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Sustainable Finance in the Indopacific: Final Communiqué
AFD and the India Exim Bank (EXIM) have co-organized in Paris on February 21st, 2022, on the eve of the EU ministerial Forum for cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, an important gathering of public devel...
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Artificial intelligence in support of marine biodiversity: introducing an unprecedented international scient...
Even as the One Ocean Summit has drawn fresh attention to the urgent need to protect oceans, the French National Research Agency (Agence Nationale de la Recherche–ANR), with joint funding from Agence...
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AFD successfully launches its first euro-denominated benchmark issuance in 2022 : € 750 million 1.125% due 2 M...
On Wednesday February 23rd, Agence Française de Développement (AFD), rated AA /AA (S&P / Fitch), issued its first euro benchmark for the funding year of 2022 with a new € 750 million 15-year transacti...
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Global Africa, a multidisciplinary and multilingual journal addressing the future of the African continent in ...
The members of the Global Africa consortium – University Gaston Berger in Saint-Louis (UGB, Senegal), National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD, France), the Laboratoire d'études et...
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AFD Issues Its First Ever Off-Shore Chinese Renminbi (CNH) Bond
On March, 10th Agence Française de Développement (AFD) priced its first ever Offshore Chinese Renminbi linked bond.
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TICA and Expertise France with AFD Group: Together for Innovation and Cooperation in Thailand
Following a productive meeting between Madame Ureerat CHAREONTOH, Director-General of Thailand International Cooperation Agency (TICA), and Jérémie Pellet, Director-General of Expertise France, the di...
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Rwanda Climate Finance Partnership Powers Innovative Climate Action
The Rwanda Climate Finance Partnership, which was launched at the Paris Summit for a New Global Financing Pact, will further power innovative climate action thanks to additional contributions from the...
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The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Viet Nam (MoNRE) and AFD share their will to enhance thei...
Mr. Dang Quoc Khanh, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources (MoNRE) of Vietnam, and Mr. Rémy Rioux, General Director of the French Development Agency (AFD) had a meeting on the sideline of the...
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Blue Mediterranean Partnership steps up support for sustainable blue economy
EBRD, EIB, UfM, EC, AFD, CDP, KfW, donors and beneficiary countries sign cooperation agreement at COP28.
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Bangladesh and its Partners are Launching the Bangladesh Climate and Development Platform to Leverage Adaptati...
International financial institutions, bilateral donors, and private sectors are announcing a collaborative approach with the Government of Bangladesh to establish the Bangladesh Climate and Developmen...
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Gates Foundation and Agence Française de Développement partner to support last mile polio eradication in Pakis...
PARIS (5 December 2023) - Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Remy Rioux, CEO of the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) announced today new commitments that implement...
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AFD and ERIA Forge Memorandum of Understanding to Foster Sustainable Development in the ASEAN Region
The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) have taken a significant stride towards advancing regional progress and sustainable devel...
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Validation of the strategy for the operationalisation of Marwina hospital
On Friday 1 December, a delegation led by the Surinamese Minister of Health, Dr Amar Ramadhin, the French Ambassador in Suriname and Guyana, Nicolas de Lacoste, and the Director of the Suriname-Guyana...
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COP28: AFD joins forces with Rwanda to increase climate finance flows
Dubai, December 3, 2023. During COP28, taking place in Dubai from November 30 to December 12, 2023, Dr. Jeanne d’Arc MUJAWAMARIYA, Minister of Environmentof of Rwanda and Rémy Rioux, CEO of the Agence...
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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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