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Findings from a Study on Citizenship Education in Emerging and Developing Countries

AFD and the Education for Citizenship and International Solidarity (ECIS) consultation group have published a report on ECIS organizations in Africa, Asia and Latin America, providing a clearer pictur...

[Special Series] Sustainable Infrastructure to Build a World in Common

From hospitals to housing and from water to transportation, AFD Group supports the construction, rehabilitation and maintenance of infrastructure in many countries. The Summit for a New Global Financi...

Peru: in need of fresh stimulus

Driven by the boom in its mining sector and its rigorous macroeconomic policies, since the early 2000s Peru has experienced a period of spectacular development, described as the “Peruvian Miracle”. No...

French Civil Society Organizations (CSOs)

AFD Group offers French civil society organizations (CSOs) a range of tools and mechanisms to support their work. Every year, we issue a call for projects and expressions of intent to co-finance devel...

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AFD Flagship Facility helps More Countries Cope with Climate Change

AFD’s facility that supports countries around the world deal with the fallout from climate change is getting a boost. Additional funding will help provide support to eight more countries, from the Dom...

Three Measures to Step Up Biodiversity Mainstreaming in Finance

Increase pro-nature finance. This is one of the issues on the table at COP16 on Biodiversity, which is being held from 21 October to 1 November in Cali, in Colombia. Several measures can already be ta...

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...

Using AI to improve language learning in Senegal

While French is the official language in the Senegalese school system, only a minority of teachers and pupils speak it as their first language. With support from AFD, the NGO Libraries Without Borders...

[Special Series] Europe: a Key AFD Partner

Driven by common convictions, the European Union and AFD Group have been working together since 2008 to maximize the impact of their financing and the effectiveness of development aid. It's a central...

MacroDev - Semestrial Panorama 2024 #1

Three decades ago, it was believed that the end of the (first) Cold War would herald the “end of history” and the advent of economic globalization dominated by multinational companies, relegating...

Team Europe: Where Member States Scale Up Impact

To mark the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union from 1 January to 30 June 2022, AFD Group is publishing an interview with a specialist on development issues at the European level ev...

Looking ahead on AFD's 80th Anniversary: How do you see the world in 2101?

What will the world be like in 2101? On AFD's 80th anniversary, we hear from eight actors in the sporting, economic and social sectors, located all over the world. In a series of videos, they share th...

Macro-economic analyses

As a public development bank, AFD has a duty to weigh the issues and to monitor the risks associated with each of its investments. That’s why we have a team dedicated to analyzing the macro-economic a...