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AFD Group and Support to Energy Transition Policies
Energy transitions combine the multiple objectives of universal access to quality energy services, low-carbon development, and social justice. Achieving these objectives requires optimizing demand, re...
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Ghana: the dam for a renewable future
At the Kpong Dam, the infrastructure has been upgraded and automated to provide a greener and more stable energy supply for Ghana.
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Lebanon: A Veritable Lifeline
The social, economic, and political situation in Lebanon has plunged many residents into brutal impoverishment. In a country where mental health care is still taboo, the NGO Embrace has been providing...
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In Reunion, Solar Power is Crucial for Agriculture – and Social Reintegration
In the Indian Ocean, Reunion and its 860,000 inhabitants depend heavily on imports. But solar energy is part of an increasingly sustainable electricity supply. Since 2014, this French Overseas Departm...
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Cambodia: A Long Battle Against Gender Inequality
The celebration of AFD's 80th anniversary in Cambodia was an opportunity to examine how women’s rights and gender relations have evolved. It was also the chance to inaugurate the "Women's Voices" exhi...
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Senegal: Women Entrepreneurs in the Spotlight
In Senegal, 82% of the entrepreneurial base is made up of individual businesses. Fragile and informal, they often need room to grow in order to become viable. Financial support programs such as the Pa...
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Lebanon: Urgent Support Given to Crisis-Stricken Local Businesses
In the aftermath of the Port of Beirut explosions, supporting the network of small local businesses was deemed essential in a country experiencing recurrent political, economic and health crises. The...
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Agro-Industry in French Guyana
In French Guiana, local industry struggles to meet the needs of the agricultural and agro-industrial sector, due to the small size of farms and a continuing lack of processing tools. The result: a sec...
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Lebanon: Rebuilding the Economy from the Ground Up
With crises multiplying in Lebanon, poverty has reached astronomical levels as the economy falters, and small and medium sized businesses struggle to survive. In the second-largest city, Tripoli, know...
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Rebuilding Lives after the Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria: One Year On
In February 2023, earthquakes rocked Turkey and Syria, killing more than 50,000 people. They were among the most devastating earthquakes to have struck the region in almost a century, turning cities a...
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How AFD Ensures that its Financing Reaches the Final Beneficiaries
The projects financed by Agence Française de Développement are subject to ongoing attention. This involves a dialogue with its partners on almost a daily basis, supervision missions in the field, and...
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Workshop: Overcoming institutional and organisational barriers to sanitation
Sanitation remains a great challenge of our time, especially in fast-growing cities of Africa and Asia. AFD invites you to the scientific workshop organized by the ParisTech Chair “SUEZ-General manage...
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Financing Development: A Chinese Path?
Through the financing of major infrastructure projects, China has become a key player in development finance. How is Chinese aid distributed and what are its modalities? Which are the Chinese institut...
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Forecast-based early Action: A missing link between humanitarian response and development?
Leaning on improvements in forecasting, ‘Forecast-based early action’ is seen as an innovative approach to managing the residual risks that cannot be addressed through longer-term investment in resili...
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Finance in Common: The First Global Summit of All Public Development Banks
Taking place 9-12 November 2020 during the Paris Peace Forum, the Finance in Common Summit, will gather for the first time the world's 450 Public Development Banks (PDBs) and their partners, demonstra...
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Water drives resilience: A Call to Action for Public Development Banks
Agence Française de Développement (AFD), together with its partners, is pleased to invite you to the webinar “Water drives resilient countries: a call to action for public development banks to build a...
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Emerging Technologies and Development Banks: A New Intelligence Paradigm
In parallel with the Finance in Common Summit, AFD and the Governance Lab will host a webinar discussing four types of "intelligence," from artificial intelligence, which uses data to solve problems a...
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Finance in Common Summit Side Event – The Data4Nature initiative
Data4Nature is an initiative that encourages development actors to share biodiversity data from projects via the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). During this webinar, representatives f...
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Climate change and financial stability
After a presentation of The Green Swan, the webinar will explore the challenges posed by climate risk on financial stability and supervision, share concrete examples of policies and initiatives put in...
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Multidimensional Inequality in Vietnam
The webinar “Multidimensional Inequality in Vietnam” is part of the AFD’s Research Department webinar series launched to offer a platform for discussion on research and public policy issues. The Viet...
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