Dauphine (2011). From 2005 to 2008, she worked as...
Véronique VOULAND-ANEINI
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Acting Executive Director for Geographies - Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
Véronique Vouland-Aneini was appointed acting Executive Director of the Geographic Department in November 2025. This department is responsible for overseeing project management, steering the business...
Luca TAUSCH
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Economist-Modeler
Development and structuralist macroeconomics, input-output modeling, ecological economics.
Luca Tausch is a PhD candidate in Development Economics at Université Paris Nanterre and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD). His research focuses on Ecological Structuralism, in particul...
Adama MARIKO
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Secretary General - Finance in Common , Acting Executive Director of the Directorate for Mobilisation, Partnerships and Communication, AFD
AFD grants a loan to Montenegro’s Transmission System Operator CGES to support grid modernization and energy t...
Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and Crnogorski elektroprenosni sistem (CGES), Montenegro’s electricity transmission system operator, signed today a €25 million sovereign-guaranteed loan to mod...
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AFD Group offer: Energy
Triple renewable energies, double energy efficiency, and reduce fossil fuel demand by 25% by 2030: this is what needs to happen if we are to keep global warming at +1.5 °C. AFD Group is actively invo...
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Beyond "dichotomania"
The invention of the categories of “developed” and “developing” in the mid-20th century created a representation of the world whose impact has been nothing short of extraordinary. So much so that this...
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Extreme heat events in Vietnam must be studied more extensively to develop efficient adaptation policies.
Climate change drives increased extreme heat events worldwide and Vietnam is no exception to this. Exposure to very high temperatures can have serious consequences on health and work capacity, which c...
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Cuba: a succession of economic and financial crises amid the weakening of the Cuban model
Cuba’s economic model, characterized by low productivity and a lack of diversification, is no longer sustainable. The country is facing an economic, social, and energy crisis that rivals the aftermath...
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