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FiCS 2021: A New Database of the World’s 527 Public Development Banks and Financing Institutions Unveiled
A new database providing invaluable information on the world’s Public Development Banks will be presented at the second edition of the Finance in Common Summit this week. It’s a major update to the fi...
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Tackling Crucial Development issues in Southeast Asia
On 30 September and 1 October, AFD organized an online conference on the theme of "Southeast Asia’s challenges to sustainable and inclusive development". A dozen speakers shared their experience and v...
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At the New Africa-France Summit, Young Africans Made Their Voices Heard
In Montpellier last week, the New Africa-France Summit introduced a brand new framework for relations between the people of France and Africa, while examining possibilities for the African continent o...
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AFD Group Set to Invest Heavily in African Youth
On the heels of last week's New Africa-France Summit, whose aim was to reconstruct the relationship between Africa and France, AFD Group will be honoring the commitments made by the French President,...
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African Entrepreneurship: The Challenge of Scaling Up
In Africa, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) generate close to 80% of employment and are estimated to account for a third of GDP. Yet most SMEs have difficulty obtaining the finance they need to gro...
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TNFD : Launch of the Development Finance Hub
The new Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has just held its first plenary in Paris. Within TNFD’s secretariat, AFD will lead and convene a Development Finance Hub, which will co...
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New Africa-France Summit: Moving to a new level of engagement
On the eve of the New Africa France Summit to be held on October 8 in Montpellier, AFD’s Director for Africa, Christian Yoka, takes a look at the challenges facing Africa and describes the role that A...
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Evaluation at AFD: A Powerful Tool to Improve Our Actions
Following AFD's two conferences on evaluation on September 28 and October 1, we examine its value as a tool to measure and assess development interventions. In this interview, Nathalie Le Denmat, Head...
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Rise: a Program to Develop Social Entrepreneurship in the Western Balkans
AFD is supporting “Rise” – a program to help young entrepreneurs in the Western Balkans set up social enterprises. They are a key component of the region’s continuing development, and part of efforts...
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The Kiwa Initiative: Call for Ideas 2021 Now Open for Regional Projects
The Kiwa Initiative aims to strengthen the climate change resilience of Pacific Island ecosystems, communities and economies through Nature-Based Solutions (NBS). Launched by AFD in 2020, the initiati...
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World Contraception Day: Supporting the Youth in Niger
Access to contraception is a major public health issue for women around the planet. To mark World Contraception Day on 26 September, AFD took a look at this issue through a major awareness-raising ini...
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UN Food Summit: “We Need to Recognize the Links between Climate Change and Food Security”
With the number of people suffering from hunger around the world continuing to rise, the UN held a world summit on the transformation of food systems on 23 September. Matthieu Le Grix, head of AFD’s A...
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AFD in the Middle East: Promoting Societal Cohesion with Vocational Support and Training
Transnational armed groups, inter-religious and inter-ethnic conflicts, population displacements - warfare may have changed, but human insecurity is still very much a major challenge today. On the hee...
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AFD Backing in Laos for the Sustainable Management of Natural Resources
Two new grants agreements have been signed in Laos, for a total of 9 million euros. One project supports coffee growers; the other provides support for sustainable management of natural resources. Tog...
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Promoting Open Science: the full catalog of AFD Publications now available
On the eve of the International Day of Universal Access to Information on September 28, AFD confirms its commitment to open science, in particular by making our publications freely available.
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Cambodia: 20 years of AFD Support for Rubber Producers
Since 1999, AFD has been supporting a sustainable and inclusive rubber industry in Cambodia. With the signature of a new project, which will assess the consequences of climate change for the sector, w...
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Assessment of Conservation Trust Funds: For the Benefit of Biodiversity
For the first time, a cross-cutting assessment of eight biodiversity conservation trust funds and their support by Agence française de développement (AFD) and the Fonds Français pour l’Environnement M...
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France and AFD, Key Partners of IUCN
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the French government, and Agence Française de Développement enjoy close ties, as exemplified by the successive partnerships the two parties...
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Costa Rica and France's Southeast: A Partnership for Biodiversity at the World Conservation Congress
The Diversity Partnership Project led by France's Southeast and Costa Rica, a pioneer country in biodiversity protection, was presented during the World Conservation Congress of the International Unio...
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