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Middle East Reconstruction Observatory: Understanding to Better Act in Lebanon, Syria and Palestine
In a Middle East undergoing profound reconfiguration, while Lebanon, Syria and Gaza face massive destruction across their territories, this observatory aims to analyse the dynamics and modalities of t...
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Official Development Assistance at the Age of Consequences
Official Development Assistance (ODA) was introduced in the 1960s as a temporary instrument to respond to a phase in world history involving decolonization, the Cold War, industrialization and flagran...
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Calls for projects
Find out about AFD Group’s calls for projects and the managers of AFD-funded programs
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ARUTAE: land management and agroecology in Arusha
The project, which benefits 1,500 producers, aims to contribute to the resilience of the populations of the Arusha region in the face of climatic and environmental disruptions, by supporting family fa...
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EU-AFD Facility on Inequalities 2026-2028
Building on nearly ten years of collaboration, the third phase of the EU-AFD Facility on Inequalities takes a more operational approach: it focuses on how investments – particularly in infrastructures...
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AFD and TKYB sign a EUR 200 Million Facility to Support Türkiye’s Green and Inclusive Transformation
AFD has signed a EUR 200 million loan agreement with the Development and Investment Bank of Türkiye (TKYB) to support renewable energy investments, strengthen the manufacturing sector’s capacity, and...
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Our major research programs
Our research work is structured around five priority areas, which are transdisciplinary, complementary to one another, and reflective of AFD's distinctive positioning. Taken together, they make it pos...
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Benchmark GBP 300Mn – Oct 2029 - Agence française de développement successfully priced a new 4.500% £300 milli...
On Wednesday 1st July, Agence Française de Développement (AFD), rated A+/A+ (S&P / Fitch), issued a new GBP benchmark for the year, a £300 million fixed rate benchmark due on the 22nd October 2029, of...
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PAIRES – AFD-IRD Partnership to conduct impact assessments by mobilizing research from the Global South
PAIRES is a partnership between AFD and the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD) that funds a series of impact assessments of development interventions supported by AFD...
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Financial and digital inclusion for women in Africa: seven years of action by the G7 Partnership
On 23 June, in Paris, Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the French Treasury, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) brought together partners in the G7 Partnership for Women’s Digi...
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Africa
Demographic, social, ecological, energy, political, and technological transitions … African countries face decisive challenges for their future. AFD is rising to meet them.
Regions and countries
The Visible Hand: Development banks in Transition
The 14th AFD International Research Conference on Development, The Visible Hand: Development Banks in Transition has taken place in the framework of the Finance in Common Summit, the first global meet...
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2026 GRN Development Banking Research Conference
Public Banks in a Changing Global Financial Architecture
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Tunisia
Agence Française de Développement (AFD) has been present in Tunisia since 1992, supporting the country on its path toward more inclusive and sustainable growth. Over nearly 35 years, AFD has backed ar...
Regions and countries
IDFC Turns Ten Years Old: A Milestone for International Coalition of Development Banks – and for Greener Finan...
At COP26 in Glasgow, the International Development Finance Club, met to mark its 10th anniversary. The Chief Executive Officer of Agence Française de Développement, Rémy Rioux, was reappointed for a t...
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Paris Peace Forum: “For Better Global Governance”
For its fourth edition from 11 to 13 November, the Paris Peace Forum will focus on working to “reduce global divides” in a world still under the threat of Covid-19. Anne de Soucy, AFD’s Director of Pa...
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The Impact of Climate Change on Lives and Livelihoods in Vietnam
In Vietnam, AFD and the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD) are conducting a research program entitled GEMMES Vietnam to assess the socio-economic impacts of climate c...
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A Digital Response to the Health Crisis
Launched in Dakar, the DIRECCT program is supporting the connectivity and digitization of operators in the health, education and small business sectors. It’s a program that is helping people and polic...
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Green energy in Vietnam: Expanded Hoa Binh Hydropower Plant will Reduce CO2 Emissions
AFD in Vietnam and Vietnam Electricity (EVN) have signed an agreement for a 70 million euro loan to boost the capacity of the Hoa Binh hydropower plant. This financing is in line with Vietnam's climat...
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