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[Feature] Protecting Our Oceans
The oceans cover 71% of the Earth’s surface, hold 97% of its water, and play an essential role in protecting biodiversity, regulating the climate, providing resources, and producing oxygen. However, t...
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AFD Intervenes to Tackle the Food Crisis
The consequences of the global food crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic are being compounded by the war in Ukraine, a major international supplier of food commodities. Coupled with the chronic drou...
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Rugby, Playing a Key Role in Sustainability and Social Cohesion
France is hosting the Rugby League World Cup from September 8 to October 23. It's a chance to highlight sports' role as a catalyst for social change, particularly for young people. This is why AFD Gro...
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Islands and Coastal Cities Faced with Climate Change : Increasing the Resilience of Island Communities
Climate change is currently having a major impact on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Caribbean and Indian Ocean. Rising sea levels and increasingly frequent and intense hydro-meteorologic...
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Pooling Resources Across European Financial Institutions
A network of European bilateral banks and financial institutions that work with public sector partners across the Global South is setting up an innovative finance platform to support a more efficient...
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Jean-Marc Châtaignier: "With Team Europe, We've Entered a New Dimension of Exchange"
To coincide with the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, from January 1 to June 30, 2022, AFD Group is publishing an interview each month with an EU specialist in development issue...
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World Urban Forum: Sustainable Models for Future Cities
The World Urban Forum organized by UN-Habitat, the United Nations Human Settlements Program, is being held in Katowice, Poland, from 26 to 30 June. Audrey Guiral-Naepels, Deputy Director of the Urban...
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RISE, Social Entrepreneurship Project Enters its Second Phase
RISE (Regional Incubator for Social Entrepreneurs) is a unique project for young entrepreneurs from Western Balkans. After a successful first phase, AFD is financing the second part, which seeks to st...
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AFD Commits to Better Inclusion of LGBT+ People
AFD Group has signed an LGBT+ commitment charter, continuing its efforts to combat inequality. The aim of this charter is to improve the inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) peop...
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UN Ocean Conference: The Promise of Blue Carbon
The carbon stored by marine and coastal ecosystems, called blue carbon, is one of the overarching themes of the 2022 UN Ocean Conference (2022 UNOC) organized in Lisbon from 27 June to 1 July. AFD is...
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AFD and Fondation de France to Support Refugees from Ukraine in Moldova
In the face of ongoing challenges posed by the arrival of large numbers of refugees from Ukraine, a joint project of Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and Fondation de France aims to strengthen...
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Strengthening Serbia's Water Supply Network
The Serbian hydraulic network will shortly undergo the modernization and extension of its existing infrastructure - supported by AFD. In June 2022, Srbijavode was granted 250 000 euros from AFD to con...
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[VIDEO]: Developing Countries' Daunting Debt-Climate Dilemma
Many countries are caught in a spiral of climate disasters, reconstruction costs and the impossibility of investing in the climate in the long term. A new AFD tool makes it possible to measure the dua...
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7 Development Highlights of 2023
From the management of natural disasters to climate and biodiversity protection and the reform of financial systems in vulnerable countries, AFD Group provided vital support across the globe in 2023....
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Looking Back on 2023 and Reflecting on What Development Means
From war and the worldwide difficulties to which it has given rise, to tensions between the global north and south, 2023 has been a dramatic year. What are some of the highlights, and what can we expe...
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Fighting for Female Farmers in West Africa
In Côte d’Ivoire, two-thirds of rural women work in agriculture, but as many as 75% of them live below the poverty line. They also face physical and other forms of violence. For the past three years,...
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"Atlas" of Latin America and the Caribbean: 17 Sustainable Development Initiatives
Latin America is considered a champion of sustainable development, with pioneering initiatives that have been replicated not only across the region, but around the world. Some of the most innovative p...
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Increasing Access to Essential Services in Burundi
An estimated 15% of Burundi’s population is food insecure and many lack reliable access to essential services. AFD is backing the improvement of services in a variety of sectors, from health and educa...
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Soccer: A Playmaker in Africa's Development
A new collection of wide-ranging analyses of Africa’s economies and social issues is out now. In the 2024 edition of L’Économie Africaine (“African Economies”), one chapter is even devoted to soccer,...
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Pakistan: Harnessing Hydropower to make Energy Sustainable
Faced with growing demand for energy and a reliance on imported fossil fuels, Pakistan is beginning to tap its immense hydropower potential. In the approach to the International Day of Renewable Energ...
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