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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...

Western Balkans

Present in the Western Balkans since 2019, AFD's mandate is to support the convergence of countries in the region towards European Union standards and the implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement...

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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...

PETTAL: transforming agroecology education

As part of the PETTAL project, supported by the Academia Partnerships Africa-France program, the University of Sine Saloum El-Hâdj Ibrahima Niass (USSEIN) in Senegal and the Institut Agro Montpellier...

The "Academia Partnerships Africa-France" (PeA) program

The aim of the “Academia Partnerships Africa-France” (PeA) program is to forge long-term academia partnerships based on mutually beneficial relationships, knowledge- and experience-sharing, mobility i...

France and Kenya sign landmark agreements worth €170 million during Africa Forward Summit

Nairobi, 15 May 2026 – On the sidelines of the Africa Forward Summit held in Nairobi on 11 and 12 May, France, through Agence Française de Développement (AFD), signed five agreements with the Governme...

Analyzing the employment effects of the “green economy” transition in South Africa

Extreme weather events resulting from the effects of climate change coupled with a global call for countries to reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions imply that the transition to a “green” econo...

GEMMES Morocco: analyzing the impacts of different climate scenarios on Moroccan agriculture

Due to climate change, the agricultural sector in Morocco is increasingly facing rising temperatures and dwindling water resources. As part of a long-standing collaboration with AFD, the GEMMES Morocc...

GEMMES Tunisia: Investigating the impact of hydric stress on agriculture, water cycle and the economy

The GEMMES Tunisia project examined the impact of climate change on Tunisian agriculture in particular, and the macroeconomic impact of these changes in general, as well as the benefits of various ada...

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...

Southeast Asia: building efficiently in the face of energy crises

As energy efficiency in buildings becomes increasingly critical in Southeast Asia, the PEEB ASEAN program is supporting projects that demonstrate alternative ways to build and renovate: from an energy...

Djibouti: transforming the Layabley-Moustiquaire neighborhood

In Balbala, home to more than half of Djibouti’s population, the Layabley-Moustiquaire neighborhood is undergoing a transformation. A new road and bridge are improving access to the area, alongside up...

Defining an alternative path for AI governance in the Global South

As AFD takes part in the AI for Good Summit, two recent studies it supports outline ways to build artificial intelligence (AI) governance that fully includes countries in the Global South, particularl...

Critical minerals: new partnerships to advance the energy transition

Lithium, cobalt, nickel, rare earths… These minerals, now essential for batteries, wind turbines, and electric vehicles, are raising critical questions about industrial sovereignty and the energy tran...

How can we ensure equitable technological development in the age of AI and data?

Significant investment is essential to bridge the global technology gap and ensure that all countries are prepared for the age of Artificial intelligence. To support public and private investors in th...

[Feature report] France’s G7 presidency: urgent collective action on global crises

Amid multiple, interrelated crises, development has returned to the center of the international agenda. Meeting in Paris as part of France’s G7 presidency, public decision-makers and financing actors...

G7 Development: reinventing international partnerships and solidarity

As part of France’s G7 presidency, ministers responsible for development met in Paris on 29 and 30 April to discuss the renewal of international partnerships and the reform of the global development f...