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Research at Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
Cities, natural resources, social cohesion, climate… AFD’s researchers are at the forefront of analyzing and understanding the issues and realities related to the Group’s areas of intervention. The g...
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Biodiversity
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Public-Private Partnership (PPP)
By mobilizing the private sector, public-private partnerships (PPPs) address the challenges of developing essential infrastructure and services. AFD Group supports the creation of enabling conditions...
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Private companies
The private sector has a vital part to play in the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Our commitments
Since 2004, AFD Group’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) approach has helped it give structure to its practices and comply with obligations in social, environmental, ethical, human rights, anti-c...
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Our History
Agence Française de Développement (AFD) was founded in 1941 and is the world’s oldest development bank. Created by General de Gaulle, the leader of the Free French Forces during the Second World War,...
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FEXTE: a cooperation and project preparation instrument
The Fund for Technical Expertise and Experience Transfers (FEXTE) finances technical expertise in the form of feasibility and project preparation studies in countries that receive ODA.
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AFD group’s 2023 results: the essentials
In its second year as an expanded organization, AFD Group surpassed its targets for 2023, and committed €13.5 billion in new financing. The Group - with Proparco, its subsidiary dedicated to the priva...
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The Fund for Innovation in Development: innovating against poverty and inequality
The Fund for Innovation in Development (FID) finances solutions with high potential impact on tackling poverty and inequalities in low- and middle-income countries. The Fund is backed up with a rigoro...
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Socially Responsible and Sustainable Investments
This lies at the heart of our mandate. Socially responsible and sustainable investments (SRSIs) are financial or non-financial actions that seek to promote the sustainable development of countries acc...
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Working by your side
AFD Group has reaffirmed its focus on regional realities, its respect for partners, and its geographical intelligence. Over the 2025-2030 period, AFD Group is committed to basing action on an in-depth...
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Private Sector Study and Aid Fund: support for exports and development
The Private Sector Study and Aid Fund (FASEP) finances feasibility studies and demonstrator projects for green and innovative technologies implemented by French companies for foreign public authoritie...
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Public Payment Guarantees: mitigating the risk of payment defaults by public entities
Public Payment Guarantees (PPGs) facilitate State mobilization of private expertise and investment in development projects by limiting the risk incurred by the private sector. It can be mobilized for...
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迈向 可持续发展的“一带一路”?
根据中国国际资本流动的研究表明，中国已经成为国际投融大国。通过“一带一路”倡议，中国未来发展着重围绕三个侧重点：经济增长、通过交通基建连通以及贸易交流。在2019年4月举行的第二届“一带一路”国际合作高峰论坛上，中国政府着重强调了金融与环境的可持续性问题，表示希望推动共建“一带一路”高质量发展。该讲话为加强更频繁的国际交流铺平了道路，有利于加强其他发展融资机构之间的合作，同时也意味着中国与各国金融...
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Double Standards in Financing for Development
The issue of international development and climate financing is currently at the forefront, especially in the run up to COP29, COP30 and to the 2025 FfD4 Conference in Seville. However, the internatio...
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AI Investment Potential Index: Mapping Global Opportunities for Sustainable Development
This paper examines the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) investment to drive sustainable development across diverse national contexts. By evaluating critical factors, including AI readiness,...
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Towards a Sustainable Belt and Road Initiative?
The study of China’s international financial flows shows that it has become a major player in international financing. With the Belt and Road Initiative, China has promoted a narrative of development...
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Central banks at the heart of ecological reconstruction
Faced with the pandemic crisis and its economic and financial consequences in the short and medium term, central banks found themselves in the position of guardians of chaos. They thus acted quickly a...
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AdaptAction: supporting climate change adaptation strategies
AdaptAction assists countries particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change with the implementation of their adaptation strategies. This AFD Group program offers technical assistance and ca...
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