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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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EAA Foundation, AFD and Silatech Join Forces in $70 Million Collaboration for Global Impact on Education, Gree...
Education Above All (EAA) Foundation, in collaboration with Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and Silatech, announced a strategic partnership aimed at creating a significant impact on access to...
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AFD SUCCESSFULLY PRICES A NEW 4.500% USD 2 BILLION 5-YEAR SUSTAINABLE BENCHMARK DUE 05 MARCH 2029
On Tuesday, 27 February 2024, Agence Française de Développement (AFD), rated AA (S&P) / AA- (Fitch) successfully returned to the USD market a new 5-Year USD 2Bn sustainable bond issue.
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CENTRAL PROVINCES OF QUANG NAM AND QUANG TRI TO RECEIVE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM THE EU AND FRANCE TOWARDS TACKL...
The financing agreements of two climate change adaptation projects in the central provinces of Quang Nam and Quang Tri respectively were officially handed over today from the Vietnamese Ministry of Fi...
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PH, EU launch disaster risk reduction and management program to enhance LGUs readiness capacities
The Department of Finance (DOF), the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), the European Union (EU) and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Group launched a disaster risk redu...
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Who controls critical minerals in a fragmented world — and what is left for developing countries?
The energy transition is opening new development opportunities, driven by the growing demand for green technologies. Yet developing countries often remain confined to the role of raw-material supplier...
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Sylvain BELLEFONTAINE
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Country Risk Economist
Development economics, country risk analysis, macroeconomics, public policies, financial sector, climate risks
Economist Sylvain Bellefontaine is responsible for monitoring the international economy and serves as the point of contact for climate risks. He focuses in particular on China, Türkiye, Mexico, and Ni...
Jean-René CUZON
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Project Team Leader in the Agriculture, Rural Development and Biodiversity Division (ARB)
Food security, Agroecology, Agricultural policy
Civil society organizations
AFD and civil society organizations (CSOs) work together to help the latter contribute better to implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The partnership between AFD and CSOs has develop...
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AFD Unveils New SDG Bond Framework
This new SDG Bond Framework represents for AFD a decisive step in order to take into account the targets of the UN 2030 Agenda within the projects it finances and through the dialogue with its counter...
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“Together in Solidarity”: Burmese Migrants try to cope with Covid-19
Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, life has become even harder for many migrants. Not least in Southeast Asia, where people fleeing Myanmar have found a less than a warm welcome in neighbori...
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AFD in Madagascar: Reversing unsustainable urban development
In Madagascar, unchecked urban growth has generated a host of social problems, from sub-standard housing to inadequate sanitation systems. But three programs funded by AFD are providing real results,...
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Finance in Common Summit: "A Coalition of Public Development Banks to Refocus the Financial System"
Agence Française de Développement will host the first ever global summit of public development banks, from 9 to 12 November. Audrey Rojkoff, Secretary-General of the summit and AFD’s Deputy Director o...
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A Sustainable Future for African Cities
As part of the Paris Peace Forum and the Finance in Common Summit being held in early November, Agence Française de Développement (AFD) will present the program of the Covenant of Mayors in Sub-Sahara...
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