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Nature & Biodiversity - Activity report 2023
In 2023, the Group continued its work on aligning its operations with this the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF). In particular, the Group has developed a nature-friendly approach...
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Infographic – Our action in favor of nature and biodiversity in 2024
In 2024, AFD Group reached a new milestone to align 100% of its operations with the goals of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework – just as it did with the Paris Agreement in 2017. With...
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AFD and reducing inequalities
One of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the 2030 Agenda is reducing inequalities (SDG 10). A particular emphasis on reducing inequalities and promoting the inclusion of disadvantaged gro...
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AFD and reducing inequalities
One of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the 2030 Agenda is reducing inequalities (SDG 10). A particular emphasis on reducing inequalities and promoting the inclusion of disadvantaged gro...
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Final evaluation of the reinforcement of the transmission network project in Ethiopia (CET1047)
The project should contribute towards achievement of three overall objectives: - Enable an industrial development through the electricity supply to the industrial areas in South Addis Ababa. - Allo...
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Energy-efficient housing for Armenians
In Armenia, living conditions are severely challenged by poorly insulated homes, harsh winters, and often insufficient purchasing power. To address this situation, the French Development Agency (AFD)...
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Mozambique — Completing the successful transformation of the development model
Mozambique, a country in southern Africa that stretches for 2,800 km along the Indian Ocean, is the fifth-poorest state on the planet, with alarming human development indicators. Despite having had ro...
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Final evaluation of the WATAD project in Lebanon (CLB1100)
The aim of the Work Acceleration in Tripoli towards Advancement and Development (WATAD) project was to improve the socioeconomic conditions of the vulnerable populations of the neighbourhoods of Jabal...
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Evaluation of the project Strengthening Strategic Intelligence and Partnership Approaches to Prevent and Contr...
The intended aim of the Project (CZZ2266) was to improve public health programs that influence morbidity and mortality and improve resilience of populations facing climate change. The Project was c...
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Final Evaluation of the ‘Liberia Employment and Entrepreneurship Programme’ (LEEP) (CLR1009)
The goal of LEEP was to enable 11,000 Liberian youth, both male and female, aged 18-35 years to find meaningful, market-driven employment or self-employment. It had three interlinked and mutually rein...
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Biodiversity Degradation: 3 Risks for Finance
Damage done the environment has an impact beyond the natural world. It poses potential problems to financial institutions and consequently to individual savers and entire economies. Nature and financ...
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Clean Oceans: Setting Sail for Waste-Free Waterways
To combat the proliferation of plastic plaguing the world’s oceans, Agence Française de Développement has teamed up with the European Investment Bank and Germany’s development bank, KfW. Together, the...
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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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AFD Group Publishes its first TCFD Report on Managing Climate-Related Financial Risks
How to cope with the financial risks associated with climate change? AFD’s new TCFD (Task Force on Climate Related Financial Disclosure) report explains how its activities mitigate the risks and try t...
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Public Development Banks in Action: A Progress Report One Year On
In Latin America and the Caribbean, where GDP contracted by 7% in part due to the Covid pandemic, Public Development Banks stepped in to channel some $90 billion in credit. PDBs play a major role at t...
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Everything you wanted to know about COP26, in an SMS exchange
What is COP26? What is at stake? And what will be the role there for AFD? You’ll find the answers in this fictional but informative SMS exchange with Mathilde Bord-Laurans, AFD's Head of the Climate C...
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Following FiCS 2, Development Bank Coalition Ready for the Road Ahead
Hosted in Rome by Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP), the second edition of the Finance in Common Summit brought together for the second time the whole community of Public Development Banks and stakehold...
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Palestine
Present on the ground since 1998, AFD Group focuses its operations in Palestine on three priority areas: access to basic services, human capital development, and support to the private sector. The war...
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Southern Voices on Global Transitions: Winners of the AFD-GDN Video Contest Announced
The winners of the “Global Transitions, Southern Voices” video contest were announced on October 27. Supported by Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and Global Development Network (GDN), the cont...
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Conservation in the Caribbean: “It is essential to pull our resources together to multiply the impacts of our ...
The upcoming conference on COP26 is focusing minds on the increasing urgency of climate change. Islands and coastal countries are among the most vulnerable. That’s why AFD and the French Facility for...
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