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ETHIOPIA: Supporting Ethiopia’s economic reform agenda

The purpose of this program is to support economic reforms that will enable Ethiopia to become a middle-income country by 2025, by maximizing the amount of finance available for development and streng...

ETHIOPIA: Financing for agricultural SMEs

AFD is supporting the government of Ethiopia in promoting the sustainable growth of agricultural SMEs by strengthening their structure, management, trade capacities, and by providing access to finance...

ETHIOPIA: UWSSP II - Urban Water & Sanitation (World Bank)

The grant, focused on sanitation in secondary towns, will focus financing on the most vulnerable communities and in particular women and girls. The aim is to increase the impact of the UWSSP II progra...

ETHIOPIA: PRISE - Gender Equality in the Electricity Sector

This project's aim is to boost the efficiency of the electricity sector by sustainably raising the skill level of its human resources and increasing the participation of women within the Ethiopian Ele...

CICLIA, building African cities' resilience to climate change

CICLIA, building African cities' resilience to climate change

Study trip to Lomé: overview of an instructive peer-to-peer exchange of experience and best practice

Sports, Beyond the Game campaign

African Mines: how to avoid the extractive trap?

Against the backdrop of the worldwide rush to acquire critical minerals, what are the challenges and opportunities for the mining sector in Africa? Agence Française de Développement organized a webina...

Building with our partners

In the age of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), solutions must be co-created and shared globally through cross-cutting collaboration. Development today calls for collective action that is incl...

Our agencies around the world

AFD is present on five continents where it finances and supports projects that improve living conditions for populations, It has an international network of 85 offices, including in the French Oversea...

Action for East Jerusalem’s Identity and Resilience programme (AJIR+)

The second phase for the “Action for East Jerusalem’s Identity and Resilience” program aims to strengthen Palestinian civil society in East Jerusalem, with a special focus on youth, women and vulnerab...

Public policy budget financing in Jordan

The Public Sector Modernization Reform aims at improving the level of public service provided to Jordan citizens and to support the broader reform agenda of the Government of Jordan, including the Eco...

Morocco

Since 1992, Kingdom of Morocco has been a major partner of Agence Française de Développement (AFD). The Kingdom’s New Development Model (NDM), published in 2021, guides AFD’s operations in supporting...

Mali

Mali, a landlocked country in the Sahel, faces serious demographic pressure and a number of challenges. First, the reduction of poverty, both rural and urban. AFD has supported the country in four are...

Digital Commons in Brazil: Analysis of the Implementation of the Brasil Participativo Platform at the National...

How can digital commons support the empowerment of actors historically excluded from public action? This action-research project follows the development of the Brasil Participativo digital platform, l...

Nature-related socio-economic and financial risks in South Africa

The degradation of nature can significantly impact a country's economic and social stability. Based on the case of South Africa, this study introduces a method to identify the economic sectors most vu...

Analysis of the impact of fiscal policies and social spending on gender inequalities in Colombia

What impact do fiscal policies and social spending have on closing gender gaps in Colombia? The Extension of the EU-AFD Research Facility on Inequalities program seeks to explore this question in clos...

Strengthening value chains and reducing inequality in Mexico

The phenomenon of relocation of value chains not only presents a set of challenges but also a unique opportunity to harmonise regional development throughout Mexico and to reduce inequalities. This re...

Social economy, the just energy transition and inequality in Mexico

The energy transition is a challenge and a necessity for Mexico’s economic transformation. What role can socially owned renewables and energy cooperatives play in enhancing the livelihoods of the most...

Social protection and just transition in South Africa

How can the South African government prepare the transition of workers from the coal sector to a low-carbon economy? What is the socio-demographic and spatial profile of workers in the coal value chai...