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Gabon: Exploiting Forests without Destroying them
Whether roads, schools, markets, hospitals: any infrastructure construction in Gabon requires a certain amount of deforestation. The West African country cannot make economic and social progress witho...
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Preserving Africa’s Forests: Vigilance, Scientific Analysis and Regeneration
With the One Forest Summit being held in Libreville, Gabon, this week we dive into AFD Group's contribution to preserving Central Africa’s primary forests. The best logging techniques and scientific k...
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African Agriculture: Boosting Food Supply and Diversifying Diets
Development experts gathered at the International Agricultural Show in Paris to discuss the innovations and policies necessary – some of which are already underway – to help African countries improve...
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Lebanon's School Meals: Mothers and Students get a Second Chance
With Lebanon enduring a prolonged economic crisis, many young people are in dire straits and are finding it hard to continue to study. Now students’ mothers are rolling up their sleeves: having receiv...
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AFD: Championing Feminist Development - for Societal Advancement
With hard-won victories for women's rights being reversed and gender discrimination afflicting sectors ranging from education and employment to health and wealth, AFD has redoubled its efforts to move...
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Moldova: A Year of Action towards a Social and Economic Transition
AFD Group has accelerated its activity in Moldova to address the numerous crises affecting the country, notably the outbreak of war in neighboring Ukraine. But the long-term objective remains the same...
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Ethiopia: From humble farm boy to Successful Business Owner
Sometimes a few dollars invested at the right time can change a man’s life. Kebede Bejiga Geda has come a long way since he worked as a farm laborer. And thanks to an “Ethiopian Agricultural Transform...
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Water and Sanitation: Our Commitments in 2022, for a Continuing Impact in 2023
Despite ongoing pressure from a lingering pandemic, military conflict and economic crises, AFD is delivering on its commitment to providing clean water and sanitation. In 2022 alone, it mobilized €1.2...
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Bolstering Healthcare, Energy Efficiency and the Financial Sector in Djibouti
AFD and Djibouti’s Finance Ministry recently signed three major agreements worth a total of €22 million in grants. The projects being funded aim to strengthen the health sector, improve energy efficie...
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JEFIC: A Boosted European Development Partnership Explained in Five Key Numbers
On July 1st, AFD takes over the presidency of JEFIC, a network of European bilateral banks and financial institutions that work with public sector partners in developing countries and emerging economi...
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“Water is Central to Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals”
The United Nations Water Conference, being held in New York from March 22 to 24, seeks to reinforce efforts to ensure universal access to safe water and sanitation by 2030. Water is important not only...
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“We Cannot Develop Sustainably if we Lack the Resources”
Often overlooked in discussion of development are the financial and strategic changes required to shift economies from fossil fuels to greener alternatives – and the need to overcome lingering debt....
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AFD Intervenes to Tackle the Food Crisis
The consequences of the global food crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic are being compounded by the war in Ukraine, a major international supplier of food commodities. Coupled with the chronic drou...
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Rugby, Playing a Key Role in Sustainability and Social Cohesion
France is hosting the Rugby League World Cup from September 8 to October 23. It's a chance to highlight sports' role as a catalyst for social change, particularly for young people. This is why AFD Gro...
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Islands and Coastal Cities Faced with Climate Change : Increasing the Resilience of Island Communities
Climate change is currently having a major impact on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Caribbean and Indian Ocean. Rising sea levels and increasingly frequent and intense hydro-meteorologic...
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Pooling Resources Across European Financial Institutions
A network of European bilateral banks and financial institutions that work with public sector partners across the Global South is setting up an innovative finance platform to support a more efficient...
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Jean-Marc Châtaignier: "With Team Europe, We've Entered a New Dimension of Exchange"
To coincide with the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, from January 1 to June 30, 2022, AFD Group is publishing an interview each month with an EU specialist in development issue...
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World Urban Forum: Sustainable Models for Future Cities
The World Urban Forum organized by UN-Habitat, the United Nations Human Settlements Program, is being held in Katowice, Poland, from 26 to 30 June. Audrey Guiral-Naepels, Deputy Director of the Urban...
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RISE, Social Entrepreneurship Project Enters its Second Phase
RISE (Regional Incubator for Social Entrepreneurs) is a unique project for young entrepreneurs from Western Balkans. After a successful first phase, AFD is financing the second part, which seeks to st...
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AFD Commits to Better Inclusion of LGBT+ People
AFD Group has signed an LGBT+ commitment charter, continuing its efforts to combat inequality. The aim of this charter is to improve the inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) peop...
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