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From West Africa to the Mid-East, Youth learn to Navigate Delicate Climate Negotiations
The world is watching as COP28 delegates in Dubai discuss the fallout from climate change, possible solutions and nettlesome questions of funding. Also observing are young people who will inherit the...
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AFD’s Crucial Climate Initiatives Announced at COP28
Though famously hosted by the head of an oil company, COP28 was the first ever climate change conference to call for a transition away from fossil fuels. It’s a step towards addressing the climate eme...
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[VIDEO]: Developing Countries' Daunting Debt-Climate Dilemma
Many countries are caught in a spiral of climate disasters, reconstruction costs and the impossibility of investing in the climate in the long term. A new AFD tool makes it possible to measure the dua...
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7 Development Highlights of 2023
From the management of natural disasters to climate and biodiversity protection and the reform of financial systems in vulnerable countries, AFD Group provided vital support across the globe in 2023....
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Looking Back on 2023 and Reflecting on What Development Means
From war and the worldwide difficulties to which it has given rise, to tensions between the global north and south, 2023 has been a dramatic year. What are some of the highlights, and what can we expe...
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Fighting for Female Farmers in West Africa
In Côte d’Ivoire, two-thirds of rural women work in agriculture, but as many as 75% of them live below the poverty line. They also face physical and other forms of violence. For the past three years,...
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"Atlas" of Latin America and the Caribbean: 17 Sustainable Development Initiatives
Latin America is considered a champion of sustainable development, with pioneering initiatives that have been replicated not only across the region, but around the world. Some of the most innovative p...
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Increasing Access to Essential Services in Burundi
An estimated 15% of Burundi’s population is food insecure and many lack reliable access to essential services. AFD is backing the improvement of services in a variety of sectors, from health and educa...
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Soccer: A Playmaker in Africa's Development
A new collection of wide-ranging analyses of Africa’s economies and social issues is out now. In the 2024 edition of L’Économie Africaine (“African Economies”), one chapter is even devoted to soccer,...
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AFD Group Bolsters Ties with Space Research in Support of Resources and Climate
July 28 was “Overshoot Day,” the date in 2022 by which humanity consumed all the natural resources that the Earth can regenerate in one year. One way to address the challenge of resource consumption i...
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Climate Finance: Helping the Philippines to Cope with Climate Change
The Philippines is one of the countries most exposed to the consequences of climate change. In response, the government has set ambitious targets through its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC)....
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Ecuador
Until 2014, Ecuador was one of the fastest-growing economies in Latin America. However, the fall in oil prices and fluctuations in the US dollar have since put those gains at risk. The country now fac...
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New Phase of “Salam” Project Supports CSOs on the Southern Shore of the Mediterranean
Agence Française de Développement has just approved financing for the new phase of the Salam project, a program that supports young civil society actors on the southern shore of the Mediterranean. Foc...
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Kheira Benaissa, The Woman Transforming Organic Waste into Biogas
As part of its “Shared Innovation” series, Agence Française de Développement (AFD) is showcasing innovative programs that have been developed in its partner countries. Kheira Benaissa, head of the...
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Elections in Angola: Will Angolans Choose a New Economic Path?
The outcome of the 2022 general elections, held on August 24, holds the key to transforming Angola's economic model. The importance of fostering a more robust, sustainable and inclusive development tr...
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Africa's Sports Economy: A Window into a Rapidly Changing Continent
Since 2015, the role of sports in development has gained extensive international recognition. The UN 2030 Agenda has also recognized the potential of sports for development, and the role they can play...
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Tackling Hunger in Niger - with Nutritious, Locally Produced Cereals and Flour
Niger is stepping up its action to fight malnutrition, in large part with the production of Misola infant flour. The locally produced flour is tackling food insecurity across the country. Co-financed...
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Using Satellites to Save the Sahel's Forests
Wood is the main source of fuel for cooking and heating across the Sahel, but much of it is disappearing due to deforestation. How to monitor the use and abuse of precious forest resources? The answer...
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A Boost in SDG-Based Bonds
AFD Group has just published the 2021 report of its Sustainable Development Goals bond issues. Reflecting investor confidence, they are up considerably as compared to last year.
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AFD ranked "Good" in Aid Transparency Index for the first time
AFD's efforts to improve the quality of its published data have been rewarded by the NGO Publish What You Fund (PWYF), which placed AFD for the first time in the "Good" category of its 2022 Aid Transp...
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