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Bolivia: Supporting Policies for better Water Management
AFD is providing support to the Bolivian authorities for the deployment of a vast water resources management plan, via its Fund for Technical Expertise and Experience Transfers.
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Unlikely Allies: Artificial Intelligence and Biodiversity
It’s a potentially groundbreaking combination: AI and biodiversity. And it’s being explored by the major players in their respective fields. Agence Française de Développement and the French National R...
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Interactive Online Exhibition Features Projects that Protect Biodiversity
On the occasion of World Biodiversity Day, we take you to the heart of five ecosystem preservation projects financed by AFD in Southern Africa, via a virtual exhibition, which will be accessible for a...
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Protected Areas: Nurturing Biodiversity for Present and Future Generations
Tree loss and wildfires in Latin America have become so extreme that the Amazon is contributing to carbon emissions, rather than absorbing them, according to a July report in the journal Nature. AFD...
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Managing Mekong Water Resources: AFD and MRC at work
The Mekong River Commission (MRC) and AFD signed a new financing agreement on May 17, for a grant of €1.5 million. Its aim is to provide for balanced development of the Mekong River Basin to help deal...
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Improving the Effectiveness of our Operations through Evaluations
To mark the publication of the Africa edition of AFD’s evaluation report, Karen Rot-Münstermann, from the Independent Development Evaluation Department at the African Development Bank (AfDB), and Thom...
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2019-2020 evaluation report: focus on Africa
This second part of the 2019-2020 evaluation report, devoted to Africa, explains how evaluation helps better identify, share and probe the results of AFD's work on the continent.
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Economic transition Strategy: "Centring the Economy on People and the Planet"
Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals also means transforming the economy. AFD Group’s Strategy for the economic and financial transition is supporting this change of approach. We speak to Emman...
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Summit on the Financing of African Economies: “The needs are enormous”
France is holding a summit on May 18 on the financing of African economies, most of which have suffered from the health crisis. In this interview, Cécile Valadier, AFD's Deputy Head of the Economic As...
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Innovative financing platform to enhance cooperation between European public development banks
AECID, AFD, CDP and KfW are announcing their ambition for the creation of a “Team Europe Finance Platform” with the purpose of further enhancing the efficient cooperation between the various actors of...
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Sustainable Transport on Track in Peru
An initiative in Peru, in which old, public vehicles are being sent to the junkyard to make room for new, less polluting buses and vans, is getting a boost. AFD, KfW and the European Union are provid...
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Release following the Digital Africa Board
Digital Africa announces today the nomination of Jean-Pierre Barral for AFD as President. He replaces Kizito Okechukwu, who held the position of acting President since June 2020.
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Innovating for the Climate and Biodiversity: 5th Edition of the AFD Digital Challenge
The AFD Digital Challenge starts today. For its fifth edition, the competition is devoted to startups and digital innovations that promote climate protection and biodiversity in Africa. Applicants hav...
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The Philippines and France to Focus their Development Cooperation on Climate Action
On 18 March 2021, the eighth bilateral consultations between the government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) were held online. They aimed in particular to discu...
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Assessment: Two years of project evaluation at AFD
What impact do AFD's development projects and policies have? In a special report, AFD takes stock of the evaluations conducted on activities undertaken in 2019 and 2020. Results are compiled in an int...
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Vietnam: Enhancing Climate Resilience through better water management
Training workshops in urban development and resilience were held in the two Vietnamese provinces of Bac Kan and Ha Nam in early April, with an eye to designing sustainable and integrated water managem...
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AFD and EU help in the Modernization of Georgia's Water Supply and Sanitation System
Delegated funds from the EU will support an AFD credit line that seeks to rehabilitate, reconstruct and expand the water supply and sanitation infrastructure and improve related services in the munici...
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Tilt, a Digital Platform to help Young People take Action
How to help young French people get involved in action to tackle the major global environmental challenges? This is the question AFD wants to help answer with the Tilt digital ecosystem. It is made up...
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“AFD Offers a Wide Range of Financial and Non-Financial Tools in the Western Balkans”
Starting a new chapter in Eastern Europe, AFD recently opened its Western Balkans office in Belgrade, Serbia. Its Director, Dominique Hautbergue handles activities in six countries: Albania, Bosnia a...
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AFD Group’s 2020 Results: a Rapid Response to the Crisis while Maintaining the Long-term Focus
Despite an unprecedented worldwide pandemic, AFD Group’s commitments over the past year haven’t faltered. CEO Rémy Rioux presented the Group’s results for 2020 on Tuesday, April 13. Even amidst the de...
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