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Partnering for Niger’s Development: Common Funds for Greater Outcomes
Niger has stood out from other West African countries in recent years, by involving a wide range of technical and financial partners in its development policies. Among the innovative tools used by the...
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Brazil: Protecting Nature and Supporting Sustainable Infrastructure
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon, a major buffer in the global fight against climate change, has fallen by close to a third compared with the same period last year. This breathes new life into efforts...
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“One Health”: Responding to Pandemics with a Holistic Approach to Human, Animal and Environmental Health
The One Sustainable Health for All forum in Lyon earlier this month examined ways to anticipate - and potentially ward off - future outbreaks of disease by improving international health surveillance...
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Working with Brazilian Communities to Protect the region’s Vast & Vulnerable Grasslands
An ambitious agreement has been signed to protect the vast fertile grasslands covering an area of some one million km2 across the Southern Cone of Latin America, known as the Pampas. AFD and its partn...
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Ethiopia: Planting Seeds for Food Security after two years of War
Soil is the stuff of life – and it’s one of the first things to be affected by armed conflict. So Ethiopia’s first priority following the two-year Tigray war that ended last November is to ready the f...
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Rallying Public and Private Climate Finance in Rwanda
A leader in the field of green finance, Rwanda took center stage at the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact in Paris on 22 and 23 June. By mobilizing an additional 300 million euros, Rwanda, Team E...
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Providing Support for Sustainable Infrastructure
AFD Group backs the building, maintenance and rehabilitation of infrastructure around the world, with long-term support for housing, hospitals, transport and more. High on the agenda of the Summit for...
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[Special Series] Sustainable Infrastructure to Build a World in Common
From hospitals to housing and from water to transportation, AFD Group supports the construction, rehabilitation and maintenance of infrastructure in many countries. The Summit for a New Global Financi...
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Taking Action to Defend the Rights of Refugees
How can we better protect refugees forced to flee their countries to escape conflict or persecution? As World Refugee Day draws attention to the plight of refugees on June 20, let's take a look at thr...
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5 Things to Know about the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact
Developing countries are exposed to a growing number of threats, from climate change to health emergencies, as well as the global financial fallout from political and military crises. How to provide t...
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Kenya: The Benefits of Investing in Informal Settlements
Kenya is host to some of the largest informal settlements in the world. Together with the World Bank, AFD is backing efforts to improve living conditions in a program known as KISIP1. Already benefiti...
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The Philippines: Working with Local Communities to Build Climate Resilience
The Philippines is the fourth most disaster-prone country in the world, a situation that is becoming increasingly urgent in the face of climate change. AFD Group is working with the Government and loc...
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“More tech companies are developing in Africa than in the rest of the world”
Digital technology is playing an increasingly prominent role in Africa’s economic development. In fact, more tech companies are developing across the continent than in the rest of the world. In the ap...
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Plagued by Plastic, Caribbean Countries team up with Partners to forge a Greener Future
As “Latin American and Caribbean Weeks” enters its third week, international negotiations for a treaty to end plastic pollution are being held in Paris. The link between the two? The Caribbean is awas...
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Prioritizing Burundi's Health Sector
Addressing shortages of nursing staff and equipment for blood transfusions, are increasingly urgent priorities for the Burundian government. To tackle this challenge, AFD is allocating a €10 million g...
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AFD issues call for Partnerships to Co-Finance Private Projects
AFD is launching a call for partnerships for private foundations until July 28, 2023. Objective: to accelerate the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.
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AFD is "more Latin American than you think!"
Until June 10, France is celebrating the tenth edition of Latin America and Caribbean Weeks. On this occasion, AFD Group is organizing a series of events aimed at deepening the links between the two r...
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Ethiopia: Making Menstrual Hygiene Safer and more Sustainable
Globally, more than three billion people lack basic sanitation services, which can have dire consequences for women and girls in particular, as those lacking access to toilets and water are more vulne...
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Sport and Development: AFD’s Action Explained in One Infographic
Sport has the power to bring people together around common values and contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially for health, education and gender equality....
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How AFD Group's Projects Protect, Preserve and Restore Biodiversity
AFD Group finances hundreds of projects that preserve and restore biodiversity around the planet. From the protection of precious rain forests in Latin America, to the preservation of marine life in A...
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