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Emergency Support to Pacific Island Countries to Contain Covid-19 and Emerging Diseases
AFD is providing emergency funding to help 12 Pacific island countries and territories monitor and respond to the Covid-19 pandemic. The support will also boost the region’s ability to cope with other...
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AFD Digital Challenge: 10 Prizewinning Innovative Projects Promoting Sustainable Development
AFD's “Shared Innovation” series highlights innovative programs created or developed in our partner countries. Every year, the AFD Digital Challenge rewards ten innovative African start-ups that bu...
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The Activity and Environmental and Social Responsibility report (RARES) 2024
In 2024, AFD Group's Activity and Environmental and Social Responsibility report (RARES) is being reinvented!
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JEFIC - AECID, AFD, BGK, CDP AND KFW TOGETHER IN TEAM EUROPE FOR SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION
JEFIC – Joint European Financiers for International Cooperation – is a network of European bilateral banks and financial institutions which collaborate with public sector partners in developing countr...
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Enhancing Environmental Sustainability Through the Environmental Sustainability Gap (ESGAP) Framework in Colom...
We encourage Colombian policymakers and stakeholders to leverage the detailed insights the Environmental Sustainability Gap (ESGAP) framework provides to refine and strengthen environmental policies....
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Does co-producing Climate Services with farmers lead to higher usability?
Climate Services for farmers are essential tools to assist decision-making. They help users to better understand weather risks, which are becoming increasingly hard for farmers to predict in the conte...
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FIN4BIO : The Book of good practices
As awareness of biodiversity preservation grows, the private sector's role in achieving a sustainable future becomes increasingly vital. Scientific evidence confirms that reaching net-zero emissions i...
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The 18th SDG? Democracy, Development and International Assistance
In 2015, the 193 Member States of the United Nations unanimously adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This agenda begins with a common vision describing the various characteristics of...
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Education, Training, Employment - 2023 Activity Report
Youth education and teacher training in developing countries is among the ten priority objectives of France’s international solidarity policy. It is also gearing up to adopt a new strategy for externa...
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MacroDev - Semestrial Panorama 2024 #2
2024 was supposed to be a year of rate cuts, ending with a question mark over the US elections which would reopen the scenarios for 2025… Yet, firstly, inflation is struggling to leave the stage and g...
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Cultural and Creative Industries – 2023 Activity Report
The United Nations 2030 Agenda recognizes culture as a transversal theme and tool of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Improved access to culture and greater participation in cultural life ind...
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Infographic- Our Activity in Support of the Cultural and Creative Industries in 2023
The cultural and creative industries help to strengthen social ties and advance development priorities such as education, gender equality, citizenship and governance. Culture is a common good, and AFD...
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Studies and Research - 2023 Activity Report
A systemic crisis – simultaneously environmental, geopolitical, democratic, economic, social, and societal – is causing upheaval in the dynamics of sustainable development. Development models have con...
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Financial Systems – 2023 Activity Report
Financial systems play a central role in development trajectories. When financial activities are disrupted by underlying weaknesses, crises can result, with devastating effects. Conversely, when the f...
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Infographic – Our Activity to Support Financial Systems in 2023
Actors in the financial system play a key role in the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the fight against climate change. AFD Group’s action aims to help build inclusive, sus...
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Latin America
In Latin America, AFD focuses on projects which combat climate change and inequalities. It has committed 17 billion euros in the region since 2009. It is now the region’s leading bilateral donor.
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Vietnam: Protecting Bays and Biodiversity
The World Heritage-listed Ha Long Bay is one of Vietnam's iconic tourism sites. It is also home to considerable economic activity, which represents a significant threat to its conservation: the bay's...
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The AMAL Project: Bringing Hope through Jobs in Jordan
Jordan is gripped by high levels of unemployment, particularly among women. Only 14% of working-age women are economically active. Those who have not withdrawn from the labor force altogether face add...
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Tackling the Twin Challenges of Climate Change and Gender Inequality
They are two of the battles that have come to define our times. What is less well known about climate change and gender inequality though, is just how intertwined they are. From employment to property...
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Being a Champ in Kenya: Much more than Boxing
Self-defense, fitness, confidence, and more. Every week, girls from low-income areas in Nairobi head to the east side of the city to train with BoxGirls, Kenya. Some twenty women boxers take the girls...
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