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Paris Dialogue - Acting together for sustainable development
Established in 2023 by AFD, IEA, ICC, CEB, OECD, OIF, and UNESCO, the Paris Dialogue initiative is the result of a shared observation: international, European, and French institutions must cooperate d...
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Promoting private sector investment in renewable Green mini-grids
This objective of Green Mini-Grid project is to improve the economic development and well-being of populations in rural areas by supporting the development of mini-grids supplied by renewable energy s...
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Interview AFD X World Bank: Why development strategy must center on impact
How can development institutions go beyond financing to truly measure their contribution to global transformation? In this podcast, Rémy Rioux, Chief Executive Officer of Agence Française de Développe...
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Second World Summit for Social Development 2025
The second UN event dedicated to the fight against poverty and inequality since 1995, the وثائق | Second World Summit for Social Development 2025 follows on from the Fourth International Conference on...
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The AFD Group offer for the social protection sector
Nearly half of the world’s population lacks any social protection. Greater investment is needed in low- and middle-income countries to address poverty, inequalities, and crises. That’s why AFD Group i...
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ESTEEM Cambodia : A Model to Support a Just and Sustainable Development
ESTEEM Cambodia is more than just a modeling exercise. It is a dynamic macroeconomic tool designed to help Cambodian policymakers make informed decisions in real time and plan for a fair and sustainab...
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AFD Group at COP30
Held from November 11 to 21, 2025, in Belém, Brazil, the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will bring together world leaders,...
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European Commission invests EUR 20 million to develop urgently-needed medicines against dengue in partnershi...
Dengue is spreading fast because of climate change and globalization, with a growing number of cases in previously unaffected European countries. Yet, there is still no specific treatment for the dise...
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Blue Carbon Facility: financing the protection and restoration of marine ecosystems
The Blue Carbon Facility is a program that supports the protection of "blue" carbon (the carbon captured and stored by coastal and marine ecosystems) through pilot projects focused on strengthening kn...
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TechTalks: “Unseen and Unheard: How Technology Facilitates Gender-Based Violence and What We Can Do About It”
From harassment to sexual exploitation and forced prostitution, including doxxing (the malicious publication of personal information) and deepfakes (AI-manipulated pornographic imagery), gender-based...
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The SDGs are 10 years old: what progress has been made since 2015?
The ambition of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their 169 targets, adopted by the United Nations in 2015, is to provide responses to the main global challenges by 2030: poverty, inequa...
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Activity Report 2025
At the Presidential Council for International Partnerships (CPPI) convened on April 4, 2025, development policy was reaffirmed as a cornerstone of France’s international engagement, alongside diplomac...
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New York Climate Week: AFD joins GeCCo to transform access to electric cooking
Agence française de développement (AFD) announced at the New York Climate Week its membership in the Global eCooking Coalition (GeCCo), an international alliance launched at COP28 to make electric coo...
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80 years of the UN: AFD and the 'discreet certainty' of our partnership
Founded in 1945, four years after Agence Française de Développement (AFD), then known as the "Caisse Centrale de la France Libre", the United Nations shares with AFD a rich history in support of susta...
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Infographic – Our Studies and Research Activity in 2023
Climate change, biodiversity protection, preservation of social cohesion, global crises… The studies and research conducted by AFD - through a multidisciplinary approach, in close collaboration with...
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Sovereign Credit Ratings in Developing Countries-Regional Biases and Subjectivity Factors
Sovereign credit ratings play a critical role in the international financial system and have a tangible impact on countries’ fiscal, economic, and development trajectories. Nevertheless, the activity...
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Disclosure Statement - Operating Principles for Impact Management
The Impact Principles set inspiring goals to reach for all responsible finance investors eager to promote business in common. They provide standards and guidelines for an analytical and systemic appro...
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Verifier Statement - Operating Principles for Impact Management
As a signatory to the Operating Principles for Impact Management, AFD is required to publish an annual Disclosure Statement describing how its impact management system is aligned with each of the 9 Pr...
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Europe and Brazil: together to expand the climate fund and boost green investments across the country
At COP30, BNDES with MMA and three European public development banks (AFD, KFW and CDP) signed a Letter of Intent to scale up the Fundo Clima the country’s main financing instrument for climate action...
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