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Reconciliation through Social Entrepreneurship in the Western Balkans

The RISE consortium aims to make social engagement of young people a central focus of reconciliation efforts in the Western Balkans. Predominantly funded by the Agence Française de Développement, RISE...

Researching Inequalities: the Results

The Research Facility on Inequalities, led by AFD and supported by the European Commission since 2017, is coming to an end. The initiative produced 23 research projects and 150 publications, involving...

Djibouti

AFD Group has been present in Djibouti since 1974 and deploys a range of financing instruments to support urban development, human capital strengthening and economic activity. Our aim is to support th...

“Greater Inclusion of Women Develops Society as a Whole” - Mar Merita Blat

Respecting and reinforcing women’s economic and social rights; raising awareness of the right to sexual and reproductive health; and the right to have control over one’s own body more generally – thes...

Improving Access to Energy in Africa with Digital Innovation

Half of the households in Sub-Saharan Africa lack access to electricity. One answer may lie in energy innovations. The Digital Energy Facility promotes digital innovation by start-ups and operators in...

Restoring Dignity to Victims of Sexual Violence in the Central African Republic

The violence caused by ongoing fighting across the Central African Republic affects women disproportionately. They have suffered widespread sexual violence and displacement. A coalition of lawyers, ca...

AFD’s Atlas of Africa: Viewing the Continent from a New Angle

More than 100 new maps and graphs bring to life an unprecedented amount of data in the form of a 128-page “Atlas of Africa.” It breaks down crucial development issues facing the continent today, inclu...

AFD in Action to Protect the Amazon

Amazon deforestation continues at record levels. Massive fires have ravaged the world’s largest rainforest. This constitutes a catastrophe in what is home to more than 50% of the world's biodiversity...

Cuba: Concrete Action Against Covid-19

Agence Française de Développement (AFD) is mobilizing €5.3 million to help the Cuban Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) tackle the Covid-19 pandemic. In practical terms, that has helped provide 76 ven...

Reconciling Energy Transition and Economic Development in Cambodia: The 2050 Facility Mobilized

To meet the demands of a growing population while ensuring its development is sustainable: these are Cambodia’s twin goals under the Paris Agreement. The Ministry of Economy and Finance signed a Memo...

Live from the Trading Floor: How is AFD Financed?

As both a development bank and a public institution, AFD allocates grants and loans. The trading floor plays a key and increasingly important role in financing these operations, via international mark...

Reconciling energy transition and economic development in Cambodia: the 2050 Facility mobilized

In order to meet the objectives it has set itself under the Paris Agreement, Cambodia wishes to develop a sustainable energy development trajectory, while meeting growing demand. To support it, a Memo...

Using Aquaculture to Shore up Food Security

To cope with the economic consequences of Covid-19 in Cambodia, the CaPFish-Aqua project is supporting the aquaculture sector to shore up food security and diversify household economic activities in r...

Public Procurement Reform: "Part of the Solution to Lebanon's Structural Problems"

Michel Samaha, economist and manager of the Governance and Reforms portfolio at AFD’s office in Beirut, tells us about the public procurement reform process in Lebanon and the role of Agence Française...

Six Things to Know about Public Development Banks

Though little known, public development banks play an essential role in the global economy. With trillions of dollars in assets, they could be all the more consequential in the face of the continuing...

Increase of AFD 2020 funding plan

France's partnership with ASEAN: AFD is Fully Mobilized

France became a development partner with ASEAN on September 9. The partnership will have a profound impact on AFD’s actions in Southeast Asia, and bodes well for future economic and development prospe...

Making Industrial Development Sustainable: "Private Sector & Development"

The industrial sector is often said to be essential to economic development, but it is also a source of much controversy (environmental impact, labor law compliance, creation of decent jobs and other...

Indonesia: On Course for Sustainable Ocean Management

The visit to Indonesia by the French Minister of the Sea, Annick Girardin, has highlighted not only the progress of projects financed by AFD, but also the importance of promoting sustainable managemen...

Franco-Turkish Forest Protection: a Photo Exhibition

A photo exhibition shows the ten-year cooperation between Turkish and French actors for sustainable forest management.