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“Together in Solidarity”: Burmese Migrants try to cope with Covid-19

Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, life has become even harder for many migrants. Not least in Southeast Asia, where people fleeing Myanmar have found a less than a warm welcome in neighbori...

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

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...

Development Banks in Transition: AFD’s 14th International Research Conference

Agence Française de Développement (AFD) will hold its 14th international development research conference from November 3 to 10, 2020, as part of the first summit of development banks, “Finance in Comm...

AFD in Kenya: Stepping in to Shore up Water, Health and Infrastructure

With Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta’s visit to France in October, four agreements were signed, not only to provide a major response to the current health emergency, but also to shore up infrastructur...

Public Development Banks: the First Global Database

What are development banks and finance institutions, and what is their purpose? What assets can they mobilize, and what is their share in the global financial market? The answers may surprise you. Fo...

AFD, a Longstanding Partner of Public Development Banks

Public development banks (PDBs) are both peer institutions and development partners for AFD and the two share a long history. Here is a brief timeline of the milestones of their common destiny.

Aiming for the SDGs: 10 Recommendations for Development Banks Around the World

AFD’s 14th International Development Research Conference, and the Finance in Common Summit were the occasion for an international network of researchers to offer initial recommendations for boosting t...

Finance in Common: New AFD Projects on the Ground

A key organizer of last week’s Finance in Common, the first summit of development banks, and its emblematic statements, AFD Group also committed to a series of new projects on the ground, alongside it...

“In Lebanon, Our Top Priority is to help the Most Vulnerable” - Olivier Ray, AFD’s Regional Director in Leban...

The massive explosions at Beirut’s port on August 4, which killed more than 200 people and injured thousands, are the latest in a series of tragic events to strike a country mired in crisis. AFD has r...

A Loan Symbolizing France's Commitment to Mauritius

AFD granted a €300 million contingency loan to the Mauritian government on July 27 as part of the response to the Covid-19 crisis. We look back at the issues at stake in this public policy loan and Fr...

Nature-Based Solutions: A Global Standard

Nature-based Solutions may have been proven effective in the fight against climate change, but they remain underused. One reason is there is no normative framework to harmonize practices and provide i...

Rwanda: AFD teams up with Red Cross to tackle Covid-19

To help the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) with its response to the Covid-19 pandemic, AFD has just allocated it a €2 million grant. These funds will allow it to develop prevention a...

Launching a Call for “Sports and Health” Projects Supported by AFD and Fifa

In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the pan-African financing platform Sport en Commun (“Sports in Common”, or sharing the sporting experience), to be officially launched on September 21, is issuing...

Creating a “Lynk” between Workers & Clients: One of the Biggest Digital Platforms in Africa

In our series on “Shared Innovation”, AFD highlights innovative programs devised and developed in our partner countries. Across Sub-Saharan Africa, most work is in the informal sector, where wages...

AFD’s Atlas of Africa: Viewing the Continent from a New Angle

More than 100 new maps and graphs bring to life an unprecedented amount of data in the form of a 128-page “Atlas of Africa.” It breaks down crucial development issues facing the continent today, inclu...

AFD in Action to Protect the Amazon

Amazon deforestation continues at record levels. Massive fires have ravaged the world’s largest rainforest. This constitutes a catastrophe in what is home to more than 50% of the world's biodiversity...

Cuba: Concrete Action Against Covid-19

Agence Française de Développement (AFD) is mobilizing €5.3 million to help the Cuban Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) tackle the Covid-19 pandemic. In practical terms, that has helped provide 76 ven...

Reconciling Energy Transition and Economic Development in Cambodia: The 2050 Facility Mobilized

To meet the demands of a growing population while ensuring its development is sustainable: these are Cambodia’s twin goals under the Paris Agreement. The Ministry of Economy and Finance signed a Memo...