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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...

Biodiversity Partners Program (BIPP): supporting pro-nature initiatives in Southern Africa

Agence Française de Développement is launching a pilot project to accelerate pro-nature projects led by 30 entrepreneurs and "intrapreneurs" - i.e. those working on innovative approaches - from eight...

Sustainable Cities: Call for Projects in 4 Mediterranean Countries

The “Samim” project, led by the Social and Solidarity Economy Laboratory, has launched a first call for projects on sustainable cities in Morocco, Mauritania, Tunisia and Jordan.

Supporting Civil Society Organizations outside mainland France

How can we best support regional cooperation and international solidarity initiatives led by French Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) based outside mainland France? The CORÉOM program, co-financed by...

Measuring Stimulus Effects on the South African Economy: A Call for proposals for research projects of up to o...

Researchers interested in examining the ramifications of stimulus measures for the South African economy are invited to submit their research proposals, by August 15, 2021. The Covid-19 pandemic h...

AFD Atlas Africa: High concentrations of extreme poverty

In “AFD’s Atlas of Africa” published in 2020, Agence Française de Développement (AFD) examines a number of social, economic and developmental issues at play on the continent. Jean-David Naudet, AFD ec...

A Dramatic Drop in Fertility Across Africa

In “AFD’s Atlas of Africa”, we examine the social and economic developments across the continent. Today we take a closer look at the changes in fertility in Africa, where the number of children per wo...

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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...

3rd FICS Summit for a Green and Sustainable Recovery

Representatives from hundreds of Public Development Banks (PDBs) around the world are to convene in person and virtually for the third Finance in Common Summit – the first such gathering in Africa. De...

Taking the Leap: the Cutting-Edge Development Banks Aligning their Activities with the SDGs

At the halfway point to the 2030 deadline, the world is far from achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Public development banks however, can play a crucial role. Ahead of the UN General Assembl...

Public Development Banks in Action: A Progress Report One Year On

In Latin America and the Caribbean, where GDP contracted by 7% in part due to the Covid pandemic, Public Development Banks stepped in to channel some $90 billion in credit. PDBs play a major role at t...

African Public Development Banks: Essential Actors in Times of Crisis

Discussion at this week’s Finance in Common Summit and research conference has turned to African development banks and the role they can play in helping economies withstand external economic shocks an...

FICS Research Conference 2022: PDBs & Policy Tips for Decision-Makers

Over the past decade, public development banks have increasingly aligned their activities and mandates with the Sustainable Development Goals, but more can be done to maximize their impact. Ahead of t...

FiCS 2021: A New Database of the World’s 527 Public Development Banks and Financing Institutions Unveiled

A new database providing invaluable information on the world’s Public Development Banks will be presented at the second edition of the Finance in Common Summit this week. It’s a major update to the fi...

The Second Finance in Common Summit: Public Development Banks at a Glance

More than 500 Public Development Banks are expected to convene for the Finance in Common Summit (FiCS), from 19 to 21 October in Rome and online, and hosted by Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP). After t...

Public Development Banks explained in 4 Infographics

Little known by the public, the more than 500 public development banks (PBDs) around the world play a major role in the global economy, accounting for more than 10% of annual world investment. As PDBs...

Rémy Rioux: "A renaissance among Public Development Banks"

More than 500 Public Development Banks will tackle questions ranging from the pandemic to financing the economic recovery at the second Finance in Common Summit (FICS). Held in Rome from October 19 to...

10 Highlights from the First Global Summit of Development Banks

The first Finance in Common Summit on November 9 to 12, was hosted remotely from Paris by Agence Française de Développement. The mainly virtual gathering brought together public development banks to d...