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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...

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...

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...

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...

Public Development Bank Evaluation and the Sustainable Development Goals

Public Development Banks are privileged partners in matters of development aid. Assessing their work allows AFD to better understand how to make collaboration with these institutions more productive,...

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...

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...

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...

Palestine

In a complex geopolitical context, Palestine is struggling to provide populations with access to essential services. The economy is having trouble recovering and the country is marked by the unemploy...

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...

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...

How two Cities are paving the way for Urban Biodiversity Conservation in India

Urbanization and land use will be key topics tackled at the Cop26 climate summit beginning on Sunday in Glasgow. India, home to some of the world’s most populous cities, is working on modes of urban d...

Revamping Côte d'Ivoire's Justice System with AFD Support

Since 2012, the Government of Côte d’Ivoire has been engaged in an overhaul of its judicial system – an ambitious program supported by AFD Group. The goal is to strengthen the rule of law, and the fir...

Cambodia: AFD Commits to Rehabilitate Irrigation Schemes Damaged by last year's Severe Floods

The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) signed an additional loan agreement of €20 million with the Cambodian Ministry of Economy and Finance for the rehabilitation of 17 irrigation schemes damage...

AFD commits to strengthening Cambodia's air sector

With the construction of Dara Sakor International Airport nearing completion and growth in air travel expected in the coming years, improving air safety has become a key issue for Cambodia. AFD is sup...

AFD's Annual Report 2019-2020 : A New, Innovative Format

AFD in Madagascar: Reversing unsustainable urban development

In Madagascar, unchecked urban growth has generated a host of social problems, from sub-standard housing to inadequate sanitation systems. But three programs funded by AFD are providing real results,...

Finance in Common Summit: "A Coalition of Public Development Banks to Refocus the Financial System"

Agence Française de Développement will host the first ever global summit of public development banks, from 9 to 12 November. Audrey Rojkoff, Secretary-General of the summit and AFD’s Deputy Director o...

A Sustainable Future for African Cities

As part of the Paris Peace Forum and the Finance in Common Summit being held in early November, Agence Française de Développement (AFD) will present the program of the Covenant of Mayors in Sub-Sahara...

United Nations Resolution 1325: 20 Years on, Four Faces of Women Working for Peace and Security

On 31 October 2000, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security. This resolution recognizes the impact of armed conflicts on women and girls, and works for...