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Overseas France Fund: supporting public engineering in the French Overseas Territories
The Overseas France Fund (FOM) assists the French Overseas Territories with the implementation of structural projects and their public policies.
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Research on development finance and geopolitics
Who finances development, how, and for what purpose? At a time when geopolitical balances are undergoing profound change, this research program explores the transformations shaping international devel...
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Mobility and transport: Activity report 2025
In 2025, AFD Group consolidated its commitment to sustainable, inclusive, safe, efficient, and low-carbon transport. Its work focused on urban mobility, national connectivity, and international transp...
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Digital technology: Activity report 2025
2025 was marked by growing risks of diverging development trajectories and heightened sovereignty concerns fueled by geopolitical divides. Against this backdrop, AFD Group stepped up its efforts to p...
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Alley-oop Africa: Educating and raising the awareness of young people on sustainable development issues throug...
AFD and the Basketball Africa League (BAL) are financing the production of a mini-series about 20 young Africans in an academy that combines playing basketball with sustainable development projects.
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"Championnes": Strengthening girls' leadership through education and football
AFD joins forces with FIFA and Plan International to promote women's football in schools in order to build the capacity of young girls to become agents of change in their communities in vulnerable are...
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AFD Forges Strategic Alliance Between Paris Musées and South Africa's Robben Island Museum
The Robben Island Museum and Paris Musées have formalised a three-year strategic partnership to support the museum at a pivotal moment in its journey, with the support of France through the Agence Fra...
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AdaptAction: from strategy to implementation of climate change adaptation
AdaptAction supports countries that are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change in implementing their adaptation strategies. This AFD Group program, co-financed by the European Union...
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EU-AFD Facility on Inequalities 2026-2028
Building on nearly ten years of collaboration, the third phase of the EU-AFD Facility on Inequalities takes a more operational approach: it focuses on how investments – particularly in infrastructures...
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Evaluation Highlights: What can be learned from 25 years of AFD action in Lebanon?
Since opening its office in Beirut in 1999, AFD has become a recognized development actor, demonstrating an ability to adapt its operations to the multiple crises Lebanon has faced. Keen to learn from...
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Evaluation Highlights: Biodiversity Conservation Trust Funds
When it comes to our evaluations, it can be useful to know how they were conducted, what their challenges were, and what they can teach us about AFD’s actions and the prospects for improvement. It’s w...
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Understanding Biodiversity Conservation Trust Funds
As the pressure on natural environments continues to increase, mobilising funding for biodiversity conservation is a major challenge. In this context, Conservation Trust Funds are important tools for...
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AFD signs cooperation agreement to enhance South Africa’s power grid
Eskom, RTE international, AFD and the National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA) sign cooperation agreement to enhance South Africa’s power grid.
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Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) join forces to strengthen prevention...
The Agence Française de Développement (AFD), under its Minka Fund for Peace and Resilience, together with the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF), have officially signed the financing agreement for the implemen...
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Linda Zanfini
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Senior Advisor to the Chief Economist
Development economics, employment, education, research in the Global South
Linda Zanfini, a development economist, has been Senior Advisor to AFD’s Chief Economist since 2025.
Financing without doing harm: for virtuous mechanisms to support african social science research
African research has scarcely begun to emerge at international level: Africa’s overall share in global publications stands at about 3.5%, and the social sciences represent a tiny fraction of this figu...
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Climate change education effects on worldwide schoolchildren and their entourage
This systematic review explores the effects of climate change education (CCE) on the knowledge, attitude and behavior of schoolchildren and their surrounding communities worldwide.
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Climate Change Education from the Perspective of Social Norms
This study reviews the interplay between climate change education (CCE) and social norms among children, adolescents and young adults around the globe. The reviewed articles focus on scientific studie...
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What characterizes the re-institutionalisation of research in Sahel countries?
After several years of de-institutionalization, African research has now entered a new consolidation phase in which international funding plays a central role. This paper has been produced through the...
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How can high-quality data on research systems improve decision-making and coordination in international develo...
Science remains a common language and high priority across countries. As such, science, technology, and innovation (STI) capabilities can contribute to sup port, develop, and deliver an ambitious inte...
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