AFD and State-Owned Enterprises

State-owned enterprises (SOEs) play a role in the implementation of development policies. For this reason, they are key players in a country’s economic and social environment, and improving their performance is a decisive way of boosting access to the public goods and services they produce and distribute.

SOEs are important partners for Agence Française de Développement: AFD supports them fi nancially and helps strengthen their governance. AFD’s technical and financial partnerships with state-owned enterprises also helps work
toward reaching the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), via support for the development of infrastructures and access to essential services (water, sanitation, energy) and the setting up of effective and transparent institutions.

Download the brochure below to find out more about our actions for the governance and financing of state-owned enterprises.