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SEMESTRIAL PANORAMA 2026 #2 International Economy: Did Someone Say “Resilience”?
Shock after shock, the global economy continues to surprise observers with its “resilience,” particularly when assessed through the lens of GDP growth. If the ongoing discussions between the United St...
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Finance: what is alignment?
In recent years, financial institutions and investors have increasingly questioned the impact of their activities, particularly since the Paris Agreement on climate change. As a result, these financia...
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Semestrial panorama 2025#2 - Wayfinding in troubled waters
By their scale and volatility, and even if their application has been temporarily limited, the Trump administration's announcements have begun to destabilize the global economy. Indeed, in addition to...
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The energy transition: what are the alternatives to air conditioning?
Air conditioning systems are energy-intensive and are also highly polluting. AFD is exploring and supporting alternative solutions for hospitals, schools, and homes to build a more energy-efficient, e...
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AFD and 2050 Pathways bring together ministries of finance to strengthen climate action ahead of COP30
Addis Ababa, 4 September 2025 – Agence Française de Développement (AFD), together with the 2050 Pathways Platform, convened a high-level South-South peer exchange of ministries of finance from Africa,...
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Social cohesion, the basis for a sustainable and inclusive world - A crosscutting goal for social cohesion 202...
This document provides a summary of the Cross-Cutting Social Cohesion Roadmap for the 2025–2030 period. In a world marked by multiple and interconnected crises, social cohesion is a key driver of s...
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Audrey ROJKOFF
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Head of the Climate and Nature Division
Climate finance, sustainable developpement, climate change adapation, mitigation
ACADEMIA PARTNERSHIPS AFRICA-FRANCE
To tackle planet-wide challenges and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as well as the African Union’s Agenda 2063, it is crucial to forge long-term academia partnerships based on mutual...
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Christophe BARAT
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Country Risk Economist
Country Risk, Public Finance, Debt Management
Christophe Barat works as a country-risk economist at AFD's Research Department and is interested in public finance and debt management.
What's next for investment in the African cultural and creative industries?
As support for African Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs) gathers momentum, now is a fitting time to take stock of where we are today and to think ahead to the opportunities and challenges before...
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How can we ensure equitable technological development in the age of AI and data?
Significant investment is essential to bridge the global technology gap and ensure that all countries are prepared for the age of Artificial intelligence. To support public and private investors in th...
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What next for investment in African cultural and creative industries?
As support for African CCIs gathers momentum, it is opportune to take stock of where we stand today and to look ahead at the opportunities and challenges before us, ensuring that African CCIs can acce...
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Defining an alternative path for AI governance in the Global South
As AFD takes part in the AI for Good Summit, two recent studies it supports outline ways to build artificial intelligence (AI) governance that fully includes countries in the Global South, particularl...
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CNEPS Initiative: Developing Climate and Nature Economic Policy Scenarios
The Climate and Nature Economic Policy Scenarios (CNEPS) initiative develops forward-looking economic scenarios that integrate climate change, biodiversity loss and transition dynamics into macroecono...
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Gaëlle BALINEAU
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Country Risk Economist, Research Officer
Industrial economics, value chains, quality economics, country risk, East Africa, European Neighbourhood
Gaëlle Balineau is an economist specialising in East Africa and the European Neighbourhood. As a country risk analyst, she also conducts research on value chains and market regulation.
How - and how far - can we still adapt? Knowledge and societies responding to the Challenges of Adaptation
Join us for the 17th AFD International Research Conference on Development.
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Governance
As a public institution, AFD is subject to the principle of accountability. Its governance is based on a set of structures that ensure the transparency of its operation and its sound management. AF...
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