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Climate : how can a development agency help?

Our planet is warming. Why? Who are the foremost victims? And what are development agencies doing to ensure the transition towards a more low-carbon world? The more humankind goes forward, the more i...

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Published on June 1 2015

Beyond the maps

Through several interviews, this film shows how the African scientific community has appropriated technology to sustainably manage logging in forests, to the benefit of the people living in the Congo...

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Published on May 1 2015

What is a sustainable agriculture sector?

In developing countries, many farmers live in poverty. How can the situation be reversed? Is it possible to give priority to environmentally friendly agricultural practices while allowing everyone to...

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Published on February 1 2016

Panorama 2016 - AFD Annual Report

With pragmatism and determination, AFD teams are currently working on more than 2,500 development projects across the world - supplying water to parched land and people in Jordan and electricity to th...

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Published on July 1 2017

Renewable Energy in the Pacific Islands: an overview and exemplary projects

More largely, in the context of the fight against climate change, the subject of renewable energies takes on considerable importance. A large number of island States in the Pacific zone are extremely...

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Published on October 1 2014

How Can We Capitalize on the Demographic Dividend? Demographics at the Heart of Development Pathways

In the coming decades, West African countries could benefit from a “demographic window of opportunity” in order to reduce their poverty. The entry of 160 million young people into the labor market bet...

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Published on September 1 2011

Managing food price instability in developing countries - A critical analysis of strategies and instruments

Based on a comprehensive review of the theoretical and empirical literature, this book identifies and analyzes four "pure" strategies that can be employed to manage food price instability. It is inten...

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Published on December 1 2012

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Mauritania

AFD Group has been working with Mauritania for more than 40 years. The country, which straddles the Maghreb and sub-Saharan Africa, possesses significant extractive and fishing resources. Along with t...

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