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Financing CSO projects
Is your CSO seeking financing for an international solidarity project or does it want to implement an AFD project? Find out about the mechanisms tailored to your needs.
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Ex-post evaluation of the project Extension of the drinking water supply system in Nairobi (CKE1074)
The project, financed by AFD and implemented by Athi Water Works Development Agency (AWWDA), is part of a wider project to improve Nairobi's drinking water supply, in line with the city's drinking wat...
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Terminal evaluation for the Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) Technical Assistance Facility (TAF) (CZZ2388)
The Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) Technical Assistance Facility (TAF) was a six-year project (2019–2025) executed by IDH with funding from GEF and AFD, with WWF-GEF as GEF Agency, and strategic ov...
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The Climate Archives of Indochina - Insights for Understanding Climate Change in Vietnam and Southeast Asia
This article presents a new historical climate database called Climate data rescue of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. It covers the period from 1867 to 1973. The oldest data were produced by military ho...
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Developing Historical Gridded Climate Datasets for Vietnam Using Reanalysis Data and Station Observations Sinc...
Accurate and high-resolution gridded climate data are crucial for scientific applications, yet such data have long faced limitations due to sparse and uneven station networks. In this study, we addres...
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Support Fund for Feminist Organizations - Activity Report 2024
To support the work of feminist movements under increasing pressure, France is mobilizing its instruments in support of its feminist foreign policy on the international stage. Since 2020, the Support...
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Matthieu DISCOUR
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Director, “Three Oceans” Department
Geographies: Three oceans (Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific)
Now leading the Three Oceans Department, Matthieu Discour has over 25 years' experience within the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Group.
AFD Group brings together three major emerging economies to accelerate the energy transition
Ten years to the day after the adoption of the Paris Agreement, the Agence française de développement (AFD) and the European Union (EU) welcomed to Paris, from 8 to 12 December 2025, delegations from...
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Final evaluation of the Renewable Energy Absorption Transmission Development Project (REATDP), Sri Lanka
The project aimed at improving the electricity provision in Sri Lanka: • Increase the grid's renewable energy (RE) absorption capacity (specific outcome) • Reduce the average cost of production acr...
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AFD and PLN strengthen their cooperation to accelerate Indonesia’s energy transition
The Agence française de développement (AFD) and Indonesia’s state-owned electricity company PLN have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to support the transformation of the Indonesian power sy...
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Is Africa really against democracy? L’Éco du monde #9
Angola, Morocco, Tunisia, Kenya… While social movements advocating social, economic, and political demands emerged in several African countries in 2025, Thomas Melonio hosts Ousmane Ndiaye, journalist...
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Loans: AFD’s primary financing tool
Loans account for the vast majority of Agence Française de Développement (AFD)’s financial activity (90%), while grants for sustainable development projects represent 10%. This lean economic model hel...
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Evaluating the Performance of Selected Reanalysis Datasets over Vietnam
Vietnam, a country highly exposed to extreme weather events, still struggles to fill in significant gaps in its historical meteorological records, limiting a comprehensive understanding of past climat...
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Sub-Saharan Africa faces persistent demographic challenges
The vast majority of African countries are experiencing a population boom, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. While this growth could bring economic benefits, it also poses significant challenges, ac...
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EU-AFD Facility on Inequalities 2026-2028: Reducing Inequalities through Investments
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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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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