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Granting FASEP Funding for the Renovation of the Long Bien Bridge
On 16th November, 2023, France made the decision to grant the People's Committee of Hanoi a donation of over 700,000 EUR to fund a feasibility study for the renovation of the Long Bien Bridge. This ic...
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A new landmark Partnership for Sustainable Development in North Macedonia: French Development Agency (AFD) pro...
Agence française de développement (AFD) joins forces with the Development Bank of North Macedonia (DBNM) to scale-up sustainable finance in the country – €50 million credit line agreement signed on De...
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Agence Française de Développement successfully priced a new 3.000% €2 billion benchmark due 17th January 2034
On Wednesday 10th January, Agence Française de Développement (AFD), rated AA /AA- (S&P / Fitch), issued its first benchmark of the year, a €2 billion 10-year benchmark due on the 17th January 2034 whi...
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Strategic Partnership: AFD and TICA sign a historic amendment for enhanced cooperation in Thailand
AFD Group and the Thailand International Cooperation Agency (TICA) have reached a significant milestone by signing an amendment authorizing Expertise France to operate in Thailand.
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AFD AND KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA DOUBLE THEIR COOPERATION
The Ministry of Economy and Finance of the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) signed three financing agreements in the fields of drinking water, energy, and vocational...
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AGENCE FRANÇAISE DE DÉVELOPPEMENT SUCCESSFULLY PRICED A NEW 4.125% £350 MILLION BENCHMARK DUE 22ND JULY 2027
On Monday 15th January, Agence Française de Développement (AFD), rated AA /AA- (S&P / Fitch), issued its first GBP benchmark of the year, a £350 million 3.5-year fixed rate benchmark due on the 22nd J...
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AFD and UNICEF sign a new partnership to support education for children
To mark the International Day of Education, the Minister of Education and Higher Education visits Uruguay Public School with a delegation from the Agence Française de Développement and UNICEF.
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AFD’s 2024 Funding Program
AFD’s Board of Directors approved the 2024 funding program on January 25, setting the target at €9 billion.
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Publication of a research paper on the stimulus effects of the South African PYEI-BEEI programme
New research shows that the largest component of South Africa’s Presidential Employment Stimulus (PES) programme is beneficial to economic growth as it also has an indirect positive effect on non-prog...
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Linking finance, business and biodiversity in Thailand : the fruitfull bet of FIN4BIO !
The Agence Française de Développement (AFD Group) and the Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning (ONEP), in collaboration with Thailand Environment Institute (TEI), Blue Ren...
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EAA Foundation, AFD and Silatech Join Forces in $70 Million Collaboration for Global Impact on Education, Gree...
Education Above All (EAA) Foundation, in collaboration with Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and Silatech, announced a strategic partnership aimed at creating a significant impact on access to...
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AFD SUCCESSFULLY PRICES A NEW 4.500% USD 2 BILLION 5-YEAR SUSTAINABLE BENCHMARK DUE 05 MARCH 2029
On Tuesday, 27 February 2024, Agence Française de Développement (AFD), rated AA (S&P) / AA- (Fitch) successfully returned to the USD market a new 5-Year USD 2Bn sustainable bond issue.
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CENTRAL PROVINCES OF QUANG NAM AND QUANG TRI TO RECEIVE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM THE EU AND FRANCE TOWARDS TACKL...
The financing agreements of two climate change adaptation projects in the central provinces of Quang Nam and Quang Tri respectively were officially handed over today from the Vietnamese Ministry of Fi...
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PH, EU launch disaster risk reduction and management program to enhance LGUs readiness capacities
The Department of Finance (DOF), the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), the European Union (EU) and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Group launched a disaster risk redu...
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French ambassador to nigeria, he ms. emmanuelle blatmann visits afd-supported urban water project in kano
In the presence of the New Managing Director of the Kano State Water Board, Engr. Garba Ahmed Bichi and the Country Director of the French Development Agency (AFD) in Nigeria, Mr Xavier Muron, The Fre...
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INAUGURATON OF THE BAKHENG WATER PRODUCTION FACILITIES PHASE 1: 195,000M3/DAY OF CLEAN WATER FOR THE CITIZENS ...
Phnom Penh, the 19th of June 2023 - Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo HUN SEN, Prime Minister of the Government of the Kingdom of Cambodia, presided over the highly anticipated inauguration of the Ba...
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THE ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK GROUP AND AGENCE FRANCAISE DE DÉVELOPPEMENT SET TO CO-FINANCE US$1 BILLION THROUG...
VIENNA Austria, 20 June 2023 – Dr. Muhammad Al Jasser, Chairman of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, and Mr. Rémy Rioux, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Agence Francaise de Developpement (AF...
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With STOA, CDC and AFD reassert France's commitment to financing sustainable infrastructure internationally
As the Summit for a new global financing pact opens in Paris, Caisse des dépôts (CDC) and Agence française de développement (AFD) reassert their support to STOA, an impact fund financing sustainable a...
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Agence Française de Développement and GEAPP partner to accelerate equitable clean energy transitions
Paris, 22 June 2023 - The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) and Agence Française de Développement (AFD) are pleased to announce the signing of a partnership agreement via a Memorand...
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SUMMIT FOR A NEW GLOBAL FINANCING PACT: FIVE RECOMMENDATIONS ON INCREASING INVESTMENT IN SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRU...
At the “Summit for a New Global Financial Pact” (NFP Summit) opening today in Paris, a working group will submit its proposals to improve the financing of infrastructure in order to respond to the soc...
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