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Training Social Workers to Support Societies in Transition
At a time of major ecological, social, and demographic transitions, social work is a crucial lever for supporting the most vulnerable populations and preventing social divides. While governments and...
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Research Conversations replay: Who controls critical minerals in a fragmented world, and what is left for deve...
This webinar is part of the conference series 'Research Conversations'.
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Team Europe Kenya advances High-Quality Technical and Vocational Training (TVET) to equip Kenyan youth with di...
France, through the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), together with the German Government through KfW Development Bank and the European Union (EU), have officially launched a new €46.85 million...
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How Can Financial Inclusion for the Most Vulnerable Help Achieve the SDGs?
Although financial inclusion has progressed, 1.3 billion people remain excluded from formal financial systems. Predominantly living in developing countries, women, rural populations, youth, low-income...
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Human rights in the face of the climate crisis
Integrating a human rights-based approach into climate policies.
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Assessing the Impact of the Monitoring, Follow-Up, and Control Strategy on Territorial Inequalities in Colombi...
This article analyzes the Monitoring, Tracking, and Control Strategy (EMSC) of Colombia's General System of Participations (SGP) as an instrument for reducing territorial gaps in key sectors such as e...
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Otjikoto Biomass Power Station Project
The Otjikoto Biomass Power Station Project aims to support Namibia's energy strategy while combating bush encroachment and restoring savannah-type ecosystems.
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Mexico: An economic model under pressure from Trump 2.0
President Claudia Sheinbaum, inaugurated in October 2024, is facing a number of major internal and external challenges. Tensions with the United States (trade, migration, drug trafficking) have added...
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Support the City of Cape Town with inclusive and resilient urban development
AFD supports the City of Cape Town’s sustainable, inclusive, and climate-resilient urban development in the face of growing environmental and demographic pressure.
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Supporting the just dimensions of South Africa’s Just Energy Transition
AFD’s JET public policy loan focuses on social equity and specifically targets support for the social dimensions of the energy transition, which include job creation, poverty reduction, social justice...
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Kenya: 100 km of roads to transform residents’ lives
The ASAL Roads Rehabilitation Project is improving connectivity and safety across Kenya’s arid and semi-arid lands.
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Critical Mining Asset Control and Geoeconomic Fragmentation: What Is Left for Developing Countries?
The green economy offers major development potential through climate-focused goods, but access to critical minerals is essential. Developing countries are often limited to supplying raw materials and...
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Assessing CO2 Emissions from Deforestation and Fires in Bolivia Between 2010 and 2023
This study estimates net annual CO2 emissions from deforestation and fires in Bolivia from 2010 to 2023, considering both gross emissions and absorptions resulting from land clearing, land use change,...
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Strengthening biodiversity cooperation between India and Southern Africa
From Assam, India, to the savannas of Southern Africa, national park managers worldwide are collaborating to better protect biodiversity. The Parks & Biodiversity Partnership program, supported by AFD...
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The transition wall: Assessing climate investment dynamics in vulnerable countries
Some developing economies are approaching what can be described as a “transition wall” – a situation in which they are highly vulnerable to climate change and nature loss, yet unable to mobilize the i...
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Ukraine: Rebuilding cities and supporting people
Faced with the destruction caused by the war, Ukrainian cities must rebuild essential services to ensure water supply, mobility, and access to healthcare.
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AFD-OECD Joint Workshop
Ministries of Finance, Public Development Banks, Financial Authorities and the Legacy of COP30: Towards Just Transition, Climate and Nature Economic Policy Scenarios
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At the gates of Europe: Albania faces the challenge of convergence
After 45 years of isolation under a totalitarian communist regime headed by the Party of Labor of Albania (1944-1991), in the early 1990s, Albania engaged in a profound transition marked by considerab...
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Transnet and the French Development Agency (AFD), with support of the European Union (EU), announce a key part...
Transnet and the French Development Agency (AFD), with support of the European Union (EU), announce a key partnership to decarbonise South Africa's state-owned ports and railway operator
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Support civil society organizations for local development in Burundi
The content of this project brief is the sole responsibility of AFD and does not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union. For more than 15 years, AFD has been working alongside the civil s...
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