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Supporting agricultural development in Madagascar
The increase in agricultural imports and rise in poverty in rural areas have prompted AFD to support the implementation of national agricultural development policies, with the aim of making this secto...
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Developing mobile banking in Madagascar
In Madagascar, disadvantaged populations or people living in remote areas are often excluded from the traditional financial system. This project aims to develop access to appropriate financial service...
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Refurbishment of the largest social housing residence in Nouméa
The Magenta residence, which comprises 844 housing units, has been home to 2,500 people since 1974, i.e. the size of a medium-sized city in New Caledonia. The refurbishment program started in 2008 aim...
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Improving maternal and child health in Madagascar
AFD has set out to address the dramatic maternal and child mortality and malnutrition rates by supporting an NGO group led by Médecins du Monde, as well as the running of the central medical store in...
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Improving education quality in Madagascar
Improving teacher training and their supervision, building human resources management capacities, and providing establishments with teaching materials are the three main objectives of this project to...
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IBOR Benchmark Reform
The end of the USD LIBOR publication by 2023 implies the introduction of fallback clauses in the contracts and the use of new reference rates.
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13th AFD International Conference on Development - Inequalities and Social Cohesion
On December 6th and 7th, 2018, the 13th International Conference of Agence Française de Développement (AFD) was held in Paris . For this new edition, AFD decided to focus on inequalities and social co...
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AFD International Conference on Development : Inequalities and Social Cohesion - Synthesis
On December 6th and 7th of 2018, the 13th International AFD Conference - Inequalities and Social Cohesion was held in Paris. It aimed to bring together specialists on the issues of inequality and soci...
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UNOC 2025: AFD honors France’s ocean commitments
At the third edition of the United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC), AFD Group delivered tangible outcomes aligned with France’s ocean priorities. At this landmark event held in Nice, eight strategic f...
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Conference inequalities and social cohesion programme - 6/12
Programme conférence inégalités et lien social - 6/12
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Giving new hope to Lebanese young people through vocational training
Lebanon has faced a series of overlapping crises since 2019 – economic, security, financial, and health – that have affected every sector of society. In light of this situation, AFD and its partners h...
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Corporate social responsibility: our commitments
The AFD Group “Strategy 2025-2030” document has unveiled our new CSR ambition: to (i) contribute to aligning the Group to the SDGs through the quality of our operations and (ii) bring our internal fun...
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Why does AFD finance cultural and creative industries?
Behind a festival concert, a captivating television series, or a fascinating museum exhibition, there are entire sectors that need to be structured so that the cultural and creative industries (CCIs)...
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Seville FfD4: aligning education aid for impact
In the education sector, fragmented aid and short-lived initiatives undermine the implementation of financing. In contrast, aligned common funds – those based on national priorities and partner countr...
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Cultural & Creative Industries - 2024 Activity Report
The United Nations 2030 Agenda recognizes culture as a “cross-cutting competency for achieving all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).” Wider access to culture and greater participation in cultur...
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Infographic – Our activity in support of the Cultural & Creative Industries in 2024
The United Nations 2030 Agenda recognizes culture as a “cross-cutting competency for achieving all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).” Wider access to culture and greater participation in cultur...
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AFD-KfW: The Franco-German partnership promoting solidarity-driven investment
By signing an ambitious partnership agreement in Frankfurt on 4 April, AFD and the German organisation KfW have officialised their joint aim of strengthening the longstanding collaboration between the...
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Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4)
Ten years after the Addis Ababa Conferenceand the historic climate agreement signed at COP21 in Paris, the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) will be held, under the aegi...
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The Seville conference: reshaping global financial architecture – Interview with Rémy Rioux
During the fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4), Rémy Rioux, Chief Executive of AFD Group, reflects on the crucial stakes of this global meeting. As the current financia...
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