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Investing in climate and nature: the cost of inaction
A new episode of Cartes sur table with Audrey Rojkoff, Head of AFD's Climate and Nature Division.
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Supporting home renovation and energy efficiency
To improve energy efficiency and support home renovation in Armenia, AFD is helping Armenia’s National Mortgage Company (NMC), a public financial institution, develop a sustainable supply of bank loan...
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Basketball Experience: Supporting education and awareness-raising through sports
AFD joins forces with the NBA to finance a project combining basketball and education on the SDGs in several African countries.
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Sandra RULLIERE
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Deputy Head of the Agriculture, Rural Development and Biodiversity Division
Natural resource management, agro-ecology, territorial development, integrated coastal zone management.
ASToN: Financing an African Smart Towns Network making the digital transition
In Africa, making the digital transition is one of the challenges facing emerging and developing towns and cities. To achieve this objective, AFD is supporting 12 African towns with technical assistan...
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Why does France’s development bank finance climate action in other countries?
To protect France, strengthen political alliances, and contribute to global stability while safeguarding the planet, Agence Française de Développement (AFD) provided around €8 billion in financing for...
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ITEGE Project - An academic partnership for the development of geothermal energy
Training geothermal exploration specialists to contribute to the development of this energy source in Ethiopia is the ambition of the ITEGE project, selected under the third edition of the Africa-Fra...
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Research Conversations: Interactive Webinars on Sustainable Development
Are you interested in the new development research coming out? Would you like to see the latest results from studies carried out by AFD and its partners, and talk with researchers? Then the “Research...
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Overseas France
For more than 80 years, Agence Française de Développement (AFD) has supported the sustainable development of local authorities and businesses across the French overseas territories. In 2025, AFD Group...
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Nature-related risks and opportunities: a new web platform to assess socio-economic consequences
A new web portal assessing exposure of 150 countries to socio-economic risks resulting from biodiversity loss is being developed by AFD, revealing also nature-related opportunities. This tool, which w...
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Biodiversity, macroeconomics and sovereign risk
This study explores the links between biodiversity, macroeconomics and sovereign risk, with a focus on emerging and developing countries (EDCs). As a starting point, it details the channels identified...
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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...
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Supporting Southeast Asia's energy transition
How can Southeast Asian countries share electricity more effectively as renewable energy expands? AFD is supporting the development of the ASEAN Power Grid, a major program to connect electricity ne...
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Alley-oop Africa: Educating and raising the awareness of young people on sustainable development issues throug...
AFD and the Basketball Africa League (BAL) are financing the production of a mini-series about 20 young Africans in an academy that combines playing basketball with sustainable development projects.
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Governance: Activity report 2025
In 2025, AFD Group reaffirmed the role of governance in making development more effective. Its activity grew, driven by work on public finance reform, the green economy, security, and migration, to su...
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Studies and research: 2025 sector overview
In 2025, our research continued its focus on the major challenges of sustainable development, with special attention paid to biodiversity, climate, natural resources, agriculture, and food security. O...
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Aligning International Education Financing: What Have We Learned over the Past Twenty Years?
Twenty years after the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, to what extent are international education financing flows truly aligned with national systems? Drawing on a retrospective study conducte...
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Evaluations
As a platform serving inclusive and sustainable investment, AFD must ensure the effectiveness of its actions. The generation of knowledge and the lessons learned from evaluations support a continuous...
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