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Raising the Bar of Sustainable Finance: Cooperation Between Multi and National Banks
Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) and National Development Banks (NDBs) are already working to advance the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Colombia: Implementing structural reforms to address the great challenge of inequality
This project is part of the EU-AFD Extension of the Research Facility on Inequalities.
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AFD Tech-Talks - Internet Governance: How to effectively engage stakeholders on a global scale?
How to effectively involve stakeholders from all over the world in the Internet governance process to ensure that diversity and sustainability issues are taken into account?
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Green transition in developing countries - challenges and opportunities
Developing economies at the heart of the just transition.
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AFD Tech Talks - AI and linguistic diversity in Africa
How to integrate African languages into innovative solutions?
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Learn, Innovate, Share: Artificial Intelligence fostering the 2030 Agenda
Using new technologies to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
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Middle Classes : A socioeconomic exploration of Ghana and Argentina
Public policies for the middle classes?
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Nature-related risks in South Africa
What method to assess socioeconomic, financial and spatially explicit nature related risks in South Africa?
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Nature at the heart of AFD Group’s work in the Caribbean
This year's "Weeks in Latin America and the Caribbean" beginning on 5 May, will showcase artistic and intellectual links with France, as well as the political, scientific and cultural initiatives unde...
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Balancing Conservation and Community Welfare: Enhancing the Management of Marine Protected Areas in Indonesia
Which policies and governance are needed to reduce poverty and inequality?
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Ghana: the dam for a renewable future
At the Kpong Dam, the infrastructure has been upgraded and automated to provide a greener and more stable energy supply for Ghana.
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Lebanon: A Veritable Lifeline
The social, economic, and political situation in Lebanon has plunged many residents into brutal impoverishment. In a country where mental health care is still taboo, the NGO Embrace has been providing...
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In Reunion, Solar Power is Crucial for Agriculture – and Social Reintegration
In the Indian Ocean, Reunion and its 860,000 inhabitants depend heavily on imports. But solar energy is part of an increasingly sustainable electricity supply. Since 2014, this French Overseas Departm...
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Cambodia: A Long Battle Against Gender Inequality
The celebration of AFD's 80th anniversary in Cambodia was an opportunity to examine how women’s rights and gender relations have evolved. It was also the chance to inaugurate the "Women's Voices" exhi...
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Senegal: Women Entrepreneurs in the Spotlight
In Senegal, 82% of the entrepreneurial base is made up of individual businesses. Fragile and informal, they often need room to grow in order to become viable. Financial support programs such as the Pa...
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Lebanon: Urgent Support Given to Crisis-Stricken Local Businesses
In the aftermath of the Port of Beirut explosions, supporting the network of small local businesses was deemed essential in a country experiencing recurrent political, economic and health crises. The...
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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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Lebanon: Rebuilding the Economy from the Ground Up
With crises multiplying in Lebanon, poverty has reached astronomical levels as the economy falters, and small and medium sized businesses struggle to survive. In the second-largest city, Tripoli, know...
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Rebuilding Lives after the Earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria: One Year On
In February 2023, earthquakes rocked Türkiye and Syria, killing more than 50,000 people. They were among the most devastating earthquakes to have struck the region in almost a century, turning cities...
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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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