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Global Sports Week 2021: Entrepreneurship in Sports

The second annual conference on the global sports economy was held last week in a 100%-digital format from Paris, with connections to Tokyo, Beijing, Dakar, Milan and Los Angeles. It was an opportunit...

Made in Cameroon: Specially Designed Incubators for premature babies

In our series on “Shared Innovation”, AFD highlights innovative programs devised and developed in our partner countries. At his "fablab" or fabrication laboratory called “AUI-Techno,” Serge Armel N...

In India, AFD signs three new agreements during Minister Barbara Pompili’s visit

Accessible public transport, a floating solar power system, and sustainable forest management: such is the wide range of development priorities tackled by France and India this month. In line with AFD...

Boosting Bolivia’s Energy Supply with one of the World’s Highest Solar Power Plants

The development of Bolivia’s Oruro photovoltaic power station entered its second phase in February. The major infrastructural project takes the country one step closer to boosting Bolivia’s energy sup...

Saving the Siamese Crocodile from Extinction

Until a few decades ago, the Siamese crocodile was a common sight in Southeast Asia. Today, fewer than 1,000 remain in the wild, and they are at risk of extinction. The Wildlife Conservation Society (...

Colombia: Developing a Climate Strategy for 2050 with a view to COP26

Research Paves the Way to a New Era for Development Banks

Faced with the Covid-19 crisis, how can we ensure that short-term stimulus packages won’t compromise long-term trajectories toward a low-carbon, inclusive, and sustainable economy? And what role can d...

Joint Declaration by the world's Public Development Banks

The following joint declaration was signed at the Finance in Common Summit in Paris on November 12, 2020.

An Inclusive Private Sector Recovery in Africa

During last week's Finance in Common summit, one digital gathering looked to Africa in particular. At the event, “Africa: Towards a Sustainable Recovery for the Private Sector”, organized by EDFI (Eur...

Concrete Commitments at Inaugural Summit

The first ever international summit of public development banks, unfolding over four days from 9 to 12 November, gave rise to a series of major announcements. They all point towards a global financial...

Reviving Iraq's Rural Economy

For centuries, it was Iraq’s breadbasket and a hive of economic activity – but terrorism and war all but stopped the region in its tracks. How to revive northern Iraq after the departure of Daesh, th...

The Urgency of Adapting to Climate Change

All over the world, climate change is causing loss of life and serious environmental damage. And it’s in the global south where the effects are most pronounced. As part of the Finance in Common Summi...

Finance in Common Summit: Promoting Gender Equality

On 12 November 2020, at the Finance in Common Summit, a high-level event on gender equality led to a joint statement on four priority focus areas for gender equality and women’s empowerment.

10 Highlights from the First Global Summit of Development Banks

The first Finance in Common Summit on November 9 to 12, was hosted remotely from Paris by Agence Française de Développement. The mainly virtual gathering brought together public development banks to d...

The Energy Transition Ramps Up in Southeast Asia

A brand new coalition has been set up to boost the energy transition across Southeast Asia. In collaboration with public donors and private foundations, France, via Agence Française de Développement (...

Reinforcing the Urban Fabric with Citizen Project Laboratories

In our series on “Shared Innovation”, AFD highlights innovative programs devised and developed in our partner countries. In Ouagadougou, Abidjan, Dakar and several Tunisian cities, “Citizen Projec...

Covid-19: €1 Billion More for Small African Businesses

To support African MSMEs – micro, small and medium sized enterprises – affected by the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic, AFD Group is scaling up the presidential Choose Africa initiative by mobil...

Vietnam: A New Metro Line Paves the Way to a Greener City

A ten-year project providing a much-needed boost to public transportation in Vietnam’s capital is nearing completion. Extending more than 12 km, the metro line between Nhon and Hanoi, consisting of 1...

Terramaz: A program to fight deforestation and promote sustainable development in Ecuador

AFD is supporting a large-scale program to help several Amazonian territories in the fight against deforestation and the transition to sustainable development models.

Five Years on from the Paris Accord, New Commitments to Come

To mark the fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Paris Accord on Climate Change, France, the UK and the United Nations are organizing the Climate Ambition Summit on December 12. Damien Navizet, AF...