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AFD Bouaké SERIOUS Road Safety Project Awarded Prestigious Prince Michael International Road Safety Award
The groundbreaking AFD-funded SERIOUS project (SystEm for suRveIllance of rOad and health accidentS), an innovative digital initiative that transforms road safety data management in Bouaké, Ivory Coas...
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Carbon market integrity: How to move beyond the limitations and uncertainties?
Carbon markets are expanding rapidly, driven by net-zero commitments and the rise of compliance mechanisms. Yet their environmental integrity remains fragile: information asymmetries, over-crediting,...
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14th AFD-JICA Regular Dialogue Held in Tokyo: Strengthening Strategic Partnership for the Future of Developmen...
The 14th Retreat between the Agence française de développement (AFD) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) was held in Tokyo. This Retreat was conducted under the Memorandum of Coopera...
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AFD in Fiji
The second largest economy among the Pacific Islands, the Fiji archipelago has a population of nearly one million, whose daily lives remain deeply rooted in community bonds. Since opening its office...
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Working with Papua New Guineans to protect nature – the SoNG project
Officially launched in December 2025, the SoNG project aims to preserve Papua New Guinea’s rich biodiversity in close collaboration with local communities, who depend on it for their livelihoods and c...
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Why does AFD also finance China, India, Brazil and Türkiye?
China, India, Brazil, Türkiye… Why does the AFD Group also operate in these major emerging economies, often perceived as established powers rather than “natural” priorities for development aid? Becaus...
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2024 Sustainable Development Goal bond reporting
In 2020, to increase the consistency of its 100% Paris Agreement and 100% Social Link commitments with its presence on the markets, the AFD Group set up a framework for bond issues aligned with the Su...
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Combining expertise and financing solutions from Public Development Banks and insurers to respond to climate risk
Developing countries are 15x more vulnerable to climate-related mortality, yet insurance is still underused as a financial resilience tool. IDRIMA, the Integrated Disaster Risk Management Alliance...
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Unseen and Unheard: How Technology Facilitates Gender-Based Violence and What We Can Do About It
This conference is part of the "TechTalks" series.
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Innovation at AFD Group: Funding, supporting, anticipating
Whether social, technological, financial, or methodological, innovation is central to AFD Group’s activity and to the action of the two funds it hosts: the French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM...
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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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Our priorities
AFD Group has a mission to help construct a world in common, a world that preserves and protects five important “public goods”: people, planet, prosperity, peace, and partnership. As an accelerator an...
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Inequality and Climate Change Measuring Interlinkages to Inform Equitable Climate Policy
The interlinkages between climate change and socioeconomic inequality are increasingly acknowledged, yet analytical frameworks and empirical tools that jointly address these dimensions remain limited....
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Elevate, Protect, Transform: Advancing Gender Justice for Women and Girls in Lebanon
Lebanon’s ongoing crises, including the 2024 conflict, have intensified vulnerabilities for women and girls, especially the displaced. With destroyed safe spaces and limited access to health, protecti...
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When Research Informs Public Action: A Toolkit to Rethink Monitoring and Evaluation
This project developed a simple method to improve the monitoring and evaluation of initiatives that seek to inform public action through research. This method enables a better understanding of the act...
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Public debt looms again in sub-Saharan Africa
Public debt levels have increased significantly in sub-Saharan Africa since the late 2000s, raising concerns about over-indebtedness. The issue is examined by four experts in "L’économie africaine 202...
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AFD 2026 AI Pre-Summit Program
Building Bridges through AI: Fostering India-Africa-France Dialogue to Advance AI for the Common Good AI Impact Summit 2026 Pre-event hosted by the AFD Group at its Paris Headquarters 28 January 20...
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Managing Urban commons in Brazil by drawing on Italian legal and participatory tools
This project aims to adapt legal and participatory tools developed in Italy to the Brazilian context in order to support citizen-led initiatives for managing urban commons. It is based on field studie...
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L'économie africaine 2026: English version of Introduction & 1st Chapter
Year on year since 2020, L’Économie Africaine has established itself as an essential snapshot of the continent’s major challenges, offering nuanced, data-driven analysis unfettered by accepted ideas....
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Africa Renewable Energy Scale-Up Facility (ARE Scale-up) - Activity Report
The Africa Renewable Energy (ARE) Scale-Up Facility program aims to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy in Africa and strengthen sustainable access to energy. With a budget of €16.3 million,...
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