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C2D: A mechanism to relieve indebted countries
The Debt Reduction-Development Contract (C2D) is a tool to restructure the debt of certain countries. In practical terms, once a Heavily Indebted Poor Country has signed a C2D with AFD, the country co...
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Digital technology: 2024 Activity report
In 2024, digital technology was a driving force in major economic, social, environmental, and democratic transitions. It provides powerful responses to the climate crisis, rising inequality, the trans...
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Infographic – Our Activity to Support Civil Society Organizations in 2024
Despite a tight budgetary situation, AFD Group continued to maintain a high level of commitments in support of CSOs, with nearly €520.7 million in grants, including €153.5 million via the CSO Initiat...
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One year after the closing of USAID: “The story isn’t over for international solidarity”
One year on from the US Government’s dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Thomas Mélonio, Chief Economist at AFD, analyzes the impacts of this significant shi...
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Madagascar: young people mobilized to improve living conditions in Antananarivo
As part of the Lalankely III project, Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the European Union are supporting the Urban Municipality of Antananarivo (CUA) in Madagascar to sustainably improve li...
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Colombia: A tool to facilitate dialogue on the energy transition
In a country heavily dependent on fossil fuels and committed to an ambitious energy transition, how can policymakers, regulators, financial actors, and civil society collectively explore the trade-off...
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Ten years of ambition and renewal for AFD Group – Promoting a world in common and France’s international actio...
After nearly ten years and three terms at the head of AFD Group, Rémy Rioux will step down as Chief Executive Officer on 3 May. He will take on new responsibilities related to international finance an...
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Water and sanitation: 2025 Activity report
In 2025, the AFD Group saw a high level of activity in support of water and sanitation, with €1.6 billion committed. Despite a challenging environment, the year was marked by a record level of non-sov...
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AFD and NBA Africa launch inclusive Basketball Experience for students with disabilities in Kenya
The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Group, in collaboration with NBA Africa, today launched the Disability Inclusion component of the ongoing Basketball Experience (BE) programme in Kenya at t...
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البناء المشترك لممارسات البحث العملي: استعراض الخبرات المستخلصة من قطاع الاقتصاد الاجتماعي والتضامني في تونس
لاستكمال هذه المذكرة السياسية، التي تقدّم توصيات قيّمة لجعل البحث-الإجرائي رافعةً حقيقية لتنمية الاقتصاد الاجتماعي والتضامني في تونس، أودّ أن أُبرز ثلاثَ شروط أراها أساسية لضمان استدامة هذا المسار. أ...
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Leveraging social protection to reduce inequalities in the just transition
Addressing the dual challenge of climate change and inequality require policies delivering on both environmental and social sustainability aspects. In this context, social protection can play a critic...
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AFD and Danish Refugee Council launch €8 million project to support women’s economic resilience and social coh...
As the crisis in Sudan continues to unfold, the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) has announced a partnership with the Danish Refugee Council (DRC), in close collaboration with local feminist or...
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Ecuador: Transformations and adjustment put to the test by a decade of shocks (2015–2025)
Between 2015 and 2025, a series of factors destabilized Ecuador’s economic, social, and political model: declining oil rents; another sovereign default; political instability following the end of the...
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ARGENTINA x FRANCE: THE PROVINCE OF SANTA FE DRIVES ENERGY RENOVATION OF ITS PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE
The French Development Agency (AFD), through the PEEBCool energy efficiency support program, is offering a sustainable response by modernizing schools, healthcare facilities, and airport infrastructur...
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Mexico: integrating gender equality into climate action
From agriculture and energy jobs to financial services, Mexico has developed public policies that link the ecological transition with women’s rights, aiming to reduce inequalities and strengthen women...
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Can Artificial Intelligence Predict Future Epidemics? Data Sharing as a Key to Transforming Epidemiological Su...
As epidemic risks become increasingly global and health governance frameworks evolve, AI is opening new possibilities for anticipating crises — provided that a robust and secure international data-sha...
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ACWC Spearheads Regional Action for Inclusive Climate Resilience for Women and Children in ASEAN
The ASEAN Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC) convened the Regional Dialogue on “Sharing Good Practices and Lessons Learned on the Social Inclusion o...
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AFD backs Kenyan feminist organisations’ fight against online gender-based violence
The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) has launched a new initiative to support Kenyan feminist civil society organisations working to prevent and respond to technology-facilitated gender-based v...
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What Success Means: Understanding Young People’s Aspirations and Pathways to Success in West Africa
This research, conducted in Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire, aims to better understand young people’s aspirations in order to improve AFD Group interventions in the fields of education, training, and employ...
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Human Rights and Climate Policies - The Human Rights Impacts of Climate Change and Mitigating Measures
This paper summarises and analyses the findings of studies conducted by six National Human Rights Institutions (independent state bodies) in Colombia, The Gambia, Honduras, Kenya, Namibia, and Sierra...
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