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Health and Social Protection: Our contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals
The Covid-19 crisis has cast into sharp relief the need to increase investment in more resilient health and social protection systems in the face of current and future crises - whether they concern he...
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2 Projects to Lower Poverty and Inequality in Rwanda
As part of the effort to combat poverty and inequality in Rwanda, two new projects were recently signed and launched: one to improve conditions in Kigali's informal settlements and the other to improv...
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4 Projects where Partnering with NGOs Improves Access to Healthcare
In pursuing “Health for All”, the theme of World Health Day 2023, NGOs are actively engaged in the field to enhance access to health care. Here is a selection of four projects sponsored by AFD Group.
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Reinventing the “Venice of Africa”
In the south of Benin, in the lake village of Ganvié, buildings are perched on stilts, and traffic consists not of cars, but canoes. Yet the the picturesque site known as the “Venice of Africa" is bei...
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Can Art be a Vehicle for Development? The Answer lies in 3 Projects
The arts play an increasingly important role in development, a strategy that AFD has been involved in since 2018. AFD backs a range of projects, involving music, dance and other disciplines in an effo...
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Overhauling Bangladesh’s Factories, 10 Years on from the Rana Plaza Disaster
The collapse of a factory complex in Bangladesh ten years ago, which killed more than 1100 people, was a stark reminder of the deadly conditions in which factory workers produced name-brand clothing f...
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Tanzania: Zanzibar’s New State of the Art Health Clinic
A new health “polyclinic” will provide Zanzibar's one million residents with access to a wide range of health services, from disease detection and health emergencies to enhanced dental care. The Aga K...
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AFD and Reporters without Borders: Defending Journalists…and Journalism
At a time when the right to publish, write and speak freely are being repeatedly attacked, World Press Freedom Day on May 3, is an opportunity to take stock of initiatives aimed at protecting journali...
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Choose Africa 2: Ramping up Support for African Entrepreneurs
The Choose Africa initiative has been so successful in supporting African companies and entrepreneurs that it has led to a sequel. In line with France’s commitment to renew its relations with African...
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Team Europe signs a strategic agreement to address climate challenges in Punjab
ISLAMABAD, December 13, 2023: As a part of the Team Europe Initiative 'Building Back Better through Green Jobs Creation,' combining support from the European Union (EU), Germany, France and Italy, the...
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Granting FASEP Funding for the Renovation of the Long Bien Bridge
On 16th November, 2023, France made the decision to grant the People's Committee of Hanoi a donation of over 700,000 EUR to fund a feasibility study for the renovation of the Long Bien Bridge. This ic...
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A new landmark Partnership for Sustainable Development in North Macedonia: French Development Agency (AFD) pro...
Agence française de développement (AFD) joins forces with the Development Bank of North Macedonia (DBNM) to scale-up sustainable finance in the country – €50 million credit line agreement signed on De...
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Agence Française de Développement successfully priced a new 3.000% €2 billion benchmark due 17th January 2034
On Wednesday 10th January, Agence Française de Développement (AFD), rated AA /AA- (S&P / Fitch), issued its first benchmark of the year, a €2 billion 10-year benchmark due on the 17th January 2034 whi...
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Strategic Partnership: AFD and TICA sign a historic amendment for enhanced cooperation in Thailand
AFD Group and the Thailand International Cooperation Agency (TICA) have reached a significant milestone by signing an amendment authorizing Expertise France to operate in Thailand.
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AFD AND KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA DOUBLE THEIR COOPERATION
The Ministry of Economy and Finance of the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) signed three financing agreements in the fields of drinking water, energy, and vocational...
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AGENCE FRANÇAISE DE DÉVELOPPEMENT SUCCESSFULLY PRICED A NEW 4.125% £350 MILLION BENCHMARK DUE 22ND JULY 2027
On Monday 15th January, Agence Française de Développement (AFD), rated AA /AA- (S&P / Fitch), issued its first GBP benchmark of the year, a £350 million 3.5-year fixed rate benchmark due on the 22nd J...
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AFD and UNICEF sign a new partnership to support education for children
To mark the International Day of Education, the Minister of Education and Higher Education visits Uruguay Public School with a delegation from the Agence Française de Développement and UNICEF.
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AFD’s 2024 Funding Program
AFD’s Board of Directors approved the 2024 funding program on January 25, setting the target at €9 billion.
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Publication of a research paper on the stimulus effects of the South African PYEI-BEEI programme
New research shows that the largest component of South Africa’s Presidential Employment Stimulus (PES) programme is beneficial to economic growth as it also has an indirect positive effect on non-prog...
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Linking finance, business and biodiversity in Thailand : the fruitfull bet of FIN4BIO !
The Agence Française de Développement (AFD Group) and the Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning (ONEP), in collaboration with Thailand Environment Institute (TEI), Blue Ren...
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